(From MJ Petersen and the Political Science Newsletter)
Research by Paul Collins and his coauthors, Christy Boyd and Lori Ringhand, was featured in a FiveThirtyEight article about how Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearing is likely to be marked by subtle and not-so-subtle instances of sexism and racism. Based on their previous findings, Judge Jackson is likely to face more questions about her competence and possible biases in areas like gender and racial discrimination, be interrupted more, and be described in less glowing terms than white male nominees who came before her, and this treatment is likely to come primarily from Senate Republicans.
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