The Most Hated Black Man In America

I am just a lead customer service representative at a hospital, a miniscule cog in a gargantuan rolling wheel, devoid of any real power to change things. Apart from the members of my immediate family, nobody really takes me seriously. Because for many people, a word of wisdom imparted from a person like me, someone regarded as inherently dispensable, is not worth heeding.

So then, why am I confident in my belief that millions of people share my view on Clarence Thomas, the second black man to serve on the United States Supreme Court? Well, one of the great things about my job is that I have become a master at performing it. My modest health services career does not bleed into life after work, nor does it require the application of concentrated brainpower.

In fact, job performance and promotions have become a secondary consideration for me. My goal is to gain insight about the wider world, especially in the area of politics and public policy. Therefore, I read for multiple hours every single day during client phone calls, lunch breaks, and for hours before my prescribed bedtime.

Yesterday, as I pored over an article written about Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first black female Supreme Court Justice, I became even more curious about the Supreme Court. So I performed a google search until happening upon an online article written by…