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The Importance of Clarence Thomas' Dislike of Affirmative Action
Clarence Thomas has benefited directly from affirmative action, Kaleel says. He sees himself as the true vanguard of racial equality in America, she adds. But for Justice Thomas to say anything different about what the law says or the Constitution says is something that doesn't mean anything," writes Kaleel. "At the end of the day, you'd have to whitewash or make disappear all of the systemic racism that still exists"