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I’d be more sympathetic to the argument that a latina or any member of a minority race will bring a new and better approach to the law if the people making that argument weren’t also the same people that also think a sitting member of the Supreme Court is not “black enough” for the same to be said of him.
That’s what hypocrisy smells like.
Agreed. I thought of that as well. Clarence Thomas is a “race traitor” because he doesn’t vote a certain way? It’s ridiculous.
Good news! I’ve argued that having a more diverse Supreme Court will lead to better law and better decisions—and have never accused Clarence Thomas being insufficently black. And the primary references I can find to Thomas as a “race traitor” are all either parody or straw men. You can now be sympathetic to the goal of a more diverse court.
