Progressives v. Kagan Supporters

Supporters of Elena Kagan’s Supreme Court nomination say, “Of course she’s qualified, she went to Harvard! And she was a DEAN there! Who cares if she has a deplorable record on minority hiring? Who cares if she doesn’t have judicial experience?” People who label themselves Progressives say, “What’s her record? We don’t know because she has no judicial experience. She had a terrible minority hiring record while she was the Harvard Law School dean, and she hasn’t taken a position on anything.” The most visible observers, on both sides, are uniformly not minorities.

So when do we get to a point where (a) there are enough visible minority advocates for the democratic establishment who didn’t go to ivy league schools; and, (b) where minorities are assigned enough credibility to fend for themselves?