As the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, Kay Coles James oversaw a federal civilian workforce of 1.8 million responsible for $650 billion. James chairs the Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission and OPM recently celebrated her tenure as part of Women’s History Month.
She had also been Virginia’s Secretary of Health and Human Resources, she sits on three corporate boards, and is a member of the NASA Advisory Council.
She’s also an African-American conservative woman.
It’s hard to know which of these three elements of her identity attracted the most fury from leftists after Google appointed her to its external advisory council on AI. But the combination triggered a new level of rage. Gizmodo described one of the most successful African-American women in public life as a “ghoul”.
The insult came from Bryan Menegus, a white millennial hipster and aspiring internet comedian, toward an African-American woman who triumphed over segregation and challenges he couldn’t even imagine.
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I green up in the same family atmosphere as James. I commend her for her accomplishments. She deserves our respect as a women and a professional. I must comment that during the her career black women where given preference in the Government workforce. No doubt about it that she had help. It's like giving immigrants free college yet an American must pass due to lack of funds. Maybe not a good example but you get the point. Now that she is educated, served her government with high honors you can't take it back. The opportunity was given to a African American women over others just as qualified. That is no reason now to disrespect James because she was afforded the opportunity. Let the grandma alone.
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