The exciting prospect of "the first black" this-or that, or "a black" head of this- or- that, that I formerly longed for and celebrated in my younger years, faded fast after the appointment of Clarence Thomas to the U.S. Supreme Court. Now, fidelity matters ; truth matters; virtue matters; rigor matters, much more than race!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Supreme_Court_Building