State Rep. Donna McLeod, who is also black and was born in Jamaica, told the Atlanta-Journal Constitution she strongly opposes the idea of a statue for the conservative justice, who was appointed to the court in 1991 amid allegations of sexual harassment.

McLeod is so against the proposal – put forward by state Republicans – that she would prefer to leave standing monuments to the likes of Confederate soldiers and slave owners, she said.

‘I’d rather them keep a Confederate monument than a statue of Clarence Thomas,’ she said.

‘That’s how much I don’t like the idea.’