Justice Thomas Scorns Media, Affirmative Action in Interview
In a rare interview, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas described himself as a high-achieving student who was mentored by a prominent priest when he enrolled in a Catholic college in Massachusetts in the late 1960s. But he bitterly rejected the idea that he benefited from affirmative action because he was black.
"That was the creation of the politicians, the people with a lot of mouth and nothing to say, and your industry," Thomas told a writer for Business Week magazine. "Everything becomes affirmative action." DAVID SAVAGE in the Los Angeles Times.
"That was the creation of the politicians, the people with a lot of mouth and nothing to say, and your industry," Thomas told a writer for Business Week magazine. "Everything becomes affirmative action." DAVID SAVAGE in the Los Angeles Times.