Clarence Thomas attacks Brown v. Board ruling amid 70th anniversary
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Why it matters: Thomas attacked the Brown decision in a concurrence opinion that allowed South Carolina to keep using a congressional map that critics say discriminated against Black voters.
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The 9-0 [Brown v. Board] decision declared the "separate but equal" doctrine unconstitutional and helped usher in the Civil Rights Movement...
@Iveyjanette1 Thomas was encouraged to apply to the College of the Holy Cross in 1968 and given a scholarship for racial minorities. He was admitted to Yale Law School as part of an affirmative action program with a goal of 10% minority recruitment.
@Coctaanatis Yep. He benefited. Of course he denied it now.
@Coctaanatis yesterday's ruling on racial gerrymandering is just one more step in our march back to the 1930s. Precedent is meaningless to these fools.
@altucker The Constitutional Revolution, which Thomas seeks to reverse, began in the 30s. He's aiming for earlier.
@Coctaanatis His ass probably benefited from Brown v Board. Otherwise he would have went to a community college and/or an HBCU or the military like almost every poor Black kid in the South back then.