Rakim Allah
Superstar
Not voting for white supremacists without Tangibles, friend.What are YOU doing about it Rakim
Clarence Thomas rebukes Brown v. Board of Education ruling, saying, "it was a serious overreach"
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So nothingNot voting for white supremacists without Tangibles, friend.
Got it.
Rakim Allah
Superstar
Just like you and your white supremacist political party that you religiously vote for, friend.So nothing
It was 57 Democrats and 43 Republicans that voted on his nomination.
Would we see Trump getting confirmations with this kind of spread in 2024
It was a different era. A lot of senators in that age felt pressured to "vote for the nominee regardless of how bad they are so long as they're minimally qualified."
The very next judge was Ruth Bader Ginsberg, nominated by Clinton, and she got in by a vote of 96-3 despite being an extremely reliable liberal judge. For Thomas to only get 52 votes was a very bad performance. He actually lost the vote of two Republicans who represented liberal states, but picked up 11 Democrats, nearly all of whom represented conservative states.
To be fair, those 11 Democrats were almost entirely conservative Democrats (which was still a thing back then).
Most Democrats voted against him, and almost all Republicans voted for him (and a Republican president nominated him).
Not to mention he was a Black nationalist in the 70s
‘He’s a Bundle of Contradictions’: Why Clarence Thomas Left the Black Power Movement Behind
Why Clarence Thomas Left the Black Power Movement Behind | FRONTLINE
Clarence Thomas supported the Black Power movement in college, but a scene from "Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power and the Supreme Court" shows when the future Supreme Court justice became disillusioned with the movement.
www.pbs.org
Fillerguy
Veteran
So he's a coli poster but with power and influenceDemocratic Chairman Certified taught us he was a black militant and seperatist.
"By consensus, Thomas is the most conservative member of the Court. So it’s surprising that the central theme of his jurisprudence is race. When he was nearly forty years old, just four years shy of his appointment to the Court, Thomas set out the foundations of his vision in a profile in The Atlantic. “There is nothing you can do to get past black skin,” he said. “I don’t care how educated you are, how good you are at what you do—you’ll never have the same contacts or opportunities, you’ll never be seen as equal to whites.” This was no momentary indiscretion; it was the distillation of a lifetime of learning, which began in the segregated precincts of Savannah, during the nineteen-fifties, and continued through his college years, in the sixties. On the Court, Thomas continues to believe—and to argue, in opinion after opinion—that race matters; that racism is a constant, ineradicable feature of American life; and that the only hope for black people lies within themselves, not as individuals but as a separate community with separate institutions, apart from white people."
Clarence Thomas is a pessimistic separatist black nationalist & thinks racism cant be fixed?!
:mindblown: Clarence Thomas’s Radical Vision of Race Clarence Thomas’s Radical Vision of Race Thomas has moved from black nationalism to the right. But his beliefs about racism, and our ability to solve it, remain the same. By Corey Robin September 10, 2019 Illustration by Joan Wong...
This seems to be in line with his old beliefs. Maybe he is using his power to make his vision come true.i agree with his stance in the bolded,not sure how you could possibly disagree.
Thatrogueassdiaz
We're on the blood path now
Now all y'all that throw around the word c00n over any small things, THIS HERE IS AN UNCLE TOM AND A fukkING c00n.
Clarence Thomas is very interesting (not in a good way) but I just need to know what made him flip. He came up in some of the most Black rooted environments and didn’t hold the views he has now. Some of his favorite book don’t line up with what he says or does. It almost like something jaded him. Like what event created this heel turn to be a complete enemy to Black people.
Kornball The Conqueror
Superstar
Ehh, he didn't change if you study Black Nationalism. Alot of older Black Nationalist believe in the concept of self help..Basically they don't believe Black pepple need a helping hand from the US Government in fact many were separatist (republic of New Africa, old NOI, etc)...Thomas just take it to the next level with limited government which isn't a bad thing...his ruling in the name image Likeness NCAA stuff is a good example
Sunalmighty
Superstar
what is it with clarence thomas smh. i really dont pay attention to dude
BTW, i saw that PBS documentary about him and his wife. he seems like the kind of dude to be bent on recompense
BTW, i saw that PBS documentary about him and his wife. he seems like the kind of dude to be bent on recompense
Yeah,he seems like hes from that Cosby school of thought
. But with Cosby you could see his works and black people had stories about what he had done for them. Ive never seen or heard any of that when it comes to Clarence. So im guessing either he hasnt,or black people are too ashamed to be associated with him. Or hes trying to maintain his cover
