The Importance of Thinking for Yourself

Randall Kennedy: How can the African American community perceive it, and why would he do it? Randall Kennedy: In many parts of black America, he is not celebrated. He's derided. His name stands for something. To pull a Clarence Thomas means to use your blackness,. to reach a high place, and then turn your back on it. That is to pulled a Clarence Thomas. Gosh, he knows that, and he cannot be happy with it.