Re:John McWhorter: The Neoracists
by stevenwoo on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @11:53AM
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His arguments read exactly the same as Clarence Thomas’ on race and African Americans - to paraphrase a recent biography “that life is too easy for them and we are coddling them”.
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PBS did a great documentary on Clarence Thomas recently. Was interesting to see him portrayed as a person and not just the farce that media seems to usually make him out to be.
[1] https://www.pbs.org/show/created-equal-clarence-thomas-his-o...
Re:John McWhorter: The Neoracists
by caturopath on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @12:05PM
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Can you provide a few McWhorter quotes to that effect? Thanks!
I heard Corey Robin interviewed on the radio when he released The Enigma of Clarence Thomas. I could not find that link but here is the author's website.
https://coreyrobin.com/enigma/
I was honestly gobsmacked by Robin's revelations, at first unbelieving, then acceptance after the words from Thomas that Robin had on command to back his thesis - it explains Thomas' rulings like nothing else. The New York Times Book Review quote matches my reaction exactly after listening to the author.
Some Clarence Thomas quotes would be nice too, preferably with context.
I provided a link to the biography writer's website in an adjacent comment. It was released in 2019. The author said something close to what I wrote in a paragraph or two and I rejected it, then over the course of an hour long interview on the radio he convinced me. YMMV. The full book reference 700 writings by Clarence Thomas.