Spectator World
By Freddy Gray
January 31, 2022 | 11:13 p
President Joe Biden promised last week to nominate the first black woman to the Supreme Court. “Long overdue,” he says.
When it comes to elevating African-American females to high office, Biden has form. He chose Kamala Harris, remember, to be the first female vice president of color.
But what if Biden elected to choose the same woman — namely, Vice President Kamala Harris — for the Supreme Court? Wouldn’t that be so unimaginative and tokenistic as to be quite racist? Even a leader as error-prone as Biden wouldn’t do that, would he?