What the democrats and the media has done is preposterous. It is 4 months to the Election. You have handed DT the presidency.I never thought I’d say this in my life time; but as of today, my protest is NOT to VOTE at all. I hate the #DemocraticParty as much as I hate #Trump now.
My fellow Democrats, I have decided not to accept the nomination and to focus all my energies on my duties as President for the remainder of my term. My very first decision as the party nominee in 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris as my Vice President. And it’s been the best decision I’ve made. Today I want to offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party this year. Democrats — it’s time to come together and beat Trump. Let’s do this.
Stop misquoting Dr. King.
In his 1964 book, Why We Can't Wait, Dr. King endorsed an Indian-style form of affirmative action in which colleges admit students from a lower caste. "America must seek its own ways of atoning for injustices she has inflicted upon her Negro citizens."
I have an idea. How about only minorities get admitted to these schools for 300 years, and then we can eliminate race. AGAIN, that’s basically how it was for whites from the 1600’s to the 1900’s. What’s good for the goose is good for the gander
🤔 #SupremeCourtDecision 👎🏽
#ubclethomas After over 400 years of racism, slavery, Jim Crow, redlining and segregation, let’s just ignore race altogether now. Sure, that makes total sense. After ensuring that only whites succeed since the 1600’s, schools should now pretend everyone has equal footing!
Affirmative Action asks schools to consider race as A factor in student admissions, so Black student population at elite institutions must be AMAZING!
Well...
Harvard 6.6%
Yale 6.5%
Brown 7.0%
Princeton 4.7%
Columbia 5.1%
Cornell 5.0%
I can see why folks want to get rid of it.
What a sad day! This is another attack on Black people! Let us prepare for a more intense fightback! Here is my statement on Affirmative Action on my sister Dana Bash’s CNN show!
#AffirmativeAction
#unclethomas As black as he is, this man desires to be white so BADLY. Never has self hatred been so proudly displayed. Surely, the history books will show him to be the #judas of Black America. #SupremeCourtDecision
This is the face of a man who climbed the ladder of affirmative action to his present perch of power only to help destroy the very ladder on which he ascended. This is not only the mark of deep ingratitude & disavowal of history, but a withering betrayal of justice & democracy.
This two bit, self loathing, sycophantic, white supremacy apologizing, uncle ruckus, benefited from race-based preferences throughout his entire career, yet sided with conservatives to overturn affirmative action.
Clarence Thomas was admitted to Holy Cross in 1968 in part because the school was actively looking for Black students.
He was admitted to Harvard Law School in 1971 right after it adopted a “race conscious“ admissions policy, but chose to go to Yale at the exact moment it created its first explicit affirmative action program with a goal of 10% minority enrollment.
Thomas was one of 12 Black students in the class of 175. His application was evaluated separately and he received special consideration because he was Black.
When Thomas left Yale he was hired by John Danforth, the Attorney General of Missouri. Danforth admitted it was because he was seeking to have a diverse office and that Clarence Thomas was hired because he was Black.
Thomas left Danforth’s office to work for Monsanto at a time when the company was looking to hire Black lawyers. He went back to work for Danforth when he was a US senator and was looking to diversify his staff.
He then went to work for Reagan’s Department of Education and was offered the job in part because he was Black.
He then became chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, a position that six Black women turned down before he accepted it.
His entire career was a result of affirmative action.
This man epitomizes hypocrisy and has always been an enemy to Black progress in this nation.
#SCOTUS
#AffirmativeAction
I guess we will have to have two definitions for “McCarthyism” in the dictionary of American politics. But luckily “based on a lie” can work for both entries.