WaPost Slides Offensive Remark Against Clarence Thomas Into ‘News’ Report: ‘Why Don’t They Just Call Him An Uncle Tom?’

Posted on February 17, 2022
WaPost Slides Offensive Remark Against Clarence Thomas Into ‘News’ Report: ‘Why Don’t They Just Call Him An Uncle Tom?’

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The Post referred to Thomas as “the Black justice whose rulings often resemble the thinking of White conservatives,” dismissing all of his personal convictions and legal philosophy as merely co-opted from white people.

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