I have no words for the send off I just got from my family at ESPN. I’m so humbled. I’m so emotional. I’m so grateful. I’ll have more to say - but right now I’m just overwhelmed and soaking in my family on my sons bday. Thank you to everyone who watched. ILYSM
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
34 percent of Harvard students are white. 43 percent of those students are either legacies, children of faculty, kin of donors or a recruited athlete. 75 percent of them would not have gotten in if not for special status (National Bureau of Economic Research).
But when in doubt, blame the Black people!
I no longer have the words to describe my sadness as to where we are as a society. The most heartbreaking part is that we all knew this (and unfortunately more to come) were inevitable. Imagine being so indoctrinated that you attack an 82 year old defenseless man in his home.
A @KHNews review of hospital finances in the country’s 306 hospital markets found that several of the most profitable markets also have some of the highest levels of patient debt. https://t.co/jsOIfzGBH4
In Herschel Walker’s hometown in Georgia, nearly all the Black people — including his own cousin — are not voting for him.
Herschel Walker is exactly the type of Black person that Republicans love — someone who is not in touch with his own community. https://t.co/zjqQZNMkgV
Gonna be pretty hard to run away from the extreme position the party has taken - that 10 year olds should be forced to give birth or if you have a complication you should either die or be forced to carry around a dying fetus for months
Still don’t have business phone service. It’s been a week. @GetSpectrum told me I have to wait until August 30th to change to a new provider. NEVER use Spectrum for your phone service. I cannot stress this enough. I would prefer using smoke signals. They’d be more effective.