Judge Rena Malik recognized her historic election as Brooklyn's first South Asian judge not as an endpoint but as a call to continue building representation. Celebrated during Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, the event, organized by legal organizations, honored notable Asian American court employees, revealing the ongoing challenges of racial representation. Judges Malik and Koshy highlighted the importance of resilience borne from adversity, with Koshy pointing out the struggles still faced by the Asian American community in overcoming underrepresentation in judicial roles.
Resilience is defined as the capacity to withstand or recover quickly from difficulties. It is synonymous with the word toughness.
Embedded and enmeshed in the word 'resilience' is overcoming adversity and struggle. It sounds nice ... but it's a little bit of a melancholy term when you use it to describe a group of people.
I may be the only elected Asian judge sitting in the New York City Civil Court in Brooklyn, but I know that while I might be one of the first, I won't be the last.
This event, 'A Legacy of Leadership and Resilience,' honored four Asian American court employees, reflecting on the importance of representation in the judiciary.
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