In the wake of Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer’s recent retirement announcement, experts are speculating that President Joe Biden will nominate a Black woman candidate to act as his successor. These predictions are based on a campaign promise made by Biden in February 2020. write a essay explaining how this decision, as well as the public backlash to it, signal the ways Black women’s ability to do intellectual work/assume positions of authority remains a point of contention.
