How is a Black Female Supreme Court Justice a Glass Ceiling?

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Let’s review: We already have Blacks on the court and we have women on the court.

Are there seriously black girls sitting at home thinking “no one ever will elect me to the Supreme Court. Only black men, Hispanic women (remember when Sonia Sotomayor got put on the supreme court?), and white women get elected.” If that girl has that little imagination in an era where Black history month is stretching essentially twice as long (not to mention Juneteenth), every Black woman to break through any ceiling gets free publicity, Black actresses get preferential treatment at the Oscars and the BAFTAS, then perhaps that young woman has a lack of imagination or is leaning pretty heavily on race as a crutch.

I’m a big fan of Kamala Harris, but did we not just give a Black woman the vice presidency and HUD for the sole purpose of giving those positions? How much more affirmative action is being demanded here and when do we, as liberals, draw a line?

The narrowing of the Supreme Court pool to Black women is not about a job interview. It is a piece of symbolism so we should treat it as such. It’s a tacit approval to the school of thought that affirmative action is needed to rectify racial divides in this country (particularly with the African-American community who is currently the loudest faction in…