The former head of a conservative think tank who was hired just last week by Georgetown University to serve as executive director of the university’s center for the Constitution is under fire after saying President Joe Biden’s pick to replace retiring liberal Supreme Court justice Stephen Breyer, will be a “lesser Black woman.”
“Objectively best pick for Biden is Sri Srinivasan, who is solid prog and v smart. Even has identity politics benefit of being first Asian (Indian) American. But alas doesn’t fit into last intersectionality hierarchy so we’ll get lesser black woman. Thank heaven for small favors?” Ilya Shapiro wrote in Tweet on Wednesday.
In another tweet Shapiro wrote: “Because Biden said he’s only consider black women for SCOTUS, his nominee will always have an asterisk attached. Fitting that the Court takes up affirmative action next term.”
Shapiro deleted the tweets on Thursday and apologized saying: “I meant no offense, but it was an inartful tweet.”
The dean of Georgetown University Law Center Bill Treanor condemned Shapiro’s tweets in a statement on Thursday.
“The tweets’ suggestion that the best Supreme Court nominee could not be a Black woman and their use of demeaning language are appalling,” Treanor wrote. “The Tweets are at odds with everything we stand for at Georgetown Law and are damaging to the culture of equity and inclusion that Georgetown Law is building every day,” he added.
