...most black Americans see Thomas as an ongoing embarrassment. His right-wing politics are viewed as a danger to their civil and constitutional rights, and his presence on the Supreme Court is not a cause for celebration, but a source of distress and resentment. ... "Many black Americans consider Thomas to be the moral equivalent of a Nazi collaborator," Bositis said.
Well ... I don't think I'd ever have gone quite that far. I merely regard him with the distaste and contempt that he has earned, based on his opinions and politics.
Copyright © 2001, Iain Jackson, after-words.org
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