Behind the News: On Clarence Thomas w/ Corey Robin
Jacobin Radio
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The Nostalgia of the Black Patriot
Sally Kohn: Alito has been accused of wanting to turn the clock back. She says he's nostalgic for a time when black men could rise to positions of power like his grandfather did. The nostalgia that's there is really for this figure of the black patriarch, she says. Kohn: He won't join one part of an opinion where he compares two black men in a criminal justice case.
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