Notes from America with Kai Wright

How the Supreme Court Got So Supreme

May 25, 2023
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
2
Clarence Thomas: The First to Speak Up
01:55 • 2min
3
The Power of Justice Thomas
03:56 • 2min
4
The Word on the Street: Juan Williams and Clarence Thomas
06:08 • 2min
5
The Black Community Needs to Realize That the Civil Rights Movement Is Stalled
07:55 • 2min
6
Clarence Thomas: The No Name Aid
09:26 • 2min
7
Clarence Thomas and Juan Williams
10:57 • 2min
8
The Enigma of Clarence Thomas
12:35 • 2min
9
My Grandfather's Son
14:10 • 2min
10
The Choice Between Lashing Out and Staying Calm
15:44 • 2min
11
The Failure of Others to Stand Up for Ideals
17:24 • 2min
12
The Black Students Union
19:09 • 2min
13
The Influence of Malcolm X on Clarence Thomas
20:43 • 2min
14
Malcolm X and Black Nationalism
22:22 • 2min
15
The Questioning of the Revolution
23:56 • 2min
16
The Struggle for Freedom
25:33 • 2min
17
The Fox and the Wolf
27:22 • 2min
18
The Fox and the Lamb Chop
28:55 • 2min
19
The Disillusionment of Juan Williams
30:37 • 2min
20
The Nominating Process: Was Thomas Beneficiary of Affirmative Action?
32:18 • 2min
21
Clarence Thomas: A Black Nationalist Jurist
33:57 • 2min
22
Clarence Thomas and the Supreme Court
35:45 • 2min
23
Clarence X: A Man Who Thinks He Has the True Answer to Black Progress
37:39 • 2min
24
The White Victim of Affirmative Action
39:17 • 2min
25
The Importance of Diversity in Education
40:52 • 3min
26
The Role of Blacks in Affirmative Action
43:41 • 2min
27
How to Counter Corey Robin's Argument for Diversity
45:17 • 2min
28
The Importance of Diversity in Higher Education
46:47 • 2min
29
The Distraction of Affirmative Action
48:24 • 2min
30
The Morales Opinion on Black Voters
50:10 • 2min
31
Justice Thomas' Dream Vision of America
52:14 • 2min
32
The Optimistic Story of Black Nationalism
54:08 • 2min
33
The Optimist or Pessimist Clarence Thomas
55:51 • 3min