I’m Here to Teach The Most Hated Black Man In America About Diversity

While presiding over the Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. University of North Carolina affirmative action case, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, a seventy-four year black man and most conservative member of the United States Supreme Court, said he could not define diversity.

“I’ve heard the word diversity quite a few times, and I don’t have a clue what it means. It seems to mean everything for everyone.”

When I first read the quote from Justice Thomas, I assumed that he was feigning ignorance. Because after studying the man and his response to recent cases, most notably his written concurrence to the majority opinion in Dobbs vs. Jackson Health, the case centered on the availability of abortion rights, I found Clarence Thomas to be a spiteful and vindictive human being.

Thomas is a graduate of Yale University Law School, and is the author of many court opinions and a best-selling memoir. He is a professor of law at George Washington University, which boasts a Diversity and Inclusion Program on its website. He has engaged in an extensive travel schedule and met many educated people, in addition to being a sought-after and experienced public speaker. So, he should have a formalized idea, or at least a viable approximate definition of diversity. Nevertheless, if Uncle…