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  1. 2 points
    I don't care how Clarence Thomas views himself. Of how the majority of folks with a steady pulse describe him. Without a doubt, Thomas has nothing but contempt for all other Black people. He will gladly defecate on their rights and talents in public as if HE is the only Black person deserving of respect and admiration. That's why he looked at Anita Hill as a female who existed solely to sexually satisfy him. And when she refused to play that role, he condemned her. His disgusting view of this brilliant woman is NOT up for debate. Because it became fodder for a U.S. Senate hearing. How Clarence Thomas saw Anita Hill stunned the nation I have no idea why Thomas thinks he is above all other Black people. I also fail to understand why he tries to portray himself as not needing no one's help to get through law school. But he got that help. I also have no idea why anyone Black wastes their time trying to understand Thomas because it's been clear for years he's out to do as much damage to the psyche and reputation of Black America as he can. You see, Thomas has never forgot, nor forgiven, his childhood tormentors. They made fun of him because of the poor part of Georgia where he grew up. And he regurgitates this resentment and hatred on every major case that involves the people he despises the most - his very own.
  2. 1 point
    Here is a news analysis of Clarence Thomas' B.S. that he succeeded all on his own. He is not a self-made man. He has been financially aided by rich, White Conservatives since he joined the High Court. However, this piece truly highlights the contradictions in Thomas' viewpoint of those who better themselves and improve their financial standing with legal programs that aid the needy. Because it contrasts Thomas' brutish dismissals of those programs which according to him, are wrongheaded and unneeded - although the man himself has no problem being helped individually by the rich. As author Kali Holloway wrote: Thomas was never against reparations — he just wanted them for himself. His entire decades-long lie of him achieving everything on his own with no help or benefit from any program is absolute garbage! If one really desires the full measure of the phony known as Clarence Thomas, then read the accompanying stories associated with the links: The real truth behind Clarence Thomas' phony claim Affirmative Action was always wrong https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/clarence-thomas-long-battle-against-affirmative-action/ https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/07/clarence-thomas-club-wealthy-conservatives @Pioneer1 I found this piece on Clarence Thomas' childhood in Pin Point, Ga. I am just going to post it without further comment. I just don't think anymore needs to be said. Why Clarence Thomas does not like Black People
  3. Chev There is nothing new under the sun. The CROWD shouted and chose Barrabas even though he was a common criminal. So I believe that Americans strategically pick and choose, as you have said, so as to set the scenario that African Americans are pre-destined to be a cursed people. White Supremacist want to believe in this lie, and so they continually set up this scene and unfortunately, Black Americans play right into it, many times. When they want us to shout for George Floyd more so than Bronna Taylor and so many other Black victims, we do just that. I actually didn't think about that analogy, but you're right. Going even back to the Romans, Caucasians knew the art of public relations and had a history of picking or trying to force the "bad nigga" on us as our heroes instead of the good and decent ones among us. And this set up a personification on a global scale that Black Americans are pure evil and Sodom and Gommorah. And to prove your point..... They are pushing the LGBTQ+ agenda on Black folks both here in the U.S. and even in Africa so heavily for a reason. They want to make the queer face a BLACK FACE. So when you see a Black man or woman, you automatically think queer and sexually confused and perversion....instead of decency. It makes me so angry, but what can be done about if? Establish our own media outlets and support them no matter what. We want to talk about BET and Black Twitter...lol....there used to be a time 100 years ago that nearly EVERY Black community in the United States from Harlem to San Francisco to Athens Georgia had it's own BLACK NEWS PAPERS. We were that sophisticated! And every major city had it's own Black radio stations as well. Black folks weren't lazy and AS dependent on White folks as so many are today. Racism was raw, real, and in your face so Black folks had NO CHOICE but to do for self. I have said this before about many of my relatives, especially Black women like my aunts. They believe that it is a good situation for my Great grand mother to have been enslaved because their point-of-view is that we, Black Americans would never have the opportunity to be in this great American system if our ancestors did not go through being raped and enslaved. I, on the other hand, do NOT agree with this mind set. It actually makes my skin crawl, so-to-speak. I'm such a strong believer in the Divine that when I speak about the Divine...I don't lie but speak with honesty. I can fool another human being by pretending I feel a certain way when I don't....but I can't fool the Divine. I'm not going to say I was glad our people went through Slavery because I don't think it was absolutely necessary. It's like someone getting their car stolen as a lesson for keeping their doors locked and staying out of dangerous neighborhoods. ...well...it's possibly they could have learned that lesson WITHOUT having their car stolen, lol. Some say the experience provided the best learning...but really...I don't think it absolutely HAD to happen, lol. I will say that I BELIEVE that our people went through Slavery in this nation and went through all of that pain and suffering for a greater purpose. Do I know it for a fact? No Not yet. But I believe the future will absolutely prove that what some of our Ancestors went through served a very valuable purpose. Again, this is a STRONG BELIEF...not knowledge. I don't think that America is great due to slavery, however, I think that it is great because of the positive aspects such as women like Harriot Tubman, and the abolutionist movement, and the Protestant movement, etc. Slavery certainly didn't make America better, but being a student of history....the way I look at America and the United States has changed over the years. I'm more PRO-AMERICAN now than I was when I was younger for many reasons. For one, yes we had Slavery...and STILL have it to a certain extent; but atleast we fought a war and end the CHATTLE part of it. It's still going on in many parts of the world today. Same thing with women. Sexism still exists in the U.S. but women started off as heavily oppressed 2nd and 3 class citizens but in America they fought and raised themseles to almost equal standards. Say what you want about the United States but in this nation a lot of the people's who have historically been oppressed and denegrated.....this nation has allowed them some breathing space for the first time in a LONG time in history. Black folks have gotten richer in the U.S. quicker than they have in any other modern nation....including African nations...so far. America despite her faults....gotta get her props...IMO. But to keep it real Hitler learned how to perfect genocide from the U.S. Eugenics was birthed in the U.S. HIV, drugs, bio-chemical weapons, etc.....were also born in in the U.S.A. You take the bitter with the sweet.
  4. 1 point
    I figured something must have happened in Clarence's childhood to give him so much hatred and venom for other Black folks. Either picked on by other Black kids or dissed by Black girls....something.
  5. 🤣 For real! @Pioneer1 She is definitely still alive. Her real name is Susan. But because of so many lawsuits, the state of California officials have hidden her whereabouts. After her mother sued the state, she later died. Her brother also is dead. She became a ward of the state and was placed in some kind of state institutional facility. So even though the earlier experts that helped her to make major advancements, they too have been banned from knowing her whereabouts. One expert last seen her back in the 1980s, I think and said that she regressed and is much worse than she was before she received medical attention. She has completely stopped speaking. When she becomes afraid, she will attack her own body and etc. I think she is around 67 years old now. There was another widely publicized case in Europe back in the early 1800s or perhaps earlier of a boy who had been abandoned early in his life and grew up in the woods around wolves. He was discovered in he wild, naked. And a film was made about him. In India too, there have been cases of feral humans. It's really scary.
  6. Yes I recognize the several of the actors too. I have not looked up the movie to see how i can watch it yet. It is interesting the movies that become widely known and those which remain obscure. Was anyone familiar with the writer Julian Mayfield?
  7. I would think that it's a rather GOOD thing they did to those animals by freeing them up like that....lol. Let zebras and gorillas run wild through the streets of Paris....lol. Now the French government is talking about banning police protests.

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