Posts tagged implicit bias
Lovely Ketanji: How She Turned Bias on Its Head and Made It Her Superpower
Lovely Ketanji: How She Turned Bias on Its Head and Made It Her Superpower

Issue 272 — September 9, 2024

I had eagerly awaited the publication of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s memoir, Lovely One, since I learned that my talented friend Jamia Wilson, Vice President/Executive Editor at Penguin Random House, secured the plum of editing the book.

Finally, the book launched on September 3, 2024, in Harlem’s historic Apollo Theater — the perfect symbolic venue for the first Black woman on the SCOTUS bench. Brown Jackson was interviewed by CBS News journalist Gayle King, who kept it light and personal while gracefully hitting all the significant life junctures documented in the book, without getting into political opinions.

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The SumGloria FeldtIntentioning, Ambition, Supreme Court, implicit biasComment
Making Change on the Court: Naomi Osaka Serves Mental Health Concerns
Making Change on the Court: Naomi Osaka Serves Mental Health Concerns

Issue 169 — June 6, 2021

As a girl, I loved tennis. I was never destined to be a Naomi Osaka, but I played regularly until I was 13 years old. Then my family moved to a small town where the only public tennis court was at the local high school. Soon after arriving in town, I went there with a girlfriend.

The court bordered on the street. A few minutes into our game, a carload of teenage boys parked in front of the court and shouted remarks about our physical appearance. We ignored the boys till they left, then packed up our racquets and went home. I never played tennis again.

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The SumGloria Feldtimplicit bias, Female Achievement, Mental Health, IntentionComment