Texas County Makes History With Swearing-In Of 17 Black Female Judges

[StringerBell]

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/harris-county-texas-swear-in-black-female-judges

HOUSTON (AP) — “Black Girl Magic” has met the bench with the swearing-in of 17 African-American female judges in the Houston area.

The 17 women all won races in last year’s election to be judges in various Harris County courts. Their “Black Girl Magic ” campaign debuted over the summer with a viral photo that featured the 17 women and two other sitting Harris County judges inside a courtroom.

The women were sworn in on Tuesday.

Those behind the campaign say it was part of an effort to broaden the diversity of the Houston area’s judiciary and ensure that more African-Americans and other minorities can bring their backgrounds and life experiences to the bench and better reflect the diversity of the nation’s fourth-largest city.

 

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goat

im interested to see the conviction/sentencing trends from before and after

it would be good to see this make a noticeable difference

 

[IP360]

 

[Rubato]

Clearer pic needed, for research purposes...

 

[OhMars]

I voted for all of the ones I could

 

[Zagreus]

But but but i thought voting didnt matter?

 

[Kzzl]

I don't know why y'all celebrating already. Plenty of black folks have/had political positions and shit still ain't changed.

I'll remain skeptical till I see otherwise. Jasmine Barnes was killed in Houston coincidentally. We'll see if these women are worth a damn if her killer goes on trial before them.

 

[Rubato]

I don't know why y'all celebrating already. Plenty of black folks have/had political positions and shit still ain't changed.

I'll remain skeptical till I see otherwise. Jasmine Barnes was killed in Houston coincidentally. We'll see if these women are worth a damn if her killer goes on trial before them.

Still, clearly an improvement over the alternative

 

[Kzzl]

Still, clearly an improvement over the alternative

We'll see.

 

[SneakDZA]

I don't know why y'all celebrating already. Plenty of black folks have/had political positions and shit still ain't changed.

I'll remain skeptical till I see otherwise. Jasmine Barnes was killed in Houston coincidentally. We'll see if these women are worth a damn if her killer goes on trial before them.

Yeah because they might just let him off with a warning.

 

[LurkerSix]

I'll celebrate this when its worth celebrating. Plenty of ethnic people in positions of power, in this country, who act like they arnt ethnic.