how could it not be? i certainly think, you know, that this is a moment where we should take advantage of the opportunity to try to come together. but that s really just of course that s being optimistic. i don t think that s realistic, in light of everything that has already taken place leading up to this. already we have people making statements that, oh, this person will simply are a beneficiary of affirmative action, and making these kind of arguments to try to discount the qualifications of any black woman who would fill that role. obviously the person who fills this role will be fully vetted and they will be qualified. no one s going to put up anyone who is not prepared to be a justice. but the fact that those conversations are already taking place i think speaks to, you know, the political moment, speaks to just the tensions, the debates that quite frankly we will just continue to have in this nation. and i will spend a lot of time dissenting on that court.
view yesterday, claiming the holocaust was not about race. again, abc news suspending whoopi goldberg for two weeks in the wake of her comments on the view yesterday claiming the holocaust was not about race. i m going to speak with someone who was on the view with her just today to get how he feels. i m talking about jonathan greenblatt of the adl, to see how he feels about the suspension and his appearance today, what whoopi has had to say. that s coming up straight ahead. so stay tuned for that. plus, it is a really big deal, a really big deal that in 2022, the first day of black history month, to make good on a pledge to put the first black female justice on the supreme court, right, well, apparently it is, and republicans heads are exploding, again. ago, it s discrimination. oh, it s affirmative action, it s politicizing the court. i m going to break all of this down for you just to show the hypocrisy in all of this. again, these are facts. so think about that for a
for this week s rise up, i want to kick off black history month with the story of a true pioneer. in a matter of months, we are likely to see the confirmation of the first black female justice to the u.s. supreme court. just last year we inaugurated our first black female vice president. but none of it, none of it, would have been possible if it wasn t for shirley chisholm. she was the first black woman elected to congress in 1968, just four years after the civil rights act of 1964 was signed into law. she immediately went to work as a tireless advocate for domestic workers, teachers, immigrants and mothers. and for that alone, she would go
they are retiring after that olympic moment. an important reminder when we are watching these beautiful, incredible, graceful performances, there are years of brutal sacrifice behind them. brianna. yeah. and what does the future hold for them as well? what does it do to their futures. selina wang, great report. thank you. up next, loretta lynch, the first female attorney general is now actually i don t think she was. the first black female attorney general in the racial discrimination suit by brian flores. and this fight between a black and white teen sparking outrage. the action the police took in the heat of the moment raising a lot of questions.
stake. ab absolutely, yes. seating a supreme court justice, enormous deal at any point in american history but also the consideration of the first black female justice in our nation s history, ever. and recognizing the failure of our nation s imagination to see someone like her in that role before. also the possibility that once she is confirmed and as you said there s no reason to believe she won t be that america turns a new chapter in our story. right? that new chapter is one that every generation after this will continue to read and to follow and to view as not just what could be, but what is. what is the story of this nation. so i think setting all partisan politics aside, if we can do that a moment, then in this country, a reminder i think many people really needed and really appreciated during these hearings. yeah. the senate didn t exactly cover itself in glory the last couple of days. amna, you nicely put together