Why are Whites Afraid of a Black Woman on the Supreme Court?

H. Michael Harvey, JD
4 min readJan 31, 2022

Attacks Mounting Against Biden’s Intent to Nominate a Black Woman

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It came as quite a surprise when critics of a piece I wrote on President Biden’s intent to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court began to infer that to write about this topic somehow was a racist act towards White people and anyone not a Black American.

Suddenly, the backlash to the notion of a Black woman on the high court has caused a plethora of Whites to suggest that Biden should not focus on putting a Black woman on the Supreme Court, and that he should be more diverse in his selection.

Where has that argument for diversity, inclusion, and equity been as long as the court was the providence of White male rule?

Here is my response to one of those critics who threw a couple of stones my way and then abruptly left the conversation:

Thank you, Oran Jackson for a brief conversation. It is sad that you are ducking out so quickly after throwing your diatribe towards a piece this writer wrote on President Biden’s intent to nominee a Black woman to the Supreme Court.

Talking about sad. Why do you refuse to answer the question about your race?

Are you suffering from an inferiority complex because of your race or social…

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H. Michael Harvey, JD

Harvey is Living Now Book Awards 2020 Bronze Medalist for his memoir Freaknik Lawyer: A Memoir on the Craft of Resistance. Available at haroldmichaelharvey.com