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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It?

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To: sinclap who wrote (165838)3/18/2014 11:29:25 AM
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Affirmative action also made him miserable while he was actually attending the law school, Thomas writes in his book, according to the Yale Daily News.

“At least southerners were up front about their bigotry: You knew exactly where they were coming from,” he says in the book. “Not so the paternalistic big-city whites who offered you a helping hand so long as you were careful to agree with them, but slapped you down if you started acting as if you didn’t know your place.”

Thomas also famously appraised his law degree as being worth 15 cents.


While there's evidence Thomas began to mend his relationship with Yale itself, it's pretty clear which side Clarence Thomas will come down on in the affirmative action case to be decided this term.

Read more: businessinsider.com
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