
Behind the News: On Clarence Thomas w/ Corey Robin
Jacobin Radio
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The Enigma of Clarence Thomas
The Enigma of Clarence Thomas is out from Metropolitan Books. Author Corey Robin says the Supreme Court justice had a separatist vision for black power. He says it was inspired by economist Thomas Sowell and Nixon's "black capitalism" The author: Black activists were beginning to feel like, screw the state; we're not going to get anything.
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