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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI wonder how Clarence Thomas' slave ancestors would feel
knowing he has sold himself to a billionaire?
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I wonder how Clarence Thomas' slave ancestors would feel (Original Post)
CanonRay
Jun 2023
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Bluethroughu
(7,215 posts)1. He doesn't care and neither does his mother.
If that was my son selling my house to a Nazi collector, to pay my bills...I'd move into the ditch next door and tell everybody that would listen. The apple didn't fall far from the tree.
In It to Win It
(12,671 posts)2. Like this:

angrychair
(12,369 posts)3. It's a strange arc
That Thomas went from being a black panther to a billionaire's "stephen" is a little shocking.
His personal hate for affirmative action is well noted. I think it comes down to a fragile ego and insecurity about his own intellect.
bullimiami
(14,075 posts)4. his affirmative action is that his head is up every right wing ass he can find. he is rewarded.