@zalmanzinguer Yes in deed, Clarence step n fetch Thomas our house negro for the tea party when is he going to start singing old man river ? Thurgood Marshal please come back anything but this uncle tom !!!!!!
You had better not be a black man and appear in front of him. His moto is 'black men are guilty until proven innocent'. I swear when white racists call black people monkeys, they must have seen his picture OOO he's ugly! Short fat ape!
I've never needed anyone of any background to validate my opinions. Like I said, it is very obvious that most problems affecting many black americans are self-inflicted.
cbaldwinjr., I understand that AA benefits different groups, but discrimination is never justified. Civil rights movement and the women's right's movement have always sought equal treatment not preferential treatment.
One last point that your brought up about poverty. Are poor white males less deserving of a helping hand?
Yes they are if there is a history of them being overlooked BECAUSE they are poor and white. There is a documented history of women and minority men being hired at a disproportionate rate. Why? Because American power has been centered around the white man since its origin. That doesn't make all white men in power racist, far from it. What it does say is that if the MAJORITY power source is white and that MAJORITY power source historically hires its own over others if allowed.
So again...do you think it's better for minorities and white women to go without jobs because certain powers that be will choose white men over others, all things being equal? Even if that's not technically discrimination, the reality is, there are a finite amount of slots available for a large group of qualified people. I don't think AA is a perfect system, but there is a valid reason for its existence. Yet I never hear anyone in opposition with a legitimate alternative.
@cbaldwinjr Our great leaders of the past would be shocked at the lack of industry and initiative coupled with rampant irresponsibility that far too many of our young people exhibit. One will NEVER be successful with those traits. Racism exists. Some people think that you're born inferior. So fucking what! Racism ISN"T the current big issue. There was much worse racism in the 40's and 50's and the black family was largely intact and crime was much lower.
You wrote "the MAJORITY power source is white and that MAJORITY power source historically hires its own over others if allowed."
It's this what discrimination is? When you group people together based on race and make sweeping statements about them.
You decry the discrimination that exists in the world, but you support a government policy that institutionalizes discrimination. You commit the very crime that you are supposedly against.
To actually make the point...it's quite common that those perceived to be self-hating or sellouts DO make the point of devaluing or denouncing their racial background. Ward Connorly, Clarence Thomas, hell, even Tiger Woods go out of their way to inform you that they aren't black...even when it's as plain as the nose on their face. Whether they actually are or not, I'm not going to speculate. But I WILL cast my opinion and say it's never healthy when someone makes their race an inconvenient thing
Have to give Clarence Thomas a lot of credit from where he came from to where he is now, regardless of whatever political views and stances of civil rights he has. I certainly disagree with his views, but he is no Uncle Tom. Those who call him are bitter and jealous of his success, and having a successful career and loving wife.
That's pretty ironic that you will make snap judgments on people who see him in a different way than YOU do, yet you disagree with the snap judgments made by people onto Clarence Thomas. Very interesting
@cbaldwinjr Snap judgments nothing. It's those who label Thomas these disgusting terms that are doing the judging, and I did say I disagree with him on various views, but at least I don't stoop that low to go with these cowardly terms. Those need to at least respect him for the path he took to be where he is and follow his lead, to be whatever respectable career they would like to get into. They don't have to be Chief Justice and certainly don't agree with him.
I've never seen much benefit to stooping to a low level, and that is what I saw you do. I don't agree with Thomas, but I respect the work he put in to get to the position he holds. It just saddens me that someone in his position would seemingly forget that hard work in and of itself didn't get him there. He benefited from affirmative action because GRADES ALONE don't guarantee admittance and made connections once he elevated his social standing. Ability alone means NADA in America.
Where can a man who was a mediocre law student, third-rate lawyer, lazy judge, had never written anything, never taught a law class, never argued a major case, never accomplished anything, BECOME A SUPREME COURT JUDGE?
@iown813 Obama wasn't a third-rate lawyer, and he taught law classes. He never served as a judge.
He never really accomplished that much, however. Then again, nobody ever portrayed Obama as "scholarly". Bush Sr. and the Republicans did that with Thomas, but nobody was fooled.
Is affirmative action the exclusive province of blacks? No.
Right on.
So why would he be so intent on getting rid of it, even as those "disadvantaged" (you know white women, Hispanics, Asians, and blacks) would stand to benefit from it?
@cbaldwinjr If by "affirmative action" you mean admitting kids to schools they don't have the grades for or promoting people who can't pass the test, that is in fact insulting and agreement with racist dogma that AAs can't learn. Our biggest problems are the break down of the family (75% single mothers), degraded culture ( some hip hop, "no snitchin'", no "acting white") and excuse making. Racism exists, but as my mama used to say " Don't start talking to me about the white man. No excuses"
No jackass. I mean affirmative action that allows people of merit opportunity into careers/universities/etc when they might otherwise be overlooked. I'm sick of this overreach by conservatives to denounce policies like affirmative action, but yet they have NO answer for the fact that people of color and women are hired disproportionately to white men. That is fact...and I'm not speaking of those underqualified. You can pull yourself up by your bootstraps without a chance.
@cbaldwinjr I'm curious. Are you a student? Are you out there in the world working? If so, what do you do? As for the plight of Black people, as I've said before, 90% of our woes at this point are self inflicted. If this isn't obvious to you by just casually looking around then I'd say that further discussion is pointless. By the way, if you truly believe that merit should be the primary determination then you agree with Justice Thomas. Outreach for qualified people is fine.
I love when whites jump on black comments as if a black voice THEY like gives their views credibility. Affirmative action is NOT just for the benefit of blacks. That's one. Two, qualified white men don't get overlooked so that unqualified blacks/white women/etc get jobs. You and harrison speak like we're in a society where race/sex/sexual orientation has NO bearing on whether or not someone gets employed. The fact that Thomas himself benefited from AA makes it all the more ironic.
I'm curious, why the hell does it matter? I could be homeless and my points wouldn't be any less valid. This isn't just about BLACK people. Affirmative action helps more white women than all other people combined. So whatever circles you run in, enjoy. That's not the purpose of my points. What I AM saying is that the real danger comes when people like you make snap generalizations about a group of people when this is much more complex than 'blacks do it themselves'.
@cbaldwinjr Racism of course still exists and will exist for the foreseeable future. That said one's success in life is directly attributable to ones OWN actions. Our problems are no longer the KKK, but gang members who kill and maim THOUSANDS of young blacks. Somehow ghetto culture and mores have morphed into "keeping it real'. How insulting to Frederick Douglass, Malcolm X, and Booker T Washington who fought for education and were exemplars of intelligence and self reliance.
Again...what does that have to do with affirmative action? You're overreaching with your points. Unless you're able to literally make money yourself, you aren't self-reliant. Students needs a place to learn. The best worker needs to make a wage. You keep making points about the black community when AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IS NOT LIMITED TO BLACKS. My issue is with people like you insisting the policy is racist when it was created to address disenfranchised men AND women.
And the irony of all of this stuff about 'own actions'...isn't Thomas a person who believes in the individual? I don't feel the need to 'keep it real'? I'm not ghetto. So how does that rub on me? Does the Klan's existence affect individual white Americans? Or is that a latent acknowledgment that blacks ARE seen differently here? We aren't monolithic, but you use the idea of individuality only to defend your conservative based viewpoint. That's very interesting. And telling
@cbaldwinjr Discussing affirmative action as a critical issue is like somebody with terminal cancer complaining that someone got seated at a restaurant first. The family in the black community has collapsed. You can't have SEVENTY-FIVE % boys growing up without a father and have it not create a problem. Factually AAs have more opportunity than in any time during our tortured history. Read Up from Slavery or Frederick Douglass's autobiography to get an idea of hardship.
I'm done with you...you don't address the issue at hand. I wasn't overreaching, I ask you basic questions and you go on these rants about things unrelated.
"I don't think AA is a perfect system, but there is a valid reason for its existence. Yet I never hear anyone in opposition with a legitimate alternative."
Treat people equally and as individuals regardless of race, ethnicity or gender. There is no "alternative" to that. Aff. action has no valid reason behind it whatsoever.
Affirmative action is a logical absurdity. You are fighting discrimination with MORE discrimination.
Short men have proven handicap in the job market. Please provide a "legitimate alternative" to this cruel injustice. We can't just let that discrimination go on without countering it with another form of discrimination.
Who else is disadvantaged? Gays and lesbians face discrimination. Disabled face discrimination. Short men face discrimination. Let's include them all.
Would including them into affirmative action make the world a better place? No. Does affirmative action in general make the world a better place? No, it makes the world a far worse place. Because when you judge people based on something other than their qualifications, it is discrimination no matter which way it goes.
That's the classic defense...let's drag other people in that you don't normally give a damn about to defend apathy towards those currently discriminated against. If you honestly believe that affirmative action just popped up on its own for no reason, than you really are ignorant. And by the way, the world we live in isn't ideal. The REASON AA exists is because the first and last thing some people judge is skin tone. So what do you say to that? Nothing. Like man usually do.
It's obvious that nothing I say will cure you of your myopia. And that's why these discussions never get anywhere. You make the blanket statement that AA is 'reverse racism' (btw, wouldn't reverse racism mean someone being DECENT towards someone because of their race?) even when I just stated the genesis of its existence: there was a feeling that blacks/women/etc weren't being hired because of a social stigma against them...even when there were plenty of qualified candidates.
People in your camp usually bring up gaps in employment: Black men of equal education have higher levels of unemployment than white men.
This stat is true but it is an argument against AA. There is clearly a belief in the job market that the same degree means one thing for whites and another thing for blacks. AA only further validates this belief that blacks have earned the same degrees but under inferior standards.
AA only perpetuates the social stigma against blacks/women
So basically you're saying it's better to be unemployed than to benefit from a system to exists because those that hire DO see skin color or gender (or both)? Because you know, it's poverty and not skin color that leads to crime. That's been proven. It's that lack of opportunity that leads to this vicious circle many blacks are in. You acknowledge that there are gaps but you actually argue somehow that it's better for EQUITABLE people to do without...because that's social justice?
Affirmative action does NOT level the playing field. It does NOT fix past injustices. Affirmative action is a very racist and very sexist policy. It is blatant bigotry; no doubt about it. The entire nation suffer heinously because of it.
It's not designed to fix past injustices. But I would stand by my argument that it's much closer to allowing those who wouldn't NORMALLY get in on merit an opportunity. You are either myopic in your thinking or frankly, naive as all hell. To think that NO ONE is/has/will be discriminated against or EVEN left in the cold because of their race/gender is ignorant plain and simple. I don't advocate anything but fairness. The US has proven it is rarely fair without intervention.
Thurgood Marshall come back please. Get this grinnig what cha call it out of here. He has set the black race back 200 years. Anita Hill how did you manage to hold out so long with Tom here !!!!!
I don't think he's the man. Originalism is a flawed interpretive theory, I think Stephen Breyer and William Brennan are more astute Constitutional thinkers and have elucidated their beliefs well unlike Thomas. Thomas has been sidelined as one of the more intellectually inadequate justices on the bench. I'm not liberal or conservative, but Thomas is not the man.
I agree. However, EVERY theory of legal interpretation is flawed if you take it to its logical extremes. The better justices seem to understand this, and know which interpretive theories to use in which kind of case. At the end of the day, however, no interpretive theory will lead you to the truth. It's pretty much all a matter of opinion.
For example, when Scalia says that he is a "textualist," he is being very disingenuous.
Even Mr. Textualist himself has been known to give a glance toward legislative history, or some external guidance when it suits his purposes. Any justice who says that their "theory" is the "correct" one is totally full of shit.
He never benefitted from affirmative action liars. He graduated from college and was well on his way to success before then. Unlike all the crooks, phonies,a nd OObamapigs he actually earned something.
Clarence step and fecth Thomas !!!!!!!! ya sah massa I can tap dance fo you !! Let me roll my eyes and lick my lips yow'll folks sure is good to me pass the chicken plleeze !!! Obama you da man, you da man !!!!!!!!!!!
What are you talking about? Do you know anything whatever about Clarence Thomas? Read his book. I doubt very seriously that you have 1/8the courage and fortitude of this great man.
Harrisonjazzensemble, What is there to be known about this step n fetch it house negro. If he was half the man of Thurgood Marshall I would apologize but this Uncle Tom has done nothing for blacks since he was appointed. He was against affirmative action he has under mined almost every law that was neccesary to give blacks equal footing in society. When it came to showing courage and backbone and fortitude forget it.
He is the boot licking, eye rolling excuse of a black man that you can have.
Name calling like "Uncle Tom", "boot licking" etc. are a symptom of being unable or unwilling to debate the issues on the merits.
The VAST amount of problems in the black community are SELF INFLICTED. Teen pregnancy, black on black crime (way, way more than KKK etc.) gangs along with the idea that striving to achieve is "being white".... THIS is what is killing the community.
Let's for now forget about the "white man" and as The Honorable Elijah Muhammad said
Elijah Muhammad said that the white man is the cause of our insecurity, self inflicted problems. There seems to be some contridictions here. Farrakhan is insuating the same. My argument all along has been, we should quite blaming the white man and educate ourselves help one another instead of the greed an evny which we show toward one another and help the black community. Clarence Thomas got his supreme bench seat and forgot about his black brothers. Obama is what we should be striving for.
@smokeyvelvet42 Im not black but also belogn to a so called minority but to me thats just secondary because in the end we are all human and if there is a god we would all his children... We are one nation and shouldnt divide it by making seperate communities who only care for their own interest. Instead of having a black-, white- or latino-community we should act as a nation which looks out for everyones interest. Thats why I think obama was the right choice he doesnt bring race into politics.
Yet many blacks complain that the standards aren't lowered to allow more in! How embarrassing. To me that is an admission that we are somehow inferior. GMAFB! To succeed we need to be able to 1. Speak and write proper English 2. Have a skill to sell in the market place 3. Dress and act like we want to belong to the larger society 4. Behave ethically towards each other and others. 5. Have a spiritual base. Without this there will be no success no matter who is president. It's about choices.
There is no questions regarding lowering the standard this is ludicrous. What I have been saying is, that we should educate ourselves to conduct an articulate and intellectual dialog with our race as well as other parts of society. But by the same token why arn't we given back to black community to raise that standard ? You have been arguing along the same lines I have suggested. Where is the pride in our communities ? As long as the role models are not available the sequel continues !!
You make some good points. Racism DOES exist. The question is is that fact our main problem today? I think it's easy to say no it isn't. As I mentioned the vast majority of our current problems are self inflicted. In terms of affirmative action, wanting diversity is fine, however do you believe in lowering standards for "diversity"? I personally think it's an insult to say that the only way blacks can get into a school, job, promotion, etc. is by lowering the bar.
People don't about him cause he was smeared and ignored by the left-win fascist press meanwhile those who paid attention to 30 years of law before his confirmation hearings when Anita Hill was paid to lie and make up some hysterical bogus shit that was and has been refuted entirely.
I'd really suggest reading his book My Grandfather's Son before you fully make up your mind. Right now you're spouting the typical attacks that liberal blacks make against conservative blacks. Factually CT has experienced more overt racism than you, I and several hundred blacks combined. I think that rather than name calling a substantive debate should be had regarding the direction for AAs. What has liberal orthodoxy gotten he black community?
Did you know that intact families were the RULE rather than the exception during the worst periods of Jim Crow? Did you grow up as I did in intact wholesome black neighborhoods where crime was low?
What have the policies of abundant welfare, victim hood, self pity, and defeatism gotten the group?
Slavery ended in 1865. We need to grow up, show up, man up and stop whining about being disadvantaged.
That is NOT true. Scores of black men fled the South to the northern cities such as Detroit and Chicago alone to avoid the violence and oppression of Jim Crow. The dream world you portray is not nearly as accurate as you state.
Now, while I agree that ultimately you have to overcome the disadvantages, stating that they exist is NOT whining. People already want the reality of racism to just disappear. Do you think NOT SAYING ANYTHING will help toward the solution? I don't
Further more, I ask what merits you speak of? Not en masse, but you individually? Clarence Thomas polarizes because he sits in a position of IMMENSE importance, yet by all accounts, goes out of his way to try and inhibit blacks from taking the same road HE DID. That's not a symptom of anything...that is fact. He benefited from affirmative action and yet is trying to eliminate or weaken it (i'm being generous). You make great points about the community, but not about Thomas
@cbaldwinjr I know you're anti Thomas, but I'd suggest that you read his book My Grandfather's Son. If nothing else it will might give you more info to use against him. Thomas was a straight A student. The key is do you believe that people who are not qualified should be promoted due to diversity? Would you want to be operated on by a doctor that wasn't really qualified?
Along with a coworker, I had the chance of meeting Clarence Thomas when he was head of the EEOC. This was a luncheon meeting...we bought our own lunches. My first impression was he was a physically strong manand lacked some basic social gracies. Most of the time he expressed his dismay at why so many democrats disliked him particularly Black people. I came away with the impression that is was a very angry depressed person who was outcast from his race and bent on retaliating.
Why is he a sell out? Now if you don't have a response, then you're just a mindless robot, parroting something you've been told. You don't think for yourself.
Most people don't realize that it was the DemoRats who were the slave owners during slavery, It's the DemoRats who continue to pander to minorities while feeding you scraps and turning you into their voter cattle. Martin Luther King and Abraham Lincoln were Republican and died for their beliefs. The DemoRats are the slave traders, take those chains off your brains people and stop eating shit so you can reelect a DemoRat elitist! Billions go into inner cities and worthless fools come out!!!
"blacks cant be conservative"?!? What kind of dumbassed remark is that? There are plenty black conservatives, I'm one of them. If blacks can't be conservative then to follow that line I guess whites cant be liberal, right!?! Get it together people.
it's ironic that any black person in a high ranking position is considered a race-traitor. it is true that most blacks actually possess mostly conservative outlooks yet any public black figure is mocked and harrassed for the very their vary same views.
I respect and honor this Man......Why is it that he has to think democrat to be considered a true black man.....You idiots who think that you have to follow Al Sharpton or the like to be consider part of the black race...Are just that......And by saying this I mean no disrespect to Sharpton (Who I do like)...My point it We all do not THINK the same way, so stop logging us into ONE basket.....
Why I still do not agree with pretty much most rulings he has made, or his stances, seeing this video greatly, greatly, raised the bar on what I thought of him before
I find it very curious, being black myself, that other black people look at Thomas so negatively, but would look at say, Russell Simmons, so positively. I personally look at Thomas in a positive way, and Simmons in a very negative way, and I'm a conservative liberal.
Would you, being a "conservative liberal" mean that you are fiscal conservative, but socially liberal? I think the words conservative and liberal are usually opposites like oil and water, so I was just wondering what you meant if you don't mind. Thanks.
Let me clarify what I meant to say. I'm toward the left on most issues, with the exception for family values and the military (being a former military brat myself), both of which I side with conservatives.
Anyway, I don't agree with Clarence Thomas with his views, but I wouldn't call him an Uncle Tom and race traitor, solely because he had a strong male influence when he was little, and all he did was better himself with a fine education and a wonderful family.
Then I hope you feel the same way about Judge Sotomayor. Justice Thomas could teach Sotomayor a thing or two about a "great life story." Yes, her's is as well. But to dismiss Thomas as a schill because he does not subscribe to liberal orthodoxy is a joke. Justice Thomas IS a great man, regardless of judicial philosophy. Try not to be so hypocritical when it comes to political leanings. They both came from poverty (Sotomayor from the Bronx, Thomas from the Jim Crowe south. Be fair-minded.
touching moment at 9:15 - he knew he could have been killed for a minor slip up. He knew what it was like to live in a terrorist state, known as the United States. It is amazing that any African American could still have faith in the values expessed in the Constitution - but they do have that hope. I don't think most people could endure the daily frustration.
A brilliant man. Regardless of where you stand politically or how you feel about his judicial philosophies, it is tough to deny that he is probably the most misunderstood figure in American politics.
he is blk realize it u bastards. AND 4 ALL I KNOW BE IS OR WAS A SUPREME COURT JUDGE!!!!!!!!!!! DO U KNOW HOW MANY MOTHERS AND FATHERS WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THT 4 THERE CHILDREN!
he is not a traitor he is proud of his heritage and he is equal to and wihte man.... even better then a white person! he has been written in our history.
soon after Thomas was sworn in, 3 Washington Post reporters burst into the newsroom simultaneously with information confirming that Thomas involvement with pornography FAR exceeded what the public had been led to believe.These reporters had eyewitness testimony and video rental records showing Thomas interest in and rental use of pornography.[45] However, because Thomas was already sworn in by the time the video store evidence emerged, The Washington Post dropped the story
Hey I am black and I like Clarence Thomas. I ask black people why they don't like Clarence Thomas, and they can never give me a satifying or reasonable answer.
He is not fit to sit on the Supreme Court. He was a Unqualified Affirmative action appointee. It is this type of Aff. action that hurts affirm. action. Putting unqualified people in positions where plenty of qualified Minorities could have been slotted.
Justice Thomas has done a great deal for AMERICAN PEOPLE since hes been around. But since its not focused on BLACK PEOPLE...he is called all sorts of name all the time. I havent found a black person I talk to who supports him and I think thats pretty sad. I ask them simply questions, and they dont know anything about Clarenece except that..."oh he soldout black people". So he doesnt spend his time looking out for one group of people, he is the bad guy I guess. Wow
A month later, I smile at your comment, especially since I did not write the one above. One of my family members did. Anyway, he isn't the most notable justice and he appears to have some insecurity. By the way, you must have total respect for your mother to refer to someone as a whore!
thats my uncle no lie i swear i go with him to new york all the time my grandmas name i leola he used to call her pigeon just look in his book i already reed it it good
Yes, I too thought the book was great. What a fascinating man with a superb intellect. In the US one can achieve anything you put your mind to. God bless the example of CT.
30 year old claims vetted 20 years ago and you still dredge them up as if they are fact. He was confirmed NO? By a Dem congress No? And you are still bitter enough to spam a comment section on youtube many years later.
Yeah I call that hate that defies logic. Some people make up there minds based on 'D' and 'R' alone.
Supreme justice Clarence Thomas..., an example for all.
zalmanzinguer 1 year ago
@zalmanzinguer Yes in deed, Clarence step n fetch Thomas our house negro for the tea party when is he going to start singing old man river ? Thurgood Marshal please come back anything but this uncle tom !!!!!!
smokeyvelvet42 1 year ago
You had better not be a black man and appear in front of him. His moto is 'black men are guilty until proven innocent'. I swear when white racists call black people monkeys, they must have seen his picture OOO he's ugly! Short fat ape!
bgroupie 1 year ago
" am a man " ... "am a human being " .....and you say he is intellectual...Please ..he is a light weight ...and an asshole
Dontouchmyipod 1 year ago
I've never needed anyone of any background to validate my opinions. Like I said, it is very obvious that most problems affecting many black americans are self-inflicted.
cbaldwinjr., I understand that AA benefits different groups, but discrimination is never justified. Civil rights movement and the women's right's movement have always sought equal treatment not preferential treatment.
One last point that your brought up about poverty. Are poor white males less deserving of a helping hand?
guysovereign 1 year ago
@guysovereign
Yes they are if there is a history of them being overlooked BECAUSE they are poor and white. There is a documented history of women and minority men being hired at a disproportionate rate. Why? Because American power has been centered around the white man since its origin. That doesn't make all white men in power racist, far from it. What it does say is that if the MAJORITY power source is white and that MAJORITY power source historically hires its own over others if allowed.
cbaldwinjr 1 year ago
@guysovereign
So again...do you think it's better for minorities and white women to go without jobs because certain powers that be will choose white men over others, all things being equal? Even if that's not technically discrimination, the reality is, there are a finite amount of slots available for a large group of qualified people. I don't think AA is a perfect system, but there is a valid reason for its existence. Yet I never hear anyone in opposition with a legitimate alternative.
cbaldwinjr 1 year ago
@cbaldwinjr Our great leaders of the past would be shocked at the lack of industry and initiative coupled with rampant irresponsibility that far too many of our young people exhibit. One will NEVER be successful with those traits. Racism exists. Some people think that you're born inferior. So fucking what! Racism ISN"T the current big issue. There was much worse racism in the 40's and 50's and the black family was largely intact and crime was much lower.
harrisonjazzensemble 1 year ago
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@cbaldwinjr
You wrote "the MAJORITY power source is white and that MAJORITY power source historically hires its own over others if allowed."
It's this what discrimination is? When you group people together based on race and make sweeping statements about them.
You decry the discrimination that exists in the world, but you support a government policy that institutionalizes discrimination. You commit the very crime that you are supposedly against.
Treat people as individuals.
guysovereign 1 year ago
To actually make the point...it's quite common that those perceived to be self-hating or sellouts DO make the point of devaluing or denouncing their racial background. Ward Connorly, Clarence Thomas, hell, even Tiger Woods go out of their way to inform you that they aren't black...even when it's as plain as the nose on their face. Whether they actually are or not, I'm not going to speculate. But I WILL cast my opinion and say it's never healthy when someone makes their race an inconvenient thing
cbaldwinjr 1 year ago
His grandfather was quite a witty man.
migkillertwo 1 year ago
Thoughtful my ass. He comes off as though he has no idea what he's saying.
He's only a wee bit smarter than Sarah Palin.
MondoBeno 1 year ago
Clarence Thomas is a good man.
DD826 1 year ago
Have to give Clarence Thomas a lot of credit from where he came from to where he is now, regardless of whatever political views and stances of civil rights he has. I certainly disagree with his views, but he is no Uncle Tom. Those who call him are bitter and jealous of his success, and having a successful career and loving wife.
US13100 1 year ago
@US13100
That's pretty ironic that you will make snap judgments on people who see him in a different way than YOU do, yet you disagree with the snap judgments made by people onto Clarence Thomas. Very interesting
cbaldwinjr 1 year ago
@cbaldwinjr Snap judgments nothing. It's those who label Thomas these disgusting terms that are doing the judging, and I did say I disagree with him on various views, but at least I don't stoop that low to go with these cowardly terms. Those need to at least respect him for the path he took to be where he is and follow his lead, to be whatever respectable career they would like to get into. They don't have to be Chief Justice and certainly don't agree with him.
US13100 1 year ago
@US13100
I've never seen much benefit to stooping to a low level, and that is what I saw you do. I don't agree with Thomas, but I respect the work he put in to get to the position he holds. It just saddens me that someone in his position would seemingly forget that hard work in and of itself didn't get him there. He benefited from affirmative action because GRADES ALONE don't guarantee admittance and made connections once he elevated his social standing. Ability alone means NADA in America.
cbaldwinjr 1 year ago
Where can a man who was a mediocre law student, third-rate lawyer, lazy judge, had never written anything, never taught a law class, never argued a major case, never accomplished anything, BECOME A SUPREME COURT JUDGE?
Only in America!
MondoBeno 1 year ago
@MondoBeno sounds like youre talking about Obama
iown813 1 year ago
@iown813 Obama wasn't a third-rate lawyer, and he taught law classes. He never served as a judge.
He never really accomplished that much, however. Then again, nobody ever portrayed Obama as "scholarly". Bush Sr. and the Republicans did that with Thomas, but nobody was fooled.
MondoBeno 1 year ago
"Is "disadvantaged" the exclusive province of blacks? No."
Right on.
guysovereign 1 year ago
@guysovereign
Is affirmative action the exclusive province of blacks? No.
Right on.
So why would he be so intent on getting rid of it, even as those "disadvantaged" (you know white women, Hispanics, Asians, and blacks) would stand to benefit from it?
cbaldwinjr 1 year ago
@cbaldwinjr If by "affirmative action" you mean admitting kids to schools they don't have the grades for or promoting people who can't pass the test, that is in fact insulting and agreement with racist dogma that AAs can't learn. Our biggest problems are the break down of the family (75% single mothers), degraded culture ( some hip hop, "no snitchin'", no "acting white") and excuse making. Racism exists, but as my mama used to say " Don't start talking to me about the white man. No excuses"
harrisonjazzensemble 1 year ago 2
@harrisonjazzensemble
No jackass. I mean affirmative action that allows people of merit opportunity into careers/universities/etc when they might otherwise be overlooked. I'm sick of this overreach by conservatives to denounce policies like affirmative action, but yet they have NO answer for the fact that people of color and women are hired disproportionately to white men. That is fact...and I'm not speaking of those underqualified. You can pull yourself up by your bootstraps without a chance.
cbaldwinjr 1 year ago
@cbaldwinjr I'm curious. Are you a student? Are you out there in the world working? If so, what do you do? As for the plight of Black people, as I've said before, 90% of our woes at this point are self inflicted. If this isn't obvious to you by just casually looking around then I'd say that further discussion is pointless. By the way, if you truly believe that merit should be the primary determination then you agree with Justice Thomas. Outreach for qualified people is fine.
harrisonjazzensemble 1 year ago
@harrisonjazzensemble
"90% of our woes at this point are self inflicted"
I couldn't agree more. I am not black and I get called a racist when I say that, but it is obvious like you said.
guysovereign 1 year ago
@guysovereign
I love when whites jump on black comments as if a black voice THEY like gives their views credibility. Affirmative action is NOT just for the benefit of blacks. That's one. Two, qualified white men don't get overlooked so that unqualified blacks/white women/etc get jobs. You and harrison speak like we're in a society where race/sex/sexual orientation has NO bearing on whether or not someone gets employed. The fact that Thomas himself benefited from AA makes it all the more ironic.
cbaldwinjr 1 year ago
@harrisonjazzensemble
I'm curious, why the hell does it matter? I could be homeless and my points wouldn't be any less valid. This isn't just about BLACK people. Affirmative action helps more white women than all other people combined. So whatever circles you run in, enjoy. That's not the purpose of my points. What I AM saying is that the real danger comes when people like you make snap generalizations about a group of people when this is much more complex than 'blacks do it themselves'.
cbaldwinjr 1 year ago
@cbaldwinjr Racism of course still exists and will exist for the foreseeable future. That said one's success in life is directly attributable to ones OWN actions. Our problems are no longer the KKK, but gang members who kill and maim THOUSANDS of young blacks. Somehow ghetto culture and mores have morphed into "keeping it real'. How insulting to Frederick Douglass, Malcolm X, and Booker T Washington who fought for education and were exemplars of intelligence and self reliance.
harrisonjazzensemble 1 year ago
@harrisonjazzensemble
Again...what does that have to do with affirmative action? You're overreaching with your points. Unless you're able to literally make money yourself, you aren't self-reliant. Students needs a place to learn. The best worker needs to make a wage. You keep making points about the black community when AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IS NOT LIMITED TO BLACKS. My issue is with people like you insisting the policy is racist when it was created to address disenfranchised men AND women.
cbaldwinjr 1 year ago
@harrisonjazzensemble
And the irony of all of this stuff about 'own actions'...isn't Thomas a person who believes in the individual? I don't feel the need to 'keep it real'? I'm not ghetto. So how does that rub on me? Does the Klan's existence affect individual white Americans? Or is that a latent acknowledgment that blacks ARE seen differently here? We aren't monolithic, but you use the idea of individuality only to defend your conservative based viewpoint. That's very interesting. And telling
cbaldwinjr 1 year ago
@cbaldwinjr Discussing affirmative action as a critical issue is like somebody with terminal cancer complaining that someone got seated at a restaurant first. The family in the black community has collapsed. You can't have SEVENTY-FIVE % boys growing up without a father and have it not create a problem. Factually AAs have more opportunity than in any time during our tortured history. Read Up from Slavery or Frederick Douglass's autobiography to get an idea of hardship.
harrisonjazzensemble 1 year ago
@harrisonjazzensemble
I'm done with you...you don't address the issue at hand. I wasn't overreaching, I ask you basic questions and you go on these rants about things unrelated.
cbaldwinjr 1 year ago
@cbaldwinjr
"I don't think AA is a perfect system, but there is a valid reason for its existence. Yet I never hear anyone in opposition with a legitimate alternative."
Treat people equally and as individuals regardless of race, ethnicity or gender. There is no "alternative" to that. Aff. action has no valid reason behind it whatsoever.
Affirmative action is a logical absurdity. You are fighting discrimination with MORE discrimination.
guysovereign 1 year ago
@guysovereign dude their never get it
fdny9682 1 year ago
@fdny9682
But why though? It is so simple.
guysovereign 1 year ago
@cbaldwinjr
Short men have proven handicap in the job market. Please provide a "legitimate alternative" to this cruel injustice. We can't just let that discrimination go on without countering it with another form of discrimination.
guysovereign 1 year ago
@cbaldwinjr
Who else is disadvantaged? Gays and lesbians face discrimination. Disabled face discrimination. Short men face discrimination. Let's include them all.
Would including them into affirmative action make the world a better place? No. Does affirmative action in general make the world a better place? No, it makes the world a far worse place. Because when you judge people based on something other than their qualifications, it is discrimination no matter which way it goes.
guysovereign 1 year ago
@guysovereign
That's the classic defense...let's drag other people in that you don't normally give a damn about to defend apathy towards those currently discriminated against. If you honestly believe that affirmative action just popped up on its own for no reason, than you really are ignorant. And by the way, the world we live in isn't ideal. The REASON AA exists is because the first and last thing some people judge is skin tone. So what do you say to that? Nothing. Like man usually do.
cbaldwinjr 1 year ago
@cbaldwinjr
Is treating people equally regardless of race, ethnicity or gender showing "apathy toward those currently discriminated against?" No
Does AA decrease racism or sexism in society? No, it only increases it..
When did I say AA just popped up on its own or that the world is ideal?
The world is not a perfect place, no doubt about it. We have to make the best of it and AA is clearly a HUGE step backwards.
guysovereign 1 year ago
@guysovereign
It's obvious that nothing I say will cure you of your myopia. And that's why these discussions never get anywhere. You make the blanket statement that AA is 'reverse racism' (btw, wouldn't reverse racism mean someone being DECENT towards someone because of their race?) even when I just stated the genesis of its existence: there was a feeling that blacks/women/etc weren't being hired because of a social stigma against them...even when there were plenty of qualified candidates.
cbaldwinjr 1 year ago
@cbaldwinjr
People in your camp usually bring up gaps in employment: Black men of equal education have higher levels of unemployment than white men.
This stat is true but it is an argument against AA. There is clearly a belief in the job market that the same degree means one thing for whites and another thing for blacks. AA only further validates this belief that blacks have earned the same degrees but under inferior standards.
AA only perpetuates the social stigma against blacks/women
guysovereign 1 year ago
@guysovereign
So basically you're saying it's better to be unemployed than to benefit from a system to exists because those that hire DO see skin color or gender (or both)? Because you know, it's poverty and not skin color that leads to crime. That's been proven. It's that lack of opportunity that leads to this vicious circle many blacks are in. You acknowledge that there are gaps but you actually argue somehow that it's better for EQUITABLE people to do without...because that's social justice?
cbaldwinjr 1 year ago
@cbaldwinjr
Affirmative action does NOT level the playing field. It does NOT fix past injustices. Affirmative action is a very racist and very sexist policy. It is blatant bigotry; no doubt about it. The entire nation suffer heinously because of it.
guysovereign 1 year ago
@guysovereign
It's not designed to fix past injustices. But I would stand by my argument that it's much closer to allowing those who wouldn't NORMALLY get in on merit an opportunity. You are either myopic in your thinking or frankly, naive as all hell. To think that NO ONE is/has/will be discriminated against or EVEN left in the cold because of their race/gender is ignorant plain and simple. I don't advocate anything but fairness. The US has proven it is rarely fair without intervention.
cbaldwinjr 1 year ago
@cbaldwinjr
If they can't qualify on merit alone then they are not qualified.
Again, racism and sexism do exist. But implementing reverse racism and reverse sexism only increases discrimination in society.
guysovereign 1 year ago
Uncle Tom!!!
chrisluvaluva2 1 year ago
slavery over not in my dam house
vortex7777 1 year ago
lol @ *pop* at 9:05
Jessewinz 1 year ago
would love to intern and hopefully clerk for Justice Thomas.
ieodksnw787 1 year ago 2
house nigga scum
los5077 2 years ago
Wow quite a scholar aren't you? You're a reason everyone should go to College.
Elementz123 1 year ago
yes you are
Ragnarokgn 1 year ago
1:07 to 1:25 hits it right on the nail....just stop watching after that
PrimoKarim 2 years ago
Clarence Thomas is a jackass who is too stupid to write his own opinions.
loonmaniac 2 years ago
I love and respect this man; he is a beacon for the American Dream.
irishmermaid4 2 years ago
Thurgood Marshall come back please. Get this grinnig what cha call it out of here. He has set the black race back 200 years. Anita Hill how did you manage to hold out so long with Tom here !!!!!
smokeyvelvet42 2 years ago
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bananasplit1998 2 years ago
god bless clarence thomas
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@SUPERDUPERJIMBO He is a sexist asshole ....thank you
Dontouchmyipod 1 year ago
He's not just "a man." He is THE man.
stableshadow 2 years ago 28
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Scalia is far better than him too.
365to173repubsPWNED 2 years ago
@stableshadow He is a sexist asshole ....thank you
Dontouchmyipod 1 year ago
@Dontouchmyipod
And you're a left wing nazi prick. :-)
Razersun 1 year ago
I love how liberals just say this man is guilt of allegations that were never proved.
stableshadow 2 years ago 2
I don't think he's the man. Originalism is a flawed interpretive theory, I think Stephen Breyer and William Brennan are more astute Constitutional thinkers and have elucidated their beliefs well unlike Thomas. Thomas has been sidelined as one of the more intellectually inadequate justices on the bench. I'm not liberal or conservative, but Thomas is not the man.
365to173repubsPWNED 2 years ago
I agree. However, EVERY theory of legal interpretation is flawed if you take it to its logical extremes. The better justices seem to understand this, and know which interpretive theories to use in which kind of case. At the end of the day, however, no interpretive theory will lead you to the truth. It's pretty much all a matter of opinion.
For example, when Scalia says that he is a "textualist," he is being very disingenuous.
mgm8822 2 years ago
Even Mr. Textualist himself has been known to give a glance toward legislative history, or some external guidance when it suits his purposes. Any justice who says that their "theory" is the "correct" one is totally full of shit.
mgm8822 2 years ago
He never benefitted from affirmative action liars. He graduated from college and was well on his way to success before then. Unlike all the crooks, phonies,a nd OObamapigs he actually earned something.
deltapunk21 2 years ago 5
Clarence step and fecth Thomas !!!!!!!! ya sah massa I can tap dance fo you !! Let me roll my eyes and lick my lips yow'll folks sure is good to me pass the chicken plleeze !!! Obama you da man, you da man !!!!!!!!!!!
smokeyvelvet42 2 years ago
What are you talking about? Do you know anything whatever about Clarence Thomas? Read his book. I doubt very seriously that you have 1/8the courage and fortitude of this great man.
harrisonjazzensemble 1 year ago
Harrisonjazzensemble, What is there to be known about this step n fetch it house negro. If he was half the man of Thurgood Marshall I would apologize but this Uncle Tom has done nothing for blacks since he was appointed. He was against affirmative action he has under mined almost every law that was neccesary to give blacks equal footing in society. When it came to showing courage and backbone and fortitude forget it.
He is the boot licking, eye rolling excuse of a black man that you can have.
smokeyvelvet42 1 year ago
Name calling like "Uncle Tom", "boot licking" etc. are a symptom of being unable or unwilling to debate the issues on the merits.
The VAST amount of problems in the black community are SELF INFLICTED. Teen pregnancy, black on black crime (way, way more than KKK etc.) gangs along with the idea that striving to achieve is "being white".... THIS is what is killing the community.
Let's for now forget about the "white man" and as The Honorable Elijah Muhammad said
"DO FOR SELF".
harrisonjazzensemble 1 year ago 2
Elijah Muhammad said that the white man is the cause of our insecurity, self inflicted problems. There seems to be some contridictions here. Farrakhan is insuating the same. My argument all along has been, we should quite blaming the white man and educate ourselves help one another instead of the greed an evny which we show toward one another and help the black community. Clarence Thomas got his supreme bench seat and forgot about his black brothers. Obama is what we should be striving for.
smokeyvelvet42 1 year ago
@smokeyvelvet42 Im not black but also belogn to a so called minority but to me thats just secondary because in the end we are all human and if there is a god we would all his children... We are one nation and shouldnt divide it by making seperate communities who only care for their own interest. Instead of having a black-, white- or latino-community we should act as a nation which looks out for everyones interest. Thats why I think obama was the right choice he doesnt bring race into politics.
18thstr33tballa 1 year ago
Yet many blacks complain that the standards aren't lowered to allow more in! How embarrassing. To me that is an admission that we are somehow inferior. GMAFB! To succeed we need to be able to 1. Speak and write proper English 2. Have a skill to sell in the market place 3. Dress and act like we want to belong to the larger society 4. Behave ethically towards each other and others. 5. Have a spiritual base. Without this there will be no success no matter who is president. It's about choices.
harrisonjazzensemble 1 year ago
There is no questions regarding lowering the standard this is ludicrous. What I have been saying is, that we should educate ourselves to conduct an articulate and intellectual dialog with our race as well as other parts of society. But by the same token why arn't we given back to black community to raise that standard ? You have been arguing along the same lines I have suggested. Where is the pride in our communities ? As long as the role models are not available the sequel continues !!
smokeyvelvet42 1 year ago
You make some good points. Racism DOES exist. The question is is that fact our main problem today? I think it's easy to say no it isn't. As I mentioned the vast majority of our current problems are self inflicted. In terms of affirmative action, wanting diversity is fine, however do you believe in lowering standards for "diversity"? I personally think it's an insult to say that the only way blacks can get into a school, job, promotion, etc. is by lowering the bar.
harrisonjazzensemble 1 year ago 2
People don't about him cause he was smeared and ignored by the left-win fascist press meanwhile those who paid attention to 30 years of law before his confirmation hearings when Anita Hill was paid to lie and make up some hysterical bogus shit that was and has been refuted entirely.
deltapunk21 2 years ago
I'd really suggest reading his book My Grandfather's Son before you fully make up your mind. Right now you're spouting the typical attacks that liberal blacks make against conservative blacks. Factually CT has experienced more overt racism than you, I and several hundred blacks combined. I think that rather than name calling a substantive debate should be had regarding the direction for AAs. What has liberal orthodoxy gotten he black community?
harrisonjazzensemble 1 year ago 2
Did you know that intact families were the RULE rather than the exception during the worst periods of Jim Crow? Did you grow up as I did in intact wholesome black neighborhoods where crime was low?
What have the policies of abundant welfare, victim hood, self pity, and defeatism gotten the group?
Slavery ended in 1865. We need to grow up, show up, man up and stop whining about being disadvantaged.
harrisonjazzensemble 1 year ago 2
@harrisonjazzensemble
That is NOT true. Scores of black men fled the South to the northern cities such as Detroit and Chicago alone to avoid the violence and oppression of Jim Crow. The dream world you portray is not nearly as accurate as you state.
Now, while I agree that ultimately you have to overcome the disadvantages, stating that they exist is NOT whining. People already want the reality of racism to just disappear. Do you think NOT SAYING ANYTHING will help toward the solution? I don't
cbaldwinjr 1 year ago
@harrisonjazzensemble
Further more, I ask what merits you speak of? Not en masse, but you individually? Clarence Thomas polarizes because he sits in a position of IMMENSE importance, yet by all accounts, goes out of his way to try and inhibit blacks from taking the same road HE DID. That's not a symptom of anything...that is fact. He benefited from affirmative action and yet is trying to eliminate or weaken it (i'm being generous). You make great points about the community, but not about Thomas
cbaldwinjr 1 year ago
@cbaldwinjr I know you're anti Thomas, but I'd suggest that you read his book My Grandfather's Son. If nothing else it will might give you more info to use against him. Thomas was a straight A student. The key is do you believe that people who are not qualified should be promoted due to diversity? Would you want to be operated on by a doctor that wasn't really qualified?
harrisonjazzensemble 1 year ago
Bless Clarence for coming how far he did, a great example enduring hardships
geoff1424 2 years ago 2
Clarence Thomas should be an inspiration to all.
kfm642 2 years ago 7
J. Thomas is a tragic figure.
FoShizzle951 2 years ago
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clarence thomas is a republican punk uncle tom who is an ideological tool.free mumia motherfuckers
tommyneumann 2 years ago
weak
namelessronin 2 years ago
@tommyneumann
Sivels 1 year ago
Great man
FCmagic01 2 years ago
Along with a coworker, I had the chance of meeting Clarence Thomas when he was head of the EEOC. This was a luncheon meeting...we bought our own lunches. My first impression was he was a physically strong manand lacked some basic social gracies. Most of the time he expressed his dismay at why so many democrats disliked him particularly Black people. I came away with the impression that is was a very angry depressed person who was outcast from his race and bent on retaliating.
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bananasplit1998 2 years ago
wow, clarence thomas is Gullah? never knew that
khattamshud 2 years ago
How can you not like this guy?
FCmagic01 2 years ago
such an uncle tom and sellout
IWire22 2 years ago
why is he an 'uncle tom'? please justify. this man has come from the blackest upbring to succeed. didn't you watch this clip.
SDS3AAPH 2 years ago
go fuckurself
thedecider1984 2 years ago
Why is he a sell out? Now if you don't have a response, then you're just a mindless robot, parroting something you've been told. You don't think for yourself.
harrisonjazzensemble 1 year ago
Right on, Mr. Thomas!!!
Ajntb2Sli 2 years ago
Most people don't realize that it was the DemoRats who were the slave owners during slavery, It's the DemoRats who continue to pander to minorities while feeding you scraps and turning you into their voter cattle. Martin Luther King and Abraham Lincoln were Republican and died for their beliefs. The DemoRats are the slave traders, take those chains off your brains people and stop eating shit so you can reelect a DemoRat elitist! Billions go into inner cities and worthless fools come out!!!
chernmax 2 years ago
sorry AdvanXer, maybe if I would have looked down further I would have saw the (Sarcasm)!
mta415 2 years ago
"blacks cant be conservative"?!? What kind of dumbassed remark is that? There are plenty black conservatives, I'm one of them. If blacks can't be conservative then to follow that line I guess whites cant be liberal, right!?! Get it together people.
mta415 2 years ago
mike steele and allen keyes are also very conservative
CoombesKidd 2 years ago
it's ironic that any black person in a high ranking position is considered a race-traitor. it is true that most blacks actually possess mostly conservative outlooks yet any public black figure is mocked and harrassed for the very their vary same views.
SDS3AAPH 2 years ago
yea it's sad just enough the stupid white people who spammed u
thedecider1984 2 years ago
I respect and honor this Man......Why is it that he has to think democrat to be considered a true black man.....You idiots who think that you have to follow Al Sharpton or the like to be consider part of the black race...Are just that......And by saying this I mean no disrespect to Sharpton (Who I do like)...My point it We all do not THINK the same way, so stop logging us into ONE basket.....
cpope3391 2 years ago
whites like to own black dems
thedecider1984 2 years ago
Is his being "black" a sin? I'm white, and he's a hero to me!
jballard459 2 years ago
fuck u clarence thomas...bitch
bobby200606 2 years ago
Why I still do not agree with pretty much most rulings he has made, or his stances, seeing this video greatly, greatly, raised the bar on what I thought of him before
trathus 2 years ago
he is such an uncle tom and sellout
butternuttt 2 years ago
This guy is great!
whodat121980 2 years ago
Blacks can't be conservative.
(Sarcasm)
AdvanXer 2 years ago 2
I wish more people would listen to the wisdom this man has. What a great man.
Coater30 2 years ago 2
Great statement he made.. "I am a man"
Organization of Conservative Americans
Patsy
OCAmericans 2 years ago
how is he a patsy?
Lordacton09 2 years ago
I wonder how "original" Clarence would like to get. Maybe he doesn't want to be able to vote, or be counted as a citizen.
BOOLsheet 2 years ago 2
Not only is he a great jurist, Thomas is such a personable and profound guy. I wish my father were more like him, a real role model.
CaliBeach0007 2 years ago
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Since when did 60 Minutes start doing PR jobs for the RNC?
jwill5587 2 years ago
You cannot be for real
lattyway 2 years ago 5
I find it very curious, being black myself, that other black people look at Thomas so negatively, but would look at say, Russell Simmons, so positively. I personally look at Thomas in a positive way, and Simmons in a very negative way, and I'm a conservative liberal.
mcmike1989 2 years ago
Would you, being a "conservative liberal" mean that you are fiscal conservative, but socially liberal? I think the words conservative and liberal are usually opposites like oil and water, so I was just wondering what you meant if you don't mind. Thanks.
Coater30 2 years ago
Let me clarify what I meant to say. I'm toward the left on most issues, with the exception for family values and the military (being a former military brat myself), both of which I side with conservatives.
Anyway, I don't agree with Clarence Thomas with his views, but I wouldn't call him an Uncle Tom and race traitor, solely because he had a strong male influence when he was little, and all he did was better himself with a fine education and a wonderful family.
mcmike1989 2 years ago
he's a far more remarkable man than obama you asshole.
ECoch 2 years ago
There's nothing "great" about Thomas. Thomas is nothing but a schill. You Clarence Thomas cheerleaders are full of shit.
SeeMeFlow 2 years ago
You're right. Thank you for saying so.
jwill5587 2 years ago
Then I hope you feel the same way about Judge Sotomayor. Justice Thomas could teach Sotomayor a thing or two about a "great life story." Yes, her's is as well. But to dismiss Thomas as a schill because he does not subscribe to liberal orthodoxy is a joke. Justice Thomas IS a great man, regardless of judicial philosophy. Try not to be so hypocritical when it comes to political leanings. They both came from poverty (Sotomayor from the Bronx, Thomas from the Jim Crowe south. Be fair-minded.
lattyway 2 years ago
You're a bitch. He's a Supreme Court judge.
Rawrlor 2 years ago
Just finished his book. Great book, great story, a great MAN!
shinnpick 2 years ago 2
touching moment at 9:15 - he knew he could have been killed for a minor slip up. He knew what it was like to live in a terrorist state, known as the United States. It is amazing that any African American could still have faith in the values expessed in the Constitution - but they do have that hope. I don't think most people could endure the daily frustration.
highlandsh 2 years ago
the interviewer is a huge, biased tool...
qwakbuff 2 years ago
Wonderful man. He is one of the few that understands the foundation of our constitution which is NATURAL LAW.
dancer4560 2 years ago
I really don't think that that's his stance, nor is it really the stance of any other originalists like him.
Tymannosourus 2 years ago
this is a smart man
KingFam01 2 years ago
A brilliant man. Regardless of where you stand politically or how you feel about his judicial philosophies, it is tough to deny that he is probably the most misunderstood figure in American politics.
admcna06 2 years ago
It's always been true, the more right you are, the more you will be attacked. Christ was crucified, remember?
bozemandude 2 years ago
A truly great citizen,
He never got any assistance from the NAACLP,
The National Association for the Advancement of Liberal Colored People,
He still made it into the history books, his way....
BMD101 2 years ago 2
And that's why the liberals hate him
charleshoskinson 2 years ago
I think he was a little bit tempted to swear at whomever he was honking at at 3:59.
KOHF34 2 years ago 2
dont leave your soda around clarence thomas
sidewinderleftist 3 years ago
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what a coon
elgrandecaudillo 3 years ago
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u fuckin wet back spick, where are ur ppl represented in the US govt? this coon has gone farther than any spick politicians....u fuckin bitch
bnote1990 2 years ago
truly a great man and justice
CoombesKidd 3 years ago
he reminds me of H.K. Edgerton
dixieflorida 3 years ago
he is blk realize it u bastards. AND 4 ALL I KNOW BE IS OR WAS A SUPREME COURT JUDGE!!!!!!!!!!! DO U KNOW HOW MANY MOTHERS AND FATHERS WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THT 4 THERE CHILDREN!
he is not a traitor he is proud of his heritage and he is equal to and wihte man.... even better then a white person! he has been written in our history.
kisame426 3 years ago
soon after Thomas was sworn in, 3 Washington Post reporters burst into the newsroom simultaneously with information confirming that Thomas involvement with pornography FAR exceeded what the public had been led to believe.These reporters had eyewitness testimony and video rental records showing Thomas interest in and rental use of pornography.[45] However, because Thomas was already sworn in by the time the video store evidence emerged, The Washington Post dropped the story
Msbookie 3 years ago
Hey I am black and I like Clarence Thomas. I ask black people why they don't like Clarence Thomas, and they can never give me a satifying or reasonable answer.
TouchtheDarkness 3 years ago 4
he is a huge conservative
sealhunta 2 years ago
He is not fit to sit on the Supreme Court. He was a Unqualified Affirmative action appointee. It is this type of Aff. action that hurts affirm. action. Putting unqualified people in positions where plenty of qualified Minorities could have been slotted.
mabrown84 3 years ago
And what evidence do you base this statement on? Have you read his opinions?
charleshoskinson 2 years ago
love thomas
arbelm1 3 years ago 2
Justice Thomas has done a great deal for AMERICAN PEOPLE since hes been around. But since its not focused on BLACK PEOPLE...he is called all sorts of name all the time. I havent found a black person I talk to who supports him and I think thats pretty sad. I ask them simply questions, and they dont know anything about Clarenece except that..."oh he soldout black people". So he doesnt spend his time looking out for one group of people, he is the bad guy I guess. Wow
Madrox145 3 years ago 6
Holy Mary Mother of God pray for Clarence Thomas and protect him always. Let truth an justice always prevail.
getwhatyoudeserve33 3 years ago 3
Thomas is a self hating sell-out.
ebroome 3 years ago
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Totally useless, uncle Tom!
lisabc2 3 years ago
"I'm a hard working mother, and wife. Enough said"
Your a whore.
Minionuup 3 years ago
A month later, I smile at your comment, especially since I did not write the one above. One of my family members did. Anyway, he isn't the most notable justice and he appears to have some insecurity. By the way, you must have total respect for your mother to refer to someone as a whore!
lisabc2 3 years ago
this guy>obama
s37d 3 years ago 2
Thomas is the best! The guy is an American hero, a truly great man.
miamivicedade 3 years ago 7
A perfectly designed, created, self-hating textbook example of a true Tom.
(In my opinion of course).
mumbleora 3 years ago
This man is more of a person than you will ever be in your life.
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1843babii 3 years ago
thats my uncle no lie i swear i go with him to new york all the time my grandmas name i leola he used to call her pigeon just look in his book i already reed it it good
brandonmbush8 3 years ago
America can use a few more good men like Clarence Thomas these days
LibsNightmare08 3 years ago 6
you won't find many african-americans who share your sentiments.
abovefilms 3 years ago
I have a new respect for this man, and I'm only on the first segment.
REBORUBA 3 years ago 5
Thank you for posting this. I just finished reading his book and it was wonderful.
kenzieLUPIN 3 years ago
Yes, I too thought the book was great. What a fascinating man with a superb intellect. In the US one can achieve anything you put your mind to. God bless the example of CT.
nurdnel 3 years ago 2
Agreed.
StevenCBlah 3 years ago
How much of Thomas Sowell is in the book?
jumbulya 3 years ago
anita hill is a lying bitch - but aren;t all of them?
dkjaerwdww 3 years ago 6
30 year old claims vetted 20 years ago and you still dredge them up as if they are fact. He was confirmed NO? By a Dem congress No? And you are still bitter enough to spam a comment section on youtube many years later.
Yeah I call that hate that defies logic. Some people make up there minds based on 'D' and 'R' alone.
CultUpdate 3 years ago