In Jackson's nomination, young Black girls who spoke to CNN see a woman who embodies that exemplary goodness and perseverance, shinning brighter after every round of questioning she survives.
"My dreams have just gotten so much bigger, it seems like overnight," Williams told CNN in an interview on Sunday.Williams is among a new generation of young Black women, who for the first time, will come of age seeing a Black woman nominated to the Supreme Court. If confirmed, they'll know first-hand of her seat on the bench, as though it was normal for a Black woman to occupy it.LIVE UPDATES: Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation hearing: Day 4But it is not.
And her older sister, 14-year-old Morgan Jackson, put the stakes of this week in succinct terms when asked if she had ever thought about being a judge, saying"I think if she gets confirmed, it's more of a possibility for me and girls like me."And all the possibility and promise her nomination exemplifies has reached even Jackson herself, who said on Wednesday she was"touched," by the support.
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