Washington Post: SC Justice Clarence Thomas is an Uncle Tom

The Washington Post unloaded an ugly attack on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas recently when it essentially labeled him an Uncle Tom for being a black man whose rulings “often resemble the thinking of White conservatives.”

The story, which appeared in the news section and not the opinion section, described the relationship between Joe Biden and Democrat Rep. James Clyburn and highlighted the importance of Clyburn’s recommendations as to who Biden should nominate to replace retiring Justice Stephen Bryer.

In the piece titled, “Jim Clyburn saved Biden’s candidacy — and now has the president’s ear on Supreme Court picks,” writers Cleve R. Wootson Jr. and Marianna Sotomayor quoted Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) when he said that Clyburn would make sure that the person nominated wouldn’t “end up being a Clarence Thomas” which is when Wootson and Sotomayor described Thomas as someone “whose rulings often resemble the thinking of White conservatives.”

Here’s the full context as provided by Newsbusters.org along with a screenshot for posterity:

Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.), a friend and ally of Clyburn’s for over 30 years, said even Clyburn’s critics respect his political instincts and his connection with a valuable but often disappointed subset of Democratic voters.

“Nobody that I’m aware of feels that opposing Clyburn’s nomination would be the wise thing to do,” he said. “If you know that a person has been vetted by Jim Clyburn, you know that person won’t go to the court and end up being a Clarence Thomas,” referring to the Black justice whose rulings often resemble the thinking of White conservatives. (emphasis mine)

According to Merriam-Webster, an Uncle Tom is “a Black person who is overeager to win the approval of whites.” Sounds exactly like the Washington Post’s description of Clarence Thomas, doesn’t it?

Clarence Thomas dealt this kind of racism from the far-left in the past. During his confirmation hearing nearly three decades ago in an interaction with then-Sen. Joe Biden, Thomas told the committee that his confirmation hearing was essentially the “high-tech lynching” of a free-thinking black man:

“And from my standpoint as a black American, as far as I’m concerned, it is a high-tech lynching for uppity blacks who in any way deign to think for themselves, to do for themselves, to have different ideas, and it is a message that unless you kowtow to an old order, this is what will happen to you. You will be lynched, destroyed, caricatured by a committee of the U.S. — U.S. Senate, rather than hung from a tree.” (emphasis added)

In a rare interview a few years ago, Clarence Thomas, perhaps looking back at his confirmation experience, expressed his concern about how America “[was] getting quite comfortable (with) limiting ideas and exposure to ideas” and the destruction it causes.

“Today we seem to think that everything has to be one size fits all, and people can’t have opinions that make us uncomfortable, or ideas that make us uncomfortable, or that we don’t agree with.”

With the politicization of judicial appointments, decisions made by the courts often boil down to political ideology instead of the Constitution, which is why progressives and social justice warriors feel comfortable making racist accusations against a black Supreme Court Justice.

Still, Justice Thomas expressed his commitment to our Constitution near the end of his interview when he said:

“Some people have decided that the Constitution is not worth defending, that history isn’t worth defending, that the culture and the principles aren’t worth defending. Certainly, in my position, they have to be worth defending. That’s what keeps you going, that’s what energizes you.”

By the way, after receiving some serious pushback, the Washington Post issued a “clarification” without making any reference to their obviously racist comments or admitting any wrongdoing (via Reason.com):

A previous version of this story imprecisely referred to Justice Clarence Thomas’s opinions as often reflecting the thinking of White conservatives, rather than conservatives broadly. That reference has been removed.

Now, the passage reads:

Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.), a friend and ally of Clyburn’s for over 30 years, said even Clyburn’s critics respect his political instincts and his connection with a valuable but often disappointed subset of Democratic voters.

“Nobody that I’m aware of feels that opposing Clyburn’s nomination would be the wise thing to do,” he said. “If you know that a person has been vetted by Jim Clyburn, you know that person won’t go to the court and end up being a Clarence Thomas,” referring to the Black conservative justice.

Amazing. Even in their “clarification,” the Washington Post makes reference to the color of Clarence Thomas’ skin. Why? Because “casual racism” has become acceptable behavior by the race-baiting left whenever attacking conservatives — it’s embedded in their political DNA.

In closing, I want to make clear that this article isn’t intended to be an open-ended defense of Clarence Thomas; while he’s done a decent job of defending the Constitution, he and his wife have been a little too cozy with Donald Trump and The Big Lie lately for my taste.

I’m merely pointing out the many forms of anti-white racism that dominates the far-left and how they will go to any length — including attacking Clarence Thomas as an Uncle Tom — to reach their objectives.

 

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