WASHINGTON — Georgetown government professor Nadia Brown tossed out the syllabus Tuesday for her Race, Gender and American Politics class and spent the afternoon watching clips from Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's Senate confirmation hearing.
The session was a rare opportunity to showcase real-world events in the classroom. But it was also personal for Brown, one of several Black women around the country who have seen their experiences starkly reflected in Jackson's historic Supreme Court nomination.
"This is just a master class in how Black women have to be patient, have to be fully composed in responding to things that are meant for destruction," said Brown, the chair of the university's women and gender studies program. "These are the kinds of attacks that Black women get in their professional roles."
