Clarence Thomas On Affirmative Action

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas addressed leaders of historically black colleges Tuesday and focused on the issue of affirmative action. He said that affirmative action "has become this mantra and there almost has become this secular religiosity about it. I think it almost trumps thinking." He went on to say his "suggestion would be to stop the buzz words and to focus more on the practical effect of what we're doing. I can tell you when you have fudge words, it leaves a lot of room for mischief. People have a tendency to read their personal opinions into fudge words. You want, when it comes to the issue of race, absolute words."


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