Posted on Mar 22, 2022
Ted Cruz grilled Ketanji Brown Jackson\u00a0on 'Antiracist Baby': Here's why you should read it
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Books about Black history and antiracism have regularly been in the news (and on bestsellers lists) since the death of George Floyd in 2020 and subsequent nationwide protests that centered racism and police brutality.
They're back in the headlines again as Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the country's first Black female Supreme Court nominee, faces grilling from conservative senators. On Tuesday, Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas brought props to the hearing, cycling through posters of children’s books he said were used at a Washington, D.C., area private school where Jackson is a board member. He questioned whether Jackson knew the books, including Ibram X. Kendi's children’s book “Antiracist Baby,” were taught at the school, and whether or not she supports the teaching of critical race theory.
Books about Black history and antiracism have regularly been in the news (and on bestsellers lists) since the death of George Floyd in 2020 and subsequent nationwide protests that centered racism and police brutality.
They're back in the headlines again as Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the country's first Black female Supreme Court nominee, faces grilling from conservative senators. On Tuesday, Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas brought props to the hearing, cycling through posters of children’s books he said were used at a Washington, D.C., area private school where Jackson is a board member. He questioned whether Jackson knew the books, including Ibram X. Kendi's children’s book “Antiracist Baby,” were taught at the school, and whether or not she supports the teaching of critical race theory.
Ted Cruz grilled Ketanji Brown Jackson\u00a0on 'Antiracist Baby': Here's why you should read it
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..."Do you agree with this book that is being taught with kids, that babies are racist?" Cruz asked.
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After a long pause, Jackson said: "I do not believe that any child should be made to feel as though they are racist or as though they are not valued."
"You know Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson has impeccable credentials – and you know you're doing the work – when @tedcruz questions her about your books since he can’t touch her record," Kendi wrote in a tweet.
You know Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson has impeccable credentials—and you know you're doing the work—when @tedcruz questions her about your books since he can’t touch her record.
March 22, 2022"Antiracist Baby," a picture book that introduces young readers and their parents to the concept of antiracism and encourages discussion, was one of many books by Black authors that made waves on the USA TODAY Best Selling Book List following the rise of Black Lives Matter protests, debuting at no. 49 in summer 2020 and rising as high as no. 16. It was released a year after Kendi's guidebook for adults, "How to Be an Antiracist," which spent 29 weeks on the bestsellers list and reached as high as no. 2. "...
..."Do you agree with this book that is being taught with kids, that babies are racist?" Cruz asked.
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After a long pause, Jackson said: "I do not believe that any child should be made to feel as though they are racist or as though they are not valued."
"You know Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson has impeccable credentials – and you know you're doing the work – when @tedcruz questions her about your books since he can’t touch her record," Kendi wrote in a tweet.
You know Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson has impeccable credentials—and you know you're doing the work—when @tedcruz questions her about your books since he can’t touch her record.
March 22, 2022"Antiracist Baby," a picture book that introduces young readers and their parents to the concept of antiracism and encourages discussion, was one of many books by Black authors that made waves on the USA TODAY Best Selling Book List following the rise of Black Lives Matter protests, debuting at no. 49 in summer 2020 and rising as high as no. 16. It was released a year after Kendi's guidebook for adults, "How to Be an Antiracist," which spent 29 weeks on the bestsellers list and reached as high as no. 2. "...
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