Article content Last Friday, Canada’s longest-serving Supreme Court judge, Justice “Rosie” Abella, heard her last case. She must retire on July 1. Canadians increasingly hear that her successor must be “racialized .” Some say Canada’s “all-white” Supreme Court must remedy its embarrassingly late historical first: Canada must finally appoint a racialized judge. All countries need diverse judiciaries. But the idea that Canada’s Supreme Court has never had a racialized judge is mistaken.Canada’s already had five racialized Supreme Court judges. And significant racism permeated their Jewish lives.Justice Rosie Abella is one of them. We apologize, but this video has failed to load.