st wrote. “The fact that no black leader could utter publicly that a black appointee for the Supreme Court was unqualified shows how captive they ar…d by outright lies about Thomas being the most qualified candidate regardless of race,” West wrote. “The fact that no black leader could utter publicly that a black appointee for the Supreme Court was unqualified shows how captive they are to white racist stereotypes about black intellectual talent.” Nearly three decades later, West’s assessment could not be more spot-on. Much like how the black elite in Washington capitulated to George H.W. Bush’s appeal to liberal mult…