The real ‘DEI hire’ was Clarence Thomas

The real 'DEI hire': Historian slams Justice Clarence Thomas

Historian Jonathan Zimmerman has argued in an article for The Hill that Justice Clarence Thomas, a conservative associate justice of the Supreme Court, is "the real DEI [Diversity, Equity and Inclusion] hire on the Supreme Court."Thomas was nominated to the court by former President George H.W. Bush in 1991. Zimmerman wrote in the article, published on Tuesday, that the real reason Bush selected Thomas was because he is Black."Thomas knew it, to…

The real ‘DEI hire’ was Clarence Thomas

Clarence Thomas was chosen for the Supreme Court because he was Black, while Amy Coney Barrett was chosen due to her gender, and both were chosen to check the right boxes.