[Time 36:00]: On criticism that Loury is inconsistent per Justice Thomas’ consideration of Blackness when ruling and then other rulings in which “Blackness is not a consideration.” Each human carries within oneself numerous selves; the religious self, the parent, the professor, the bicyclist, etc. A judge who only sees “self-A” instead of multiple selves, and then rules solely on consideration of self-A - or more accurately, on political perspective-X consideration of self-A would be narrowly super-consistent such that other factors and relative weight are ignored. I imagine that Loury would characterize Justice Thomas as seeing a Black self, while at the same time also seeing beyond.
[Time 36:00]: On criticism that Loury is inconsistent per Justice Thomas’ consideration of Blackness when ruling and then other rulings in which “Blackness is not a consideration.” Each human carries within oneself numerous selves; the religious self, the parent, the professor, the bicyclist, etc. A judge who only sees “self-A” instead of multiple selves, and then rules solely on consideration of self-A - or more accurately, on political perspective-X consideration of self-A would be narrowly super-consistent such that other factors and relative weight are ignored. I imagine that Loury would characterize Justice Thomas as seeing a Black self, while at the same time also seeing beyond.