Yvette Miller, Chief Judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals, Says Blacks are More Trusting of Legal System
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Yvette Miller, the first-ever African American woman to be appointed
chief judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals, is the latest in a
prestigious line of lawyers to make history recently. That would
include the president of the United States, the first lady and the U.S.
attorney general. Miller believes the increasing presence of minorities
and women in powerful positions in the American legal system helps
African Americans trust the system.
“I think that is changing, primarily because African Americans in the
past didn’t necessarily have trust in the system, because they couldn’t
look around or look within the system and see people that looked like
themselves. They couldn’t look within the system and see women,” Miller
says. “In order to have the public’s trust and confidence, it’s
important to see diversity in the system and so now that we are
starting to see that, people are able to accept the rulings of the
court in a much better way.”
“It’s a very interesting time. And it says that anything is possible.
It says to little boys and certainly little girls – that anything that
you want to achieve you can. . If you want to be a lawyer or if you
want to be president, if you want to be the chief justice, [you can do]
whatever you want to do. As long as you are willing to pay the price
and as long as well you are willing to go to go to school and be
prepared, you can do it.” –terry shropshire
