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Monday, July 23, 2007

Thomas Was Standing Up to Blacks

Gregory Kane Commentary: In School Diversity Rulings, Clarence Thomas Was Standing Up for Blacks, Not Turning on Them..

Source: Black America Web

Thomas Turncoats in School Desegregation Decision" read the headline in a recent edition of The Baltimore Afro-American.

The article that accompanied the headline, perhaps not surprisingly, criticized Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas for voting with the majority in the 5-4 decision that struck down "diversity" plans in Seattle and Louisville. But as I read the body of the article, I wondered about the headline. It seemed to me that Thomas was standing up for black folks, not turning on them.

That assessment won’t sit well with Thomas’ legion of critics in black America, who just plain old don’t like him when he’s wrong. But when he’s right, well, then they really can’t stand him.


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