You're so obviously correct that Thomas's own purported conclusion (that "racial preference" somehow harmed him) should cause everyone to see that he's not “as smart as" his "grades indicated.” Obviously, the only reason anyone would even begin to suspect that his grades or his diploma “bore the taint of racial preference" was because of his skin color. Thomas shows his own true colors by shamelessly whitewashing prejudice based on skin color.
I just finished reading Justice Sotomayor's book and was inspired by her lifestory. I also have watched the PBS Frontline show Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power and the Supreme Court. Adversity made Thomas an angry man and Sotomayor a more compassionate person.
There couldn't be a starker contrast. Even though Justice Sotomayor is so often in the minority, her stirring dissents give us hope there will be a better tomorrow.
It's probably a fair question to look at Thomas's grades and wonder if he's really that smart. Nothing he's done in the 50 years since suggests he's all that intelligent.
Two Different Views. The woman’s is more nuanced, more accurate, more fair, and above all, more informed. (imo)
…”Diversity at white-shoe law firms lagged well behind the diversity of student bodies, which is not saying much: Including him, Thomas’s class at Yale had all of 12 Black people in it. When it comes to elderly law firm partners’ reluctance to hire Thomas in 1974, old-fashioned racism is a far more straightforward explanation than skepticism about whether presumed beneficiaries of newfangled affirmative action programs would be able to hack it.” -Thomas
“…When Sotomayor, who graduated summa cum laude from Princeton, replied that affirmative action allowed students of color the opportunity to prove their qualifications just like anyone else, the partner cut to the chase. “Do you think you would have been admitted to Yale Law School if you were not Puerto Rican?” he asked.
Incredibly, this person did not seem to understand that Sotomayor might not want to bill hours alongside someone who asked such questions: In her 2013 memoir, My Beloved World, she says that when she confronted him the next day, he complimented her for not “making a scene” at dinner, and invited her to the firm’s office for further interviews. Sotomayor declined and filed a formal complaint with Yale, which eventually yielded an apology letter from the firm that was significant enough to merit coverage in The Washington Post.” -Sotomayor
How about a simpler explanation - Thomas was not hired because law firms didn't like to hire black people.
Thomas looked at that, and decided to be on the side of the racists, because it paid better.
You're so obviously correct that Thomas's own purported conclusion (that "racial preference" somehow harmed him) should cause everyone to see that he's not “as smart as" his "grades indicated.” Obviously, the only reason anyone would even begin to suspect that his grades or his diploma “bore the taint of racial preference" was because of his skin color. Thomas shows his own true colors by shamelessly whitewashing prejudice based on skin color.
I just finished reading Justice Sotomayor's book and was inspired by her lifestory. I also have watched the PBS Frontline show Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power and the Supreme Court. Adversity made Thomas an angry man and Sotomayor a more compassionate person.
There couldn't be a starker contrast. Even though Justice Sotomayor is so often in the minority, her stirring dissents give us hope there will be a better tomorrow.
It's probably a fair question to look at Thomas's grades and wonder if he's really that smart. Nothing he's done in the 50 years since suggests he's all that intelligent.
At least not enough of a legal mind to earn his seat on the Supreme Court. Funny how he thinks his skin color wasn’t considered when he was nominated.
Two Different Views. The woman’s is more nuanced, more accurate, more fair, and above all, more informed. (imo)
…”Diversity at white-shoe law firms lagged well behind the diversity of student bodies, which is not saying much: Including him, Thomas’s class at Yale had all of 12 Black people in it. When it comes to elderly law firm partners’ reluctance to hire Thomas in 1974, old-fashioned racism is a far more straightforward explanation than skepticism about whether presumed beneficiaries of newfangled affirmative action programs would be able to hack it.” -Thomas
“…When Sotomayor, who graduated summa cum laude from Princeton, replied that affirmative action allowed students of color the opportunity to prove their qualifications just like anyone else, the partner cut to the chase. “Do you think you would have been admitted to Yale Law School if you were not Puerto Rican?” he asked.
Incredibly, this person did not seem to understand that Sotomayor might not want to bill hours alongside someone who asked such questions: In her 2013 memoir, My Beloved World, she says that when she confronted him the next day, he complimented her for not “making a scene” at dinner, and invited her to the firm’s office for further interviews. Sotomayor declined and filed a formal complaint with Yale, which eventually yielded an apology letter from the firm that was significant enough to merit coverage in The Washington Post.” -Sotomayor
And I thought Samuel L. Jackson was convincing in this role.