NAACP President Derrick Johnson referred to as Decide Clarence Thomas “the worst factor” to trigger affirmative motion when he condemned the Supreme Court docket’s choice that struck down racial preferences in school admissions.
Johnson denounced Thomas in an MSNBC interview Thursday, calling the choice an “unlucky footnote” within the legacy of this right-wing Supreme Court docket Justice.
“The worst factor about affirmative motion is that it created a Clarence Thomas, who took benefit of this system and is now ready the place he’s going to disclaim a chance to many younger African-American proficient people,” Johnson mentioned.
“Traditionally, the issue has been that increased schooling establishments, firms, firms and different entities have denied well-qualified African Individuals and different people entry by way of admission, employment due to their race.”
Thomas grew up in a poor black group in Georgia and received a spot on Yale’s elite regulation faculty. He wrote after graduation that he felt racial choice had “robbed my efficiency of its actual worth.”
Johnson, in a separate statementacknowledged that “hate-inspired individuals in energy” should not flip again the clock.
“Race performs an simple function in shaping the id and high quality of lifetime of Black Individuals,” he mentioned. “In a society nonetheless scarred by the injuries of racial inequality, the Supreme Court docket has proven a willful ignorance of our realities.”
