The attacks Judge Jackson faced during her confirmation were only the latest proof that race still matters in the US.

Sahar Aziz is professor of law and Chancellor’s Social Justice Scholar at Rutgers University Law School. She is the author of The Racial Muslim: When... Racism Quashes Religious Freedom and founding director of the Center for Security, Race and Rights.
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