How can you compare him with Malcom X? There is no comparison. Malcolm X wasn't a black nationalist. Malcom stood up for us as a people. Then he found the truth as to who we really are. Then they killed him! Clarence is a puppet just like the rest of them! Martin L. King found out who we were, and then them made sure to kill him as well. All politicians are puppets, and they hide the truth as to who we are!
corruption is a civil thing not a military Thing; to convict will take 67 Senators (if all are present to vote); not going to happen in this political climate;
@@imperialmotoring3789he on that side (A-I) since he is a civil since civil or military is established in Amendment XIV Section 3; Trump is military; civil or military; (A-I) or (J-Z); corruption or no corruption or corruption: no; Biden or Trump; demo c rat or Republican (Article IV Section 4);
@@imperialmotoring3789obviously, you suffer from dyslexia which is Trait of a civil (not military; weak and worthless); see civil C: -10 to - 1; u for got: Republican; it is Invasion (military Word Form) not invasion (civil word form); military see: -10 to -1 CO 1 to 10; both sides!!! I am military Military Commission ordain Officer; I chuse not to include: Militia and Republican; chuse is Constitution established Word and is military since there is: chose (civil) or chuse (military);
@CharlesLee-es8jr This has nothing to do with Democrats. While I disagree with the title of this article and think it's disrespectful to Black nationalist, the subject is about Clarence Thomas's policies now, compared to when he appeared to (pretended to...if he ever did) care for Black folks. Any man who tries to get 2 framed Black men executed and uses the U.S. constitution as an excuse tells anyone all they need to know about him.
@CharlesLee-es8jr "Just a cheap and easy to satisfy voting block for the Democrat Party." WTF are you talking about? He was always a Republican, and was nominated to the Supreme Court by a Republican. How would satisfy the voters of a party whose name you apparently don't know?
I watched a documentary about his life and at one point he was against interracial marriages, in which ironically he’s in one himself. Someone close to him said that he found such relationships appalling and didn’t understand why would one want to do it.
A complicated guy for sure. I have viewed him as someone who has internalized racism. I certainly could be wrong but his decisions and rulings have led me to believe this.
The mindset that "I've got mine. You need to get yours!" is and has been a hindrance to the rise of our people collectively. Individual examples of success are tempered by reality. Thomas had significant help and benefitted from programs and rulings that he not seems to want to reverse for others. He has rich white benefactors, so while he decries the bigotry within the system, he partakes of the spoils of those who get the best justice money can buy. His lack of ethics with regards to his wife's participation in the Jan. 6yh insurrection, his support of the most right leaning of the Supreme Court justices and his stance of "acceptability" show him to be a hypocrite. It has nothing to do with Black nationalism. Dr. King wasn't a Black nationalist, yet he saw the need for a collective effort of the grassroots and other members of the Black populace to work toward real change and equity. It is how we as a people have always risen above adversity. Thomas takes the individual as opposed to the community/collective solution that works for HIM but leaves others behind.
I don't think he was saying that MLK was a black nationalist. His chart shows that Dr. King was a centrist "collectivist." But really that appears to be a mislabeled political compass chart. The bottom half should read libertarian and the top authoritarian. In any case, I think what he means to say is that CT is a conservative nationalist who is black. Otherwise, the term black nationalist alludes to CT wanting black hegemony, which in actuality isn't the case for either CT or MLK.
This is real talk here I believe when Martin Luther King and Malcolm X passed on he just simply just dropped everything and ending up quitting everything just like Antonio Brown did with football now I believe all he's got is a philosophy of "just do for self " "God only helps those who help themselves " and lastly " those aren't my kids soo l don't have to care about anybody else " Just nothing but a two-faced loser and one big quitter To me he just gives up way too easy
The blatant corruption of Thomas is disturbing, but, like Trump, he doesn't care what people think or what's right or wrong. Openly for sale it seems. Very articulate and thought provoking video Garrison.
An excellent piece. I so wanted to make a kneejerk response, but had to hear this until the end. Yes, I get Thomas' view, thanks to you, Garrison, but dont expect me to respect him. He is busy enjoying spending his thirty pieces .. by the way, Dollemore told me where to find you, and im glad he did! UK out 😊
He’s actually a Hotep. Like, seriously. There was a season on Slow Burn (Apple Podcast) on him and it tracks as Hotep ideology. He dropped out of seminary and adopted the language and look of the Panthers in college. He literally used to harass interracial couples on the campus of Holy Cross while he was a student, he was one of the founders of the BSU at the university. Then in law school, he started adopting conservative views, went to work for John Danforth and aligned himself with the Claremont Institute, and became a full fledged Regan republican. He did all of that in the span of 15 years, or so. From a black radical to a card carrying conservative hellbent on destroying the social and civil rights gains of the 20th century. This man literally help kill Affirmative Action and help gut the VRA.
interesting, he was later in the Life Spring Cult with his wife. My friend was kidnapped and tortured at one of their camps in Somoa. (google survivors of paradise cove). these are mostly zionist messianic cults. if he was a hotep and he was getting into pyramid power shit it would explain how he fell deep into masonic doomsday cults and into the service of the Antichrist. BTW i hold the belief that the antichrist is a living breathing person, much like the pope, and is the head of a cult created by sabbatti Tzevi but was continued on by men like Jacob Frank and Basil Zarahoff. There is no reason to believe that this organization is no longer with us. Anyways, so the antichrist's force control the Jesuits and most of the world now. We are getting ready for some endtimes stuff because they're doomsday cultists and satanists. So buckle up kids. LOL hey btw, if you're a good guy and you read this go and read on John Dee and his 5 books of mystery.
@@marklee2412 the Civil Right Act, the Voting Rights Act, the Fair Housing Act, Roe v. Wade, Obergefell v. Ohio, Griswold v Connecticut. The first three are basic civil rights for everyone in this country fought for by black folks in America. Roe is bodily and reproductive freedom. Griswold is the right to contraception. Obergefell is same sex marriage. In his major opinion and concurrence for Roe, Thomas suggested that the Supreme Court reevaluate past rulings that the current court believes were wrongly decided. He called them by name. He doesn’t have the hair on his ass, as neither do the rest of the conservatives on the court to kill the landmark Civil Rights cases, but they’ll weaken them to be unenforceable. This week, The 5th Circuit sent a case to the Supreme Court that could invalidate the entirety of VRA. The only case he doesn’t believe was decided incorrectly Loving v. Virginia, because that affects him and his interracial marriage. But, if you read his dissent in Obergefell, he made arguments that could be used to invalidate Loving v. Virginia!
There is nothing defensible or redeeming about that horrible man. Being a sellout is the nicest thing that can be said about the hypocrite. He hides behind a lie of "true black natioalism" while he's steppin and fetchin for the collectivism of billionaires and giant corporations! That's probably inappropriate for me to say but this particular criminal really pisses me off. There's only a few people that I hold more disdain for than uncle Thomas.
The Uncle Tom from the novel was killed for refusing to reveal the whereabouts of escaped slaves. To call Clarence Thomas an Uncle Tom is an insult to the reputation of that fictional character.
@@hezigler This is true but not the case here. Stowe's depiction of a slave, while not particularly hateful, was very much from a white lens and very flawed, but the main reason "Uncle Tom" became an insult is because stage shows depicted him in a very different way. They excluded the ending where he sacrificed himself and made every effort to make him appear as the white-serving collaborator that white people wanted black people to be. In a very real sense, white directors whitewashed Uncle Tom just like Clarence Thomas tries to white wash black nationalism.
There is nothing inappropriate in telling the truth about this evil person. He is not evil because he is a black conservative. He is evil because he sells out his people to white supremacy. Any, in every chance that he gets, to include using the full weight of his office to do so.
@@TheSublimeLifestyle What do you mean? Barack Obama is a warmongering capitalist that bombed African countries to strengthen the Empire of our enemies. He fought tooth and nail to keep Haiti's minimum wage at 31 cents an hour to save Levi's and Hanes money. Does that sound like Malcom X or does it sound like Thomas Sowell?
Very common of "black conservatives" or at least the popular ones. Always casting shade and disrespect towards the collective in favor of their white constituency, claiming they're doing it to help black people somehow.
Hi Garrision, I’m new to your channel thanks to Jesse’s plug recently. Blown away by the depth of your research and the skill involved in putting together this relevant piece. I have long suspected Justice Thomas as a sell out to his race but never understood how or why. Thank you for enlightening my prospective.
Agreed!!! Thomas cares nothing about the collective and is concerned only with himself. Save yourself, damn the rest, mentality. Fortunately for him, he has that privilege, and it shows in every decision he makes on the court and outside of it.
the collective only holds excelled individuals back and when they identify this problem the collective like u who arent at their level try to tarnish them
He was able to climb the ladder of opportunity created by those that came before him then made sure to kick it down so no one could climb it after him. He's truly loathsome
He was disillusioned by White Liberals... so... he becomes a far right wing, conservative and actively works toward making the lives of Black people exponentially more difficult? It kills me when Black conservatives speak on "Black people thinking for themselves", when that only translates to them thinking like racist conservatives.
I want to hear & learn the truth. I’m a 70-yr-old white woman, having grown up in Republican, conservative MO. Over the last 40’ish yrs, I have turned my back on the backward, illiterate, and frankly, stupid opinions that many folks there held (& many still hold). I now live in the PNW, & have learned to educate myself, think for myself, and hold that all people of every creed & color are equal. (Isn’t that what the WHITE, MEN, slaveholding, forefathers said? I just don’t understand how they could write one thing into the constitution & yet live completely differently from their words. It boggles my mind.) I look forward to hearing/learning more from you & this channel. Please continue educating & reaching forwards towards liberty & justice for us all.
Don’t turn your back on your white family and friends because when you find out that the blacks will not fully accept you, you’ll wind up lonely. I don’t subscribe as totally conservative but I do have values that lean that way. I was raised in the church and my values reflect that. I also see the problems and I don’t not agree with everything the preacher says, or my uncles, or my dad. Mom is a republican, dad is a democrat. I came out in the middle and it’s a lonely spot to be in. I’m not accepted by the super republicans or the liberal democrats. Be careful what you wish for. The devil comes as a wolf dressed in sheep’s clothing.
@@Skeletors_Closet Sorry for misinterpreting! Democrats do hate Black people that are not obedient. Clarence Thomas is a good and decent man. Why are Democrats so against Nationalists? I'm a Nationalist I love USA!
Yeah I definitely agree I don't understand.. If you shut down all the legal avenues to help yourself.. I don't know maybe he wants to twist everything up into one dimension so white folks won't think it's something different then what they are doing.. Because if you don't allow any type of legal avenue then anything black people try to do will be automatically shut down and that's on the light end on the heavy end they most likely will get prosecuted for doing something illegally that everybody else is trying to do
He claims the reason he never spoke was because he was ashamed on his accent. That's absolutely no excuse and only demonstrates his self-hate. This guy doesn't possess the necessary commitment to justice that is required of an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
I didn't agree when I saw this on TikTok and your full explanation on here affirms it. Thomas speaking to a room full of Black lawyers in 1998 is no different than a Republican speaking to the NAACP. He knows he's speaking to an hostile audience and shows his past faux Black nationalism as a means to show he was once like them, and it was white people who made him change once MLK was assassinated. There have always been Black people in our community that support and align themselves with white supremacy. MLK, Malcolm, or any other civil rights leader could never have been killed and Thomas would still be the man he is today. Thomas is not and never had been a Black nationalist. He's no different than any other conservative MAGA white man. He just has darker skin.
I agree with your last two sentences. I think he has an interesting “starting point” but is, in reality, an enemy of Black progress. My goal was to fairly assess him on his own terms, in his own words. He was, in my opinion, trying to position himself as “pro-Black” in that 1998 speech, but I think he just proved why his goals aren’t good for Black folks. Thanks for watching 💪🏾
@@GarrisonHayesThomas is not and has never been a black nationalist. First of all black nationalist are opposed to race mixing. And that picture of Malcom x was disrespectful
@@indridcole7596 Not the new black nationalist that have came up since '77 to the late 80s and beyond Those guys see everything as a quick hustle and a scam I mean a game
I truly believe something happened to him when he was at Yale they say when he was at Yale they had a riot there and he was in the middle of it and after that very night he seemed to change and change everything that he once was I truly believe one of or a couple of his supporters that was supporting him in that time at Yale really got to him I truly believe this you really have to break down the times that he was in and at Yale That was an extremely important turning point as well
@@indridcole7596he was previously opposed to race mixing though. He harassed people in college for being in interracial relationships. Obviously he's now married to a white woman, but he wasn't then.
Pulling yourself up by your bootstraps will only make you fall flat on your face. That was one of the first meaning of that saying and imagery. Try to invision levitating yourself by pulling on your bootstraps. The other source of this reference was this. Rich men could pay other men to stoop down and pull together the rich man's bootstraps and then tie them for the rich man. The thought was that the rich guy could pull his bootstraps, and his shoestrings, together himself. The rich guy did not have to pull on his bootstraps to get into a higher level of social privilege because he was already there! So, pulling yourself up by your bootstraps is an oxymoron. You cannot do it.
Having read his autobiography and watched what he has done over the years. I am amazed that he thinks that he is where he is because of his own efforts. CT has been helped up all along the way. What are the chances he would have become a Supreme Court Justice had Thurgood Marshall not retired while a Republican president was seeking a black conservative replacement regardless of qualifications.
Yeah. I'm a conservative myself (no promised loyalty to the Republican party, though.) I decided to investigate the background of Clarence Thomas when Democrats started calling him an Uncle Tom, etc. regarding the gifts he received while on the Supreme Court. I wanted to see for myself what was true of the accusations, and what was false/misleading. My jaw was on the floor with how many handouts this guy got to be where he is. He was bottom of his class in Law School at Yale. He only got picked for certain positions because he was willing to parrot the talking points his rich connections that got him those positions wanted him to say. I know plenty of Black Conservatives that are legit, and genuine in what they believe. Clarence Thomas is not one of them. He may have deluded himself into thinking he earned his current position, but Men greater than himself deserve it, and no amount of money can change your past. The opinions he has held on the Supreme Court are defendable, but in the context of his full background, he does not seem like a good-faith actor, and actually harms the public image of movements that want a more strict interpretation of the Constitution.
Very interesting. Thanks for the insight. In South Africa, we have a term for people like Thomas, from the days of the Armed Struggle against Apartheid. "Askari". Black people, inevitably professionals, who worked with the apartheid government against the interests of their own people.
@@imperialmotoring3789 Its not. It has deep, deep problems, but we love it because its ours. That wasn't the reality in Apartheid. That's why we fought that war.
@@byronabrahams871 Was Apartheid similar to the USA Civil War? That's when the Republicans took the slaves away from the Democrats. Democrats never forgave Republicans for that!
Damn that is fascinating. I’m running through all of your old videos at this point- they are deeply appreciated, both the honest curiosity with which you approach each subject and the clear and succinct ways in which you argue.
Thomas advocates for self-sufficiency, yet consistently undermines it as he takes bribes and rules against policies that help the black community and Americans as a whole. This isn't only a problem with his position as a black nationalist, but conservatism in general. It touts itself as being, 'compassionate' and 'faithful,' yet governs according to a tough love principal: socialism for the rich, brutal capitalism for everyone else. He is (or became) the very establishment he sought to change. And this is why brothers don't like him: he's a corrupt sell-out.
This was especially interesting considering Clarence Thomas and the label of “Black Nationalist” in same sentence, in present tense. I think the MLK assassination traumatized him in a way that made him believe fighting for a group is detrimental while fighting for yourself (and whatever thing you want) leads to his version of Black freedom. Sadly, his pursuit, I think, turned him into a liar, a manipulator, a womanizer, etc. For him, since he achieved his “goal” I guess he accepted who he had to be in order to attain what he wanted. The man he had to become is the man most Black people would despise.
He just favored power over values, and became convinced with his own lies. “There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self.” ― Benjamin Franklin
I can almost understand Thomas' rejection of even the hope of real social and political progress, and his nearly-nihilistic selfishness and greed. But that makes the Supreme Court (or any court bench) the last place he should be.
This video is a brief but decent compliment to the excellent PBS documentary about CT and Ginni. CT WAS for a brief moment, a black nationalist. That speech for the black lawyers is more of a testimonial of the confused, frightened and defeated black nationalist. It completely lacks charisma and cannot be compared to MLK and others of their time and ilk. His massive distance from them on the spectrum chart used in this video proves that. It is a speech designed only to promote and explain his surrender. The corruption that we are now aware surrounds and saturates him is further evidence that the only ideology that inspires him is self-indulgence by any means necessary. More important than viewing CT as a black nationalist is facing that fact, especially because it is unlikely we will ever see CT take any action that reflects that title.
I truly believe when he was at Yale one of his supporters are a couple of his supporters really got some and total to quote unquote drop the ACT A lot of people really need to really dissect the time that he was at Yale Trust me for what I seen that reveals a whole lot as well 🎯🎯🎯👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
Only problem is that he has taken advantage of all of the policies that helped him get where he is and done his best to remove them for those who would come after. Every time we come together, for some reason we get destroyed. We've pulled ourselves up more than once only to have our straps cut by those in power for daring to do so. As usual our lives won't change as long as we tend to align ourselves our of convenience for a few with those who do not want us to progress.
I definitely agree with your evaluation of him. It really is simple whether applied individually or systemically....racism is a team sport. You can be both individually driven and work with a group.....without group think. There is always risk involved. However, I love my people... Black people (and those that are of like mind) and will never surrender to the status quo. How can I be so definitive? The status quo has the overwhelming power. So, in reality, I can suffer whether I am a boot lick like Mr. Thomas or not. I can die an ego death that shatters my soul or not. Power never concedes. You either have to convince, strategically out maneuver, forcefully take or construct a combination of events over time. Great video! Peace.
I don't think that the individual approach by Justice Thomas is wrong given what we know are the outcomes of black collectivism today. Dr Clark outlined much of this in his book Dark Ghetto which, in my opinion, aligns itself with Thomas' conclusion. I don't think that Clark was an individualist however in addressing the environment in which events and outcomes were taking place, collectivism has not brought about lasting change since the civil rights movement and that was nearly 60 years ago. I am reminded of Dr King's question near his death on whether he has integrated his people into a burning house. As I look the landscape of Black America and all as many facets of it that I can perceive, integration seems to have been the death of collectivism while at the same time creating more opportunity for individual Blacks who are willing to play ball. Edit: For the life of me, I cannot figure out why I keep spelling Clark with an 'e' as in Dr Clarke (smh)
This might be the best use of clickbait I have ever experienced, nice! It's great for engagement and reveals something technically true : Thomas is a Nationalist, Capitalist, Individualist, who happens to be Black, but not a Black Nationalist.
i find this video really unteresting. Only a little criticism: I think that the graph is wrong about Malcolm X and Marcus Garvey. Marcus Garvey sympathized with far-right movements and sypported black capitalism, so i don't know if he can be considered a "liberal collectivist". Also he was against socialism. For Malcolm X, he was a revolutionary progressive, so idk about the idea of him represintg the conservative wing of the collectivism
It’s funny that you say that because that exactly what y’all doing to the black community left, leaning black folks radical, leaning black folks in your own people in motherfucking hell. He ain’t touched none of y’all.
This is the dumbest comment ever. Black nationalism has nothing to do marriage. And if you truly believe he should have married within his own race, you obviously support segregation.
Thomas has definitely been out for himself these last few decades, problem is that his scorched earth approach is destructive to everyone but corporations.
Love your videos! And I disagree on most of your topics but you definitely bring out some things I haven't thought about before. Malcolm X and conservative was something I wasn't expecting to see this morning
It’s genuinely mind blowing how recent MLK and the civil rights movements was. I am only 25, so that was only 30 years before I was born. As a child, it was presented in black and white film as if it was so long ago. Wild.
This is nuts that you mentioned his speech in 1998.. My father, a judge now, was one of the black lawyers in that room when Clarence Thomas gave that speech. He said that he felt alienated by what he was saying, and that a lot of the lawyers in the room felt the same, but ironically said that Clarence was a really fun guy to be around, I believe he sat at his table during the dinner that night.
this is honestly very informative. I've always been cautious judging people (right wing...left wing...doesnt matter), this makes it easier for me to understand how he changed.
Fact is that I can agree with you in all your goals and take a completely different path to get there ...or I can oppose you at every level and travel the same road. You never know the next man's heart 100%
I wasn't aware that Thomas knows he's black.
Just like OJ Simpson.
"I'm not black, I'm Clarence Thomas."
How can you compare him with Malcom X? There is no comparison. Malcolm X wasn't a black nationalist. Malcom stood up for us as a people. Then he found the truth as to who we really are. Then they killed him! Clarence is a puppet just like the rest of them! Martin L. King found out who we were, and then them made sure to kill him as well. All politicians are puppets, and they hide the truth as to who we are!
What an ignorant comment
Right?
Bingo 🤣🤣
Hating him won't help anything, but impeaching him and convicting him for corruption sure would!
corruption is a civil thing not a military Thing; to convict will take 67 Senators (if all are present to vote); not going to happen in this political climate;
Biden?
@@imperialmotoring3789he on that side (A-I) since he is a civil since civil or military is established in Amendment XIV Section 3; Trump is military;
civil or military;
(A-I) or (J-Z);
corruption or no corruption or corruption: no;
Biden or Trump;
demo c rat or Republican (Article IV Section 4);
@@paulrodgers252 Protect each State from invasion (Article 4 Section 4)
@@imperialmotoring3789obviously, you suffer from dyslexia which is Trait of a civil (not military; weak and worthless); see civil C: -10 to - 1; u for got: Republican; it is Invasion (military Word Form) not invasion (civil word form);
military see: -10 to -1 CO 1 to 10; both sides!!! I am military Military Commission ordain Officer; I chuse not to include: Militia and Republican; chuse is Constitution established Word and is military since there is: chose (civil) or chuse (military);
Clarence Thomas is whatever Harland Crow tells him to be.
Bingo.
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@CharlesLee-es8jr This has nothing to do with Democrats. While I disagree with the title of this article and think it's disrespectful to Black nationalist, the subject is about Clarence Thomas's policies now, compared to when he appeared to (pretended to...if he ever did) care for Black folks. Any man who tries to get 2 framed Black men executed and uses the U.S. constitution as an excuse tells anyone all they need to know about him.
This isn't true
Thomas was always conservative. That's why he got appointed. He may be corrupt but he always had those same views
@CharlesLee-es8jr "Just a cheap and easy to satisfy voting block for the Democrat Party."
WTF are you talking about? He was always a Republican, and was nominated to the Supreme Court by a Republican. How would satisfy the voters of a party whose name you apparently don't know?
I watched a documentary about his life and at one point he was against interracial marriages, in which ironically he’s in one himself. Someone close to him said that he found such relationships appalling and didn’t understand why would one want to do it.
A complicated guy for sure. I have viewed him as someone who has internalized racism. I certainly could be wrong but his decisions and rulings have led me to believe this.
To put it in layman's terms, he's a complete nut job!
Extremists go from one extreme to the other, while moderates stay in the center.
@@3namechangezalowdevry90day7I would argue differently. Leftists that aren't considered moderate often remain consistent through their lifetime
Those relationships were actually also opposed by many minority groups, especially the more ethnocentric ones like native Americans.
The mindset that "I've got mine. You need to get yours!" is and has been a hindrance to the rise of our people collectively. Individual examples of success are tempered by reality. Thomas had significant help and benefitted from programs and rulings that he not seems to want to reverse for others. He has rich white benefactors, so while he decries the bigotry within the system, he partakes of the spoils of those who get the best justice money can buy. His lack of ethics with regards to his wife's participation in the Jan. 6yh insurrection, his support of the most right leaning of the Supreme Court justices and his stance of "acceptability" show him to be a hypocrite. It has nothing to do with Black nationalism. Dr. King wasn't a Black nationalist, yet he saw the need for a collective effort of the grassroots and other members of the Black populace to work toward real change and equity. It is how we as a people have always risen above adversity. Thomas takes the individual as opposed to the community/collective solution that works for HIM but leaves others behind.
he got his through the system he wants to destroy
he is a token
I don't think he was saying that MLK was a black nationalist. His chart shows that Dr. King was a centrist "collectivist." But really that appears to be a mislabeled political compass chart. The bottom half should read libertarian and the top authoritarian. In any case, I think what he means to say is that CT is a conservative nationalist who is black. Otherwise, the term black nationalist alludes to CT wanting black hegemony, which in actuality isn't the case for either CT or MLK.
This is real talk here I believe when Martin Luther King and Malcolm X passed on he just simply just dropped everything and ending up quitting everything just like Antonio Brown did with football now I believe all he's got is a philosophy of "just do for self " "God only helps those who help themselves " and lastly " those aren't my kids soo l don't have to care about anybody else "
Just nothing but a two-faced loser and one big quitter
To me he just gives up way too easy
He is corrupt.
Your first sentence summarises neoliberalism.
The blatant corruption of Thomas is disturbing, but, like Trump, he doesn't care what people think or what's right or wrong. Openly for sale it seems. Very articulate and thought provoking video Garrison.
Biden isn't for sale though. He sent his son to collect love not bribes.
You should never care what people think you should just do the right thing
Why should white men have all the fun?
@@JackDSquatWhich Clarence Thomas doesn’t do.
Name one corrupt thing
An excellent piece. I so wanted to make a kneejerk response, but had to hear this until the end. Yes, I get Thomas' view, thanks to you, Garrison, but dont expect me to respect him. He is busy enjoying spending his thirty pieces
.. by the way, Dollemore told me where to find you, and im glad he did! UK out 😊
He’s actually a Hotep. Like, seriously. There was a season on Slow Burn (Apple Podcast) on him and it tracks as Hotep ideology. He dropped out of seminary and adopted the language and look of the Panthers in college. He literally used to harass interracial couples on the campus of Holy Cross while he was a student, he was one of the founders of the BSU at the university. Then in law school, he started adopting conservative views, went to work for John Danforth and aligned himself with the Claremont Institute, and became a full fledged Regan republican. He did all of that in the span of 15 years, or so. From a black radical to a card carrying conservative hellbent on destroying the social and civil rights gains of the 20th century. This man literally help kill Affirmative Action and help gut the VRA.
All that for a "better life" and to be accepted by his masters as a "good and obliging servant". Clarence Thomas Iscariot
interesting, he was later in the Life Spring Cult with his wife. My friend was kidnapped and tortured at one of their camps in Somoa. (google survivors of paradise cove).
these are mostly zionist messianic cults. if he was a hotep and he was getting into pyramid power shit it would explain how he fell deep into masonic doomsday cults and into the service of the Antichrist. BTW i hold the belief that the antichrist is a living breathing person, much like the pope, and is the head of a cult created by sabbatti Tzevi but was continued on by men like Jacob Frank and Basil Zarahoff. There is no reason to believe that this organization is no longer with us. Anyways, so the antichrist's force control the Jesuits and most of the world now. We are getting ready for some endtimes stuff because they're doomsday cultists and satanists. So buckle up kids. LOL hey btw, if you're a good guy and you read this go and read on John Dee and his 5 books of mystery.
Honest question,
What are “the social and civil rights gains of the 20th century? “
@@marklee2412 the Civil Right Act, the Voting Rights Act, the Fair Housing Act, Roe v. Wade, Obergefell v. Ohio, Griswold v Connecticut. The first three are basic civil rights for everyone in this country fought for by black folks in America. Roe is bodily and reproductive freedom. Griswold is the right to contraception. Obergefell is same sex marriage. In his major opinion and concurrence for Roe, Thomas suggested that the Supreme Court reevaluate past rulings that the current court believes were wrongly decided. He called them by name. He doesn’t have the hair on his ass, as neither do the rest of the conservatives on the court to kill the landmark Civil Rights cases, but they’ll weaken them to be unenforceable. This week, The 5th Circuit sent a case to the Supreme Court that could invalidate the entirety of VRA. The only case he doesn’t believe was decided incorrectly Loving v. Virginia, because that affects him and his interracial marriage. But, if you read his dissent in Obergefell, he made arguments that could be used to invalidate Loving v. Virginia!
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So in essence, he devolved into a "you betta get yours cause Imma get mine," mentality.
There is nothing defensible or redeeming about that horrible man. Being a sellout is the nicest thing that can be said about the hypocrite. He hides behind a lie of "true black natioalism" while he's steppin and fetchin for the collectivism of billionaires and giant corporations!
That's probably inappropriate for me to say but this particular criminal really pisses me off. There's only a few people that I hold more disdain for than uncle Thomas.
The Uncle Tom from the novel was killed for refusing to reveal the whereabouts of escaped slaves.
To call Clarence Thomas an Uncle Tom is an insult to the reputation of that fictional character.
Not to mention, his white supremist wife aided insurrectionists to attempt to overturn our democratic election.
@@kevinsiu4956Language changes through time.
@@hezigler This is true but not the case here. Stowe's depiction of a slave, while not particularly hateful, was very much from a white lens and very flawed, but the main reason "Uncle Tom" became an insult is because stage shows depicted him in a very different way.
They excluded the ending where he sacrificed himself and made every effort to make him appear as the white-serving collaborator that white people wanted black people to be. In a very real sense, white directors whitewashed Uncle Tom just like Clarence Thomas tries to white wash black nationalism.
There is nothing inappropriate in telling the truth about this evil person. He is not evil because he is a black conservative. He is evil because he sells out his people to white supremacy. Any, in every chance that he gets, to include using the full weight of his office to do so.
He's a lot closer to Thomas Sowell than Malcolm X.
I said this exact same thing about Obama months ago
Exactly.
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You were wrong, lol. How tf did you even get Sowell from Obama?!
@@TheSublimeLifestyle What do you mean?
Barack Obama is a warmongering capitalist that bombed African countries to strengthen the Empire of our enemies. He fought tooth and nail to keep Haiti's minimum wage at 31 cents an hour to save Levi's and Hanes money.
Does that sound like Malcom X or does it sound like Thomas Sowell?
@@TheSublimeLifestyle I think you need to re-examine Obama's presidency, but take off the rose-colored glasses, and step out of the nostalgia first.
So essentially he developed a "if you can't beat them, join them and get whatever I can out of it for myself" kind of attitude.
Basically. He be back there shining alito's shoes.
Pretty much… 🎯
Seems like he found that honest hate is easier to deal with, and play around, then 'love' with an agenda?
Happens to most once they attain a certain level of wealth unfortunately
Very common of "black conservatives" or at least the popular ones. Always casting shade and disrespect towards the collective in favor of their white constituency, claiming they're doing it to help black people somehow.
Knowing what I now know about his 'benefactors', I wonder who's speaking when I see old video of Clarence Thomas talking.
Hi Garrision, I’m new to your channel thanks to Jesse’s plug recently. Blown away by the depth of your research and the skill involved in putting together this relevant piece. I have long suspected Justice Thomas as a sell out to his race but never understood how or why. Thank you for enlightening my prospective.
Same! This was a good vid. Gonna watch the How Urban Renewal Ruined Everything next. Hope the algorithm promotes your channel more!
Same with me. I agree with you ❤
Amazing and totally a conversation piece. They’re both speaking TTP! Listening Hearing ✊🏾🫡
I personally think Garrison's analysis leaves a lot to be desired but that's just me
@@AP-pk6mk feel free to post your own video.
Agreed!!! Thomas cares nothing about the collective and is concerned only with himself. Save yourself, damn the rest, mentality. Fortunately for him, he has that privilege, and it shows in every decision he makes on the court and outside of it.
the collective only holds excelled individuals back and when they identify this problem the collective like u who arent at their level try to tarnish them
huh?
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He was able to climb the ladder of opportunity created by those that came before him then made sure to kick it down so no one could climb it after him. He's truly loathsome
@@houragents5490What was so hard for you to understand?
He was disillusioned by White Liberals... so... he becomes a far right wing, conservative and actively works toward making the lives of Black people exponentially more difficult?
It kills me when Black conservatives speak on "Black people thinking for themselves", when that only translates to them thinking like racist conservatives.
I want to hear & learn the truth. I’m a 70-yr-old white woman, having grown up in Republican, conservative MO. Over the last 40’ish yrs, I have turned my back on the backward, illiterate, and frankly, stupid opinions that many folks there held (& many still hold). I now live in the PNW, & have learned to educate myself, think for myself, and hold that all people of every creed & color are equal. (Isn’t that what the WHITE, MEN, slaveholding, forefathers said? I just don’t understand how they could write one thing into the constitution & yet live completely differently from their words. It boggles my mind.) I look forward to hearing/learning more from you & this channel. Please continue educating & reaching forwards towards liberty & justice for us all.
I'm in Deep Blue Southside Chicago and am ULTRA MAGA
God Bless.
Don’t turn your back on your white family and friends because when you find out that the blacks will not fully accept you, you’ll wind up lonely. I don’t subscribe as totally conservative but I do have values that lean that way. I was raised in the church and my values reflect that. I also see the problems and I don’t not agree with everything the preacher says, or my uncles, or my dad.
Mom is a republican, dad is a democrat. I came out in the middle and it’s a lonely spot to be in. I’m not accepted by the super republicans or the liberal democrats.
Be careful what you wish for. The devil comes as a wolf dressed in sheep’s clothing.
@@Skeletors_Closet I don't turn my back on anyone, even if they hate God and Country, They need help, not shunning.
MAGA 2024
@@imperialmotoring3789 that comment was directed at the original comment. My apologies. I didn’t mean it for you at all.
@@Skeletors_Closet Sorry for misinterpreting! Democrats do hate Black people that are not obedient. Clarence Thomas is a good and decent man. Why are Democrats so against Nationalists? I'm a Nationalist I love USA!
Yet he's still not helpful to anybody
He is consistently the most BASED guy on the supreme court
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I'm not fully sure if I fully understand you correctly Are you saying " bias " or " based "
Yeah I definitely agree I don't understand.. If you shut down all the legal avenues to help yourself.. I don't know maybe he wants to twist everything up into one dimension so white folks won't think it's something different then what they are doing.. Because if you don't allow any type of legal avenue then anything black people try to do will be automatically shut down and that's on the light end on the heavy end they most likely will get prosecuted for doing something illegally that everybody else is trying to do
Is he the Jurist that doesn't know what a woman is?
@@houragents5490 by based you mean super corrupt?
just found you , thanks to Jesse Dollemore . Thanks for the good work
He's a disgrace and should be in jail.
That's racist. Always using jail as a way to correct black thought culture and behavior is extremely racist
Your videos are criminally under watched
10 years on the Supreme Court Bench, without asking a question! Think about that!😡
He claims the reason he never spoke was because he was ashamed on his accent. That's absolutely no excuse and only demonstrates his self-hate. This guy doesn't possess the necessary commitment to justice that is required of an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
I didn't agree when I saw this on TikTok and your full explanation on here affirms it. Thomas speaking to a room full of Black lawyers in 1998 is no different than a Republican speaking to the NAACP.
He knows he's speaking to an hostile audience and shows his past faux Black nationalism as a means to show he was once like them, and it was white people who made him change once MLK was assassinated.
There have always been Black people in our community that support and align themselves with white supremacy. MLK, Malcolm, or any other civil rights leader could never have been killed and Thomas would still be the man he is today. Thomas is not and never had been a Black nationalist. He's no different than any other conservative MAGA white man. He just has darker skin.
I agree with your last two sentences. I think he has an interesting “starting point” but is, in reality, an enemy of Black progress. My goal was to fairly assess him on his own terms, in his own words. He was, in my opinion, trying to position himself as “pro-Black” in that 1998 speech, but I think he just proved why his goals aren’t good for Black folks.
Thanks for watching 💪🏾
@@GarrisonHayesThomas is not and has never been a black nationalist. First of all black nationalist are opposed to race mixing. And that picture of Malcom x was disrespectful
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Not the new black nationalist that have came up since '77 to the late 80s and beyond Those guys see everything as a quick hustle and a scam I mean a game
I truly believe something happened to him when he was at Yale they say when he was at Yale they had a riot there and he was in the middle of it and after that very night he seemed to change and change everything that he once was I truly believe one of or a couple of his supporters that was supporting him in that time at Yale really got to him I truly believe this you really have to break down the times that he was in and at Yale That was an extremely important turning point as well
@@indridcole7596he was previously opposed to race mixing though. He harassed people in college for being in interracial relationships. Obviously he's now married to a white woman, but he wasn't then.
Pulling yourself up by your bootstraps will only make you fall flat on your face. That was one of the first meaning of that saying and imagery. Try to invision levitating yourself by pulling on your bootstraps. The other source of this reference was this. Rich men could pay other men to stoop down and pull together the rich man's bootstraps and then tie them for the rich man. The thought was that the rich guy could pull his bootstraps, and his shoestrings, together himself. The rich guy did not have to pull on his bootstraps to get into a higher level of social privilege because he was already there!
So, pulling yourself up by your bootstraps is an oxymoron. You cannot do it.
I was explaining this to my mom when she told me I needed to to this,the dissonance on her face was LOUD
Just found you on TikTok, and I’m definitely subscribing.
Having read his autobiography and watched what he has done over the years. I am amazed that he thinks that he is where he is because of his own efforts. CT has been helped up all along the way. What are the chances he would have become a Supreme Court Justice had Thurgood Marshall not retired while a Republican president was seeking a black conservative replacement regardless of qualifications.
Yeah. I'm a conservative myself (no promised loyalty to the Republican party, though.) I decided to investigate the background of Clarence Thomas when Democrats started calling him an Uncle Tom, etc. regarding the gifts he received while on the Supreme Court.
I wanted to see for myself what was true of the accusations, and what was false/misleading.
My jaw was on the floor with how many handouts this guy got to be where he is. He was bottom of his class in Law School at Yale. He only got picked for certain positions because he was willing to parrot the talking points his rich connections that got him those positions wanted him to say.
I know plenty of Black Conservatives that are legit, and genuine in what they believe. Clarence Thomas is not one of them. He may have deluded himself into thinking he earned his current position, but Men greater than himself deserve it, and no amount of money can change your past. The opinions he has held on the Supreme Court are defendable, but in the context of his full background, he does not seem like a good-faith actor, and actually harms the public image of movements that want a more strict interpretation of the Constitution.
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Very interesting. Thanks for the insight. In South Africa, we have a term for people like Thomas, from the days of the Armed Struggle against Apartheid. "Askari". Black people, inevitably professionals, who worked with the apartheid government against the interests of their own people.
South Africa sounds like a horrible place to live.
@@imperialmotoring3789 Its not. It has deep, deep problems, but we love it because its ours. That wasn't the reality in Apartheid. That's why we fought that war.
@@byronabrahams871 Oh ok great! Glad we have no apartheid here in the USA but we do have the Democrats oppressing us.
@@byronabrahams871 Was Apartheid similar to the USA Civil War? That's when the Republicans took the slaves away from the Democrats. Democrats never forgave Republicans for that!
Individual and all that $ lining his pockets....
Thank you for enlightening me. Great content
Damn that is fascinating. I’m running through all of your old videos at this point- they are deeply appreciated, both the honest curiosity with which you approach each subject and the clear and succinct ways in which you argue.
Absolutely fantastic video. Really tied in a history of Judge Thomas.
Justice Thomas.
Great analysis brother!
Clarence Thomas knew his U.S. history, politics and a wolf in sheeps clothing when he saw one unlike a lot of people now
Thomas advocates for self-sufficiency, yet consistently undermines it as he takes bribes and rules against policies that help the black community and Americans as a whole. This isn't only a problem with his position as a black nationalist, but conservatism in general. It touts itself as being, 'compassionate' and 'faithful,' yet governs according to a tough love principal: socialism for the rich, brutal capitalism for everyone else. He is (or became) the very establishment he sought to change. And this is why brothers don't like him: he's a corrupt sell-out.
You are one of the most articulate speakers I have ever heard. Great channel!
Hi brother I love your videos, so informative and educative. Please one more!
Enlightening, eye-opening, and empathy-fostering. Thank you for sharing.
He was demanding money from conservative business interests
10 years without asking a question, that is pure abnormal.
Sometimes you just have nothing to say tho
Apparently his owners told him to sit there and don't say a word until I tell you to. They just wanted a black face. For appearances.
I believe Ms. Hill. I always did.
Thank you for sharing, Garrison! 😁
More of these! So good my man! ✊🏿
I enjoy the knowledge you drop, very educational and will spread the word! Keep up the great work
This was especially interesting considering Clarence Thomas and the label of “Black Nationalist” in same sentence, in present tense. I think the MLK assassination traumatized him in a way that made him believe fighting for a group is detrimental while fighting for yourself (and whatever thing you want) leads to his version of Black freedom. Sadly, his pursuit, I think, turned him into a liar, a manipulator, a womanizer, etc. For him, since he achieved his “goal” I guess he accepted who he had to be in order to attain what he wanted. The man he had to become is the man most Black people would despise.
He just favored power over values, and became convinced with his own lies.
“There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self.”
― Benjamin Franklin
Very interesting take on Clarence T. I would like to know more.
I can almost understand Thomas' rejection of even the hope of real social and political progress, and his nearly-nihilistic selfishness and greed. But that makes the Supreme Court (or any court bench) the last place he should be.
This video is a brief but decent compliment to the excellent PBS documentary about CT and Ginni. CT WAS for a brief moment, a black nationalist. That speech for the black lawyers is more of a testimonial of the confused, frightened and defeated black nationalist. It completely lacks charisma and cannot be compared to MLK and others of their time and ilk. His massive distance from them on the spectrum chart used in this video proves that. It is a speech designed only to promote and explain his surrender. The corruption that we are now aware surrounds and saturates him is further evidence that the only ideology that inspires him is self-indulgence by any means necessary. More important than viewing CT as a black nationalist is facing that fact, especially because it is unlikely we will ever see CT take any action that reflects that title.
I truly believe when he was at Yale one of his supporters are a couple of his supporters really got some and total to quote unquote drop the ACT A lot of people really need to really dissect the time that he was at Yale Trust me for what I seen that reveals a whole lot as well
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Bro! This was amazing work! We need a part two! Wow!
insanely amazing video the best explanation of this man that made sense
Only problem is that he has taken advantage of all of the policies that helped him get where he is and done his best to remove them for those who would come after. Every time we come together, for some reason we get destroyed. We've pulled ourselves up more than once only to have our straps cut by those in power for daring to do so. As usual our lives won't change as long as we tend to align ourselves our of convenience for a few with those who do not want us to progress.
I definitely agree with your evaluation of him.
It really is simple whether applied individually or systemically....racism is a team sport.
You can be both individually driven and work with a group.....without group think. There is always risk involved. However, I love my people... Black people (and those that are of like mind) and will never surrender to the status quo.
How can I be so definitive? The status quo has the overwhelming power. So, in reality, I can suffer whether I am a boot lick like Mr. Thomas or not. I can die an ego death that shatters my soul or not.
Power never concedes. You either have to convince, strategically out maneuver, forcefully take or construct a combination of events over time.
Great video! Peace.
Lol
I don't think that the individual approach by Justice Thomas is wrong given what we know are the outcomes of black collectivism today. Dr Clark outlined much of this in his book Dark Ghetto which, in my opinion, aligns itself with Thomas' conclusion. I don't think that Clark was an individualist however in addressing the environment in which events and outcomes were taking place, collectivism has not brought about lasting change since the civil rights movement and that was nearly 60 years ago.
I am reminded of Dr King's question near his death on whether he has integrated his people into a burning house. As I look the landscape of Black America and all as many facets of it that I can perceive, integration seems to have been the death of collectivism while at the same time creating more opportunity for individual Blacks who are willing to play ball.
Edit: For the life of me, I cannot figure out why I keep spelling Clark with an 'e' as in Dr Clarke (smh)
As soon as I saw your graph and where you placed Thomas you had me hooked.
That's a super funny way to spell White Supremacist.
I'm a new subscriber, making my way through ALL your content. Great work!!
He isnt fighting for black rights, he just wants to take rights away from everyone else to get equality.
Wow!!! This was informative, historical & insightful!!!
F Thomas,! He needs to be in prison!
This might be the best use of clickbait I have ever experienced, nice! It's great for engagement and reveals something technically true : Thomas is a Nationalist, Capitalist, Individualist, who happens to be Black, but not a Black Nationalist.
i find this video really unteresting. Only a little criticism: I think that the graph is wrong about Malcolm X and Marcus Garvey. Marcus Garvey sympathized with far-right movements and sypported black capitalism, so i don't know if he can be considered a "liberal collectivist". Also he was against socialism. For Malcolm X, he was a revolutionary progressive, so idk about the idea of him represintg the conservative wing of the collectivism
He also stopped being a black nationalist after his pilgrimage to Mecca
Always amazing bro... Thank you
Love you man
Ayo!!!!! THIS IS GREAT
Thomas' life is hell-bent on making black people's lives is living hell.
Is it working? Is your life a “living hell”?
How so?
It’s funny that you say that because that exactly what y’all doing to the black community left, leaning black folks radical, leaning black folks in your own people in motherfucking hell. He ain’t touched none of y’all.
Very thoughtful. Thank you❤
He’s as much as a black nationalist as George Wallace and bull Connor.
Good Job Garri!!
how can he be a black nationalist if he literally has a white wife
"He conquered one"
This is the dumbest comment ever. Black nationalism has nothing to do marriage. And if you truly believe he should have married within his own race, you obviously support segregation.
@@rowanwilliams1548she looks like a man lol.
Thomas has definitely been out for himself these last few decades, problem is that his scorched earth approach is destructive to everyone but corporations.
Bro … you humanized the devil 😂😂😂
Not quite. Thomas is a Corrupt judge. Full stop!
So like humanizing to me
hes a lot nice than the fd signifier dude. gave clarence a chance. good stuff
And … The devil is a liar!
Love your videos! And I disagree on most of your topics but you definitely bring out some things I haven't thought about before. Malcolm X and conservative was something I wasn't expecting to see this morning
Remember that Dave Chappelle show but he was in the KKK? That's pretty much clearance Thomas.
Thank you for making something this philosophical and interesting and NOT stretching it out to a half an hour :)
This is grotesquely unique clickbait.
No it's not. Thomas actually DOES think he's a black nationalist. I mean, we probably don't think so, but he honestly thinks he's a black nationalist.
He thinks if he takes away all government aids from black ppl, it will force black people to pick themselves up by the bootstraps.
So he’s delusional
Great job thanks for the video
He is not a black nationalist
I saw the headline and was like "no damn way" but you made a really solid and well researched explanation for it
I like Clarence Thomas, he is not an enemy of progress
Not your progress of course clearly
Conservatism is stagnant water.
I always believed Anita Hills words
OmG! the sheer audacity of the Man, to apply himself and be successful in life. Must be a bonafide Uncle Thom.
This matrix is the best graph I’ve ever seen!
Thank you❤️I truly appreciate your information!
It’s genuinely mind blowing how recent MLK and the civil rights movements was. I am only 25, so that was only 30 years before I was born. As a child, it was presented in black and white film as if it was so long ago. Wild.
This is nuts that you mentioned his speech in 1998.. My father, a judge now, was one of the black lawyers in that room when Clarence Thomas gave that speech. He said that he felt alienated by what he was saying, and that a lot of the lawyers in the room felt the same, but ironically said that Clarence was a really fun guy to be around, I believe he sat at his table during the dinner that night.
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It appears that we humans always look for heroes when we should step up and make an attempt to change what we dislike.
Clarence took the “everybody can’t go” to an extreme level
brilliant analysis. I have watched three videos in a row and am looking forward to the next
Make these LONGER!
this is honestly very informative. I've always been cautious judging people (right wing...left wing...doesnt matter), this makes it easier for me to understand how he changed.
Very fascinating. Thank you!
HERE is a wordsmith, with info scientifically rationally derived. Sir, well done. the Chart is a useful tool with limitations, of course.
Need a part 2 - more!
You got me with this title. I had to see how you can justify saying that. I'll never believe it, but wanted to see.
Well done sir👏🏾
Fact is that I can agree with you in all your goals and take a completely different path to get there ...or I can oppose you at every level and travel the same road.
You never know the next man's heart 100%
Well done! Thank you…
This was good. I like the parallels
Well explored and laid out. Thank you.