“I don’t think I’ve ever met a Black appellate attorney.”

The Recorder has Shandyn Pierce's article Blum’s Attack on Diversity: Forcing BIPOC Attorneys to ‘Show Their Papers’ which begins:

“I don’t think I’ve ever met a Black appellate attorney.”
It was a bold but honest statement, uttered by a non-Black attorney at a recent litigation conference. The sentiment behind it was so genuine I found it hard to be offended.