Clarence Thomas is a black nationalist

Long before Clarence Thomas sat on the Supreme Court of the United States of America, he was a self-described Black nationalist. Today, he is a champion of far-right ideology and jurisprudence, but I think he still holds onto many of the same ideas. The problem, in my opinion, is where he lands. His solutions are very different from the Black nationalists of the past and present.

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I set out to make this video because I wanted to understand Clarence Thomas better, and boy... I learned a lot. Enjoy!

[LeafInTheWind]

I watched a documentary about his life and at one point he was against interracial marriages, in which ironically he’s in one himself. Someone close to him said that he found such relationships appalling and didn’t understand why would one want to do it.

[sirguys]

The mindset that "I've got mine. You need to get yours!" is and has been a hindrance to the rise of our people collectively. Individual examples of success are tempered by reality. Thomas had significant help and benefitted from programs and rulings that he not seems to want to reverse for others. He has rich white benefactors, so while he decries the bigotry within the system, he partakes of the spoils of those who get the best justice money can buy. His lack of ethics with regards to his wife's participation in the Jan. 6yh insurrection, his support of the most right leaning of the Supreme Court justices and his stance of "acceptability" show him to be a hypocrite. It has nothing to do with Black nationalism. Dr. King wasn't a Black nationalist, yet he saw the need for a collective effort of the grassroots and other members of the Black populace to work toward real change and equity. It is how we as a people have always risen above adversity. Thomas takes the individual as opposed to the community/collective solution that works for HIM but leaves others behind.

[brianroyster]

There is nothing defensible or redeeming about that horrible man. Being a sellout is the nicest thing that can be said about the hypocrite. He hides behind a lie of "true black natioalism" while he's steppin and fetchin for the collectivism of billionaires and giant corporations!
That's probably inappropriate for me to say but this particular criminal really pisses me off. There's only a few people that I hold more disdain for than uncle Thomas.

[enikata]

So essentially he developed a "if you can't beat them, join them and get whatever I can out of it for myself" kind of attitude.

[rmadbrit]

The blatant corruption of Thomas is disturbing, but, like Trump, he doesn't care what people think or what's right or wrong. Openly for sale it seems. Very articulate and thought provoking video Garrison.

[starfix]

Knowing what I now know about his 'benefactors', I wonder who's speaking when I see old video of Clarence Thomas talking.

[TheHomeman]

He was demanding money from conservative business interests

[nickoleme]

So in essence, he devolved into a "you betta get yours cause Imma get mine, " mentality.

[okay]

Having read his autobiography and watched what he has done over the years. I am amazed that he thinks that he is where he is because of his own efforts. CT has been helped up all along the way. What are the chances he would have become a Supreme Court Justice had Thurgood Marshall not retired while a Republican president was seeking a black conservative replacement regardless of qualifications.

[anthonybasiliere]

Hi Garrision, I’m new to your channel thanks to Jesse’s plug recently. Blown away by the depth of your research and the skill involved in putting together this relevant piece. I have long suspected Justice Thomas as a sell out to his race but never understood how or why. Thank you for enlightening my prospective.

[edilrodriguez]

just found you, thanks to Jesse Dollemore . Thanks for the good work

[Ebonymozo]

I didn't agree when I saw this on TikTok and your full explanation on here affirms it. Thomas speaking to a room full of Black lawyers in 1998 is no different than a Republican speaking to the NAACP.

He knows he's speaking to an hostile audience and shows his past faux Black nationalism as a means to show he was once like them, and it was white people who made him change once MLK was assassinated.

There have always been Black people in our community that support and align themselves with white supremacy. MLK, Malcolm, or any other civil rights leader could never have been killed and Thomas would still be the man he is today. Thomas is not and never had been a Black nationalist. He's no different than any other conservative MAGA white man. He just has darker skin.

[FROZENQUOKKA]

10 years without asking a question, that is pure abnormal.

[roxelie]

Yet he's still not helpful to anybody

[Western_Pesto]

An excellent piece. I so wanted to make a kneejerk response, but had to hear this until the end. Yes, I get Thomas' view, thanks to you, Garrison, but dont expect me to respect him. He is busy enjoying spending his thirty pieces
.. by the way, Dollemore told me where to find you, and im glad he did! UK out 😊

[jenniferwright]

Individual and all that $ lining his pockets....
Thank you for enlightening me. Great content

[carolwatts]

I want to hear & learn the truth. I’m a 70-yr-old white woman, having grown up in Republican, conservative MO. Over the last 40’ish yrs, I have turned my back on the backward, illiterate, and frankly, stupid opinions that many folks there held (& many still hold). I now live in the PNW, & have learned to educate myself, think for myself, and hold that all people of every creed & color are equal. (Isn’t that what the WHITE, MEN, slaveholding, forefathers said? I just don’t understand how they could write one thing into the constitution & yet live completely differently from their words. It boggles my mind.) I look forward to hearing/learning more from you & this channel. Please continue educating & reaching forwards towards liberty & justice for us all.

[byronabrahams]

Very interesting. Thanks for the insight. In South Africa, we have a term for people like Thomas, from the days of the Armed Struggle against Apartheid. "Askari". Black people, inevitably professionals, who worked with the apartheid government against the interests of their own people.

[jacobtarr]

Damn that is fascinating. I’m running through all of your old videos at this point— they are deeply appreciated, both the honest curiosity with which you approach each subject and the clear and succinct ways in which you argue.

[Strata-GEE]

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