by #KaliHolloway in @thenation:

"For four decades, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has extolled the importance of 'personal responsibility.' He has chastised those who 'make excuses for black Americans' and argued there is a need to 'emphasize black self-help.' He has denigrated affirmative action programs on the grounds that they 'create a narcotic of dependency' where there should be 'an ethic of responsibility and independence.' He bemoans the 'ideology of victimhood' that allows the marginalized to 'make demands on society for reparations and recompense.'

"In light of recent revelations that Thomas has been showered by billionaire Harlan Crow with over two decades’ worth of getaways on superyachts and private jets and various other gifts, none of which he ever reported, the jurist’s long con of principled advocacy for Black self-reliance and opposition to white largesse has finally run its course. Turns out, Thomas was never against reparations—he just wanted them for himself. He is and always has been precisely what he wrongly accuses Black folks of being."

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/clarence-thomas-supreme-court/

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