Why Clarence Thomas Left the Black Power Movement Behind

Why Clarence Thomas Left the Black Power Movement Behind | FRONTLINE

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An excerpt from FRONTLINE's documentary "Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power and the Supreme Court" delves into Clarence Thomas' interest in the Black Power movement in college.
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@nathanhicks2000 Жыл бұрын

It seems to me that he goes along with what serves him best at the time!!

@bvl98 Жыл бұрын

Exactly my thought too. 💯

@robertnicholls9917 Жыл бұрын

A lot of black people play this game. Clyburn and I would argue, Obama as well.

@Thefrmgallery Жыл бұрын

No permanent friends, no permanent enemies..only permanent interests

@dewanmdurnto3592 Жыл бұрын

Best description

@k.b.3683 Жыл бұрын

Most people are like him, he just got promoted.

@desmond-hawkins Жыл бұрын

Frontline has been really fast recently at publishing documentaries that cover current topics. Two months ago about the banking crisis, now about Clarence Thomas… very impressive turnaround for films of such quality. I can't wait to watch this one!

@puccisnoopy Жыл бұрын

PBS is a national treasure of which we should be aware of because if the republican majority has its way they will defund any endowments Support PBS and NPR

@jjutt87 Жыл бұрын

There are so many holes in this "report" sounds like a puff piece to me, the voice actor is always excellent and adds a lot of credibility.

@SEAZNDragon Жыл бұрын

I suspect this one was long in development given Clarence Thomas position on the court with only the recent Harlon Crow revelations added on the end.

@aurora_stream Жыл бұрын

@@jjutt87what holes? Please, enlighten us, throw us with your acumen

@anthonymusto3537 Жыл бұрын

Of course they do they have a narrative to push"state affiliated"

@a.skywalker4882 Жыл бұрын

So he voted against student debt relief but his family member or members got their scholarship payed by his bestfriend.

@musicwelikemang Жыл бұрын

Republicans are even more hypocritical than dems.

@reubenmorris487 Жыл бұрын

Fringe benefit...

@thecutefamily3409 Жыл бұрын

WOW

@JK-br1mu Жыл бұрын

scholarship to a private high school for his adopted kid, not college

@stephaniesass5173 Жыл бұрын

Admission to CT in his HighSchool was at the time based on his color.

@TihetrisWeathersby Жыл бұрын

Money and power are corrupting influences

@RUTHLESSambition5 Жыл бұрын

Anyone ever notice all these brothers marry the WORST Caucasian women or men😂😂They get the bottom barrel

@brownbagz Жыл бұрын

@@RUTHLESSambition5 Exactly!

@nadiasilvershine4630 Жыл бұрын

Clarence Thomas made a choice to BE corrupted. His taxpayer-funded salary of some $274,200 is a lot of money by itself. Now that he is basically owned by a billionaire, he can never do the job of Supreme Court justice -- since he no longer can even appear to be objective, much less BE objective in his judgments.

@imperialmotoring3789 Жыл бұрын

Bidens are a perfect example.

@imperialmotoring3789 Жыл бұрын

@@RUTHLESSambition5 Insulting the man's wife? Obama (half-White) married a tranny!

@junheceta268 Жыл бұрын

Clarence Thomas never serves any political movement. He expects the political movement to serve him. If it does not propel him to a position of power, influence and financial prosperity-or does not do so quickly enough to suit him-he abandons it and moves to something else.

@willtheoct Жыл бұрын

if that's the case, overturning roe would have to have been accompanied by a large donation to satisfy him

@junheceta268 Жыл бұрын

@@willtheoct considering all the gift giving that has come out, that would not be surprising.

@miketran4289 Жыл бұрын

Yeah no, He served the republicans. Everyone around him are Republicans even his wife.

@musicwelikemang Жыл бұрын

@@willtheoct like $150k tuition for his kid paid for by a billionaire? Yeah, totally democratic...

@bromack3 Жыл бұрын

if Justice Thomas engaged in frowned upon behavior, he only dared to do so because he had long observed it as the behavioral norm within the Supreme Court in general.

@TheactressCJ Жыл бұрын

Self hatred is a horrible thing

@lorenzbeaumacc1175 Жыл бұрын

U look at it as self hatred? Even when Malcolm was his idol?

@lorenzbeaumacc1175 Жыл бұрын

@@TheactressCJ where is the whole documentary? I have hard time seeing him going through self hatred while having malcolm as his idol. The 2 don't go hand in hand.

@procrastinator41 Жыл бұрын

Thomas has always appeared to me to be physically miserable, like something is burning a hole in his stomach.

@pacifront83 Жыл бұрын

@@procrastinator41 that’s called projection, you dunce.

@quinton01 Жыл бұрын

@@lorenzbeaumacc1175 That's what negroes say when a black person, usually smarter than themselves, embraces ideals that go far beyond just being black. That is the extent of @TheactressCJ's identity -- being black and being a victim.

@Faceindirect Жыл бұрын

Taking money and gifts from political donors is unethical for a Supreme Court Judge. Just saying. There’s a tainted legacy here. I don’t care if the judge is democratic or republican appointed. It is straight up wrong to take gifts and not report it

@lukemurray4950 Жыл бұрын

You say you don't care Republican or Democrat but yet they are only talking about the Republican, like always! They are attacking Thomas because he is standing up and has always stood up against the white liberal elite! Look up Clarence Thomas Vs Joe Biden! Yet media got black people thinking Biden is the hero and Thomas is their enemy! "There are too many (N-word) in here!" Joe Biden.

@jennslifeinhuntingtonwv2678 Жыл бұрын

100%

@lukemurray4950 Жыл бұрын

@@jennslifeinhuntingtonwv2678 You say you don't care Republican or Democrat but yet they are only talking about the Republican, like always! They are attacking Thomas because he is standing up and has always stood up against the white liberal elite! Look up Clarence Thomas Vs Joe Biden! Yet media got black people thinking Biden is the hero and Thomas is their enemy! "There are too many (N-word) in here!" Joe Biden.

@Brandon-ko3yp Жыл бұрын

Tell Hillary that

@carolinewilhelm7672 Жыл бұрын

@@Brandon-ko3yp All politicians need to understand this. Corruption is endemic and whataboutism won't solve it. It is a universal standard. Corruption isn't a left vs right issues. Corruption is a left AND right issue.

@orale_ Жыл бұрын

"Im not black, im Clarence Thomas!"

@EvonneLindiwe Жыл бұрын

Touché 😂🙌🏿

@markleestampley8784 Жыл бұрын

LMAO luv it!!!

@lemontadams3029 Жыл бұрын

He's that before any other label. They are all made up labels. My African friends see themselves as tribes not Black that is an American thing

@AtmaureanNoble7 Жыл бұрын

Black means displaced persons who have no rights and are subject to any harms and abuses the citizens care to bestow. Dont be black, be Moor.

@correctionalofficer4lockdo763 Жыл бұрын

I iz sumbodee tu!

@TighelanderII Жыл бұрын

If Thomas was in the Black Power movement, the only reason for that I can think of is that he was a spy for Hoover's FBI.

@Leo82870 Жыл бұрын

Eldridge Cleaver of the Black Panther Party later became a republican. Thurgood Marshall approved wiretaps on Martin Luther King. Thomas like all of us change for better or for worse. It is not fair to compare Thomas of the 60's to the Thomas today.

@username23156 Жыл бұрын

Elridge Cleaver was idiot he abused his beautiful wife Kathleen. He became a republican after he started traveling to reinvent himself to gain acceptance back into America.

@stillirise7813 Жыл бұрын

They reward for all these so called black conservatives is white women!! Not ideology or moral convictions. Its access to white women.

@victornewman06 Жыл бұрын

@@Leo82870 what???? 😂😂😂

@Leo82870 Жыл бұрын

@@victornewman06 you did not know this?

@sheldondrake8935 Жыл бұрын

say what you want about him, but he was really great in Django Unchained, loyal to the end

@boop8621 Жыл бұрын

Ouch! Lol

@LeoBlight Жыл бұрын

Lol wow 😮

@beverleyreid7572 Жыл бұрын

Lol

@robertnicholls9917 Жыл бұрын

You know the funny thing, a lot of hard right blacks look and/or act that way to some extent.

@larmetagettes4042 Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@ashlovestoshop Жыл бұрын

Documentaries like this are so important because they remind us that these movements are not that far ago. I feel so frustrated that our elders have to keep dealing with this.

@subcitizen2012 Жыл бұрын

Part of the point of documentaries like these is to remind you that the elders were once young too. As much as there are movements of young people, there are movements against young people. Clarence, and the rest of his cohort at that time had only been enabled the vote for a year at that point. Reflect on that and the time that's passed and why those movements happened. Back then their was a proverbial boot in their necks, and the counter revolting conservative element of what was then the Democratic party was vehemently opposed to their voting, opposed to desegregation, opposed to ever having black men on the supreme court. Thomas was lost to that struggle and it subsumed him, and today he sees himself in the protesters asking for justice, and he's disgusted with himself. It's a much heavier insight than some alligator tears for some imagined, eternal elders.

@Agtsmirnoff Жыл бұрын

Dealing with what?

@reubenmorris487 Жыл бұрын

What a time to have been alive as a young Black man...oh wow...

@marilynclarke6092 Жыл бұрын

Remember, Clarence Thomas met Ginny along the way too. She had to have a say in his decisions for change.

@kendricklewis4947 Жыл бұрын

They met after she was in a cult!??

@andyjulia Жыл бұрын

Now she’s in a new cult!

@EJLegionHonor Жыл бұрын

He married a snowbunny, no wonder he got lost

@Harlem1mentality Жыл бұрын

@@EJLegionHonor reminds me of undercover brotha when he bagged a snow bunny lmao

@michaelroberts1415 Жыл бұрын

The movie Ghostwriter comes to mind

@shadowguard3578 Жыл бұрын

No money in equality and justice for all, but plenty of money and benefits if you’re corrupt and or can be bought.

@bromack3 Жыл бұрын

Yep... that about describes Joe Biden. Remember the 1994 crime bill.. he was deeply involved in the creation of that bill.

@lucasgroves137 Жыл бұрын

@@bromack3 Perfect whataboutism.

@zazasnruntz7505 Жыл бұрын

@@bromack3 that about describes 95% of the white men in politics 🤦‍♂️🤣 I love how you whites try and point out one when this entire country was literally built on corruption by white men

@silvershadchan4085 Жыл бұрын

We should have a 75 year old age limit for Supreme Court justices just like Canada does.

@tothelighthouse9843 Жыл бұрын

@paillette2010 Жыл бұрын

It would have gotten RBG off and we’d mot have the total shetshow of shills we have now

@sylvainmichaud2262 Жыл бұрын

Ask average people how hard it is to find a job after 50. The same people who don't want to hire them are the ones clinging to power. After 55, people are cognitively declining. I can't understand how someone over 65 would be chosen or kept to do a job at the highest level (President, Justice, ...) unless we are looking at an exceptional individual. It doesn't mean that they can't be hired as advisors to these positions.

@TheGothicdolphin Жыл бұрын

I say a younger age limit is needed as today world politics, technology, social issues...change like the wind. As Humans age, they tend to 'cling' to what [they] learned/experienced, and with things evolving so much quicker now, the aging human mind can not keep up or adapt fast enough. Remember when computers, emailing and cellphones were introduced? Children could operate them, but older politicians had to hire younger more savvy assistants to utilize the technologies😂.

@sylvainmichaud2262 Жыл бұрын

@@SS-zg6of Agreed.

@tycooper7368 Жыл бұрын

The rebirth of uncle ruckus..

@daniellebryant5854 Жыл бұрын

"Can't beat 'em, might as well join 'em" - Clarence Thomas

@Macwylee Жыл бұрын

And Jim Clyburn

@jensgronning4436 Жыл бұрын

Dumbest thing I’ve seen today

@caronstout354 5 ай бұрын

While asking "What's in it for me?"

@user-un3gg4to9k Жыл бұрын

Frontline has the balls to the tell the story as it should be. I pray for the safety of all who are writing and narrating these informative topics.

@SSNESS 9 ай бұрын

DMTBKA

@drtrowb Жыл бұрын

Because he’d rather have the power, than to actually make a change for minorities.

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@Tedisntakidanymore Жыл бұрын

Now we all know Thomas left Black Power for green power!

@williamlouie569 Жыл бұрын

Green, the color of money, money Green.

@angusdog22 Жыл бұрын

Thomas is the very definition of Black Power and the American Dream. Media wants to make him a villain but this man is a hero 🇺🇸🇺🇸💪

@DickCheneyXX Жыл бұрын

Nowadays black power means burning down your neighborhood because some random criminal died somewhere.

@krist-yonnarain7786 Жыл бұрын

@@angusdog22 For doing what exactly?

@suffolk6311 Жыл бұрын

I think he was an informant the whole time. Nobody claims to read all of Malcolm X material and become an Unk Thommy. Impossible.

@jmont1031 Жыл бұрын

Nothing Clarence Thomas says can be taken as truth.

@Jimmy1982Playlists Жыл бұрын

🎯🎯🎯💯

@dzizaslofsas Жыл бұрын

Why?

@Blackman19498 Жыл бұрын

Here is a person who went from fighting the power, to selling his manhood to Harlan crow!!

@suezbell1 Жыл бұрын

and any soul he had

@basedgamerguy818 Жыл бұрын

He may still be fighting to topple the United States.

@DS2CV Жыл бұрын

your hatred serves as a great recommendation of him

@basedgamerguy818 Жыл бұрын

@@DS2CV why do you think I hate him? My comment doesn't give that impression at all. If you watched the documentary then you would know that Clarence Thomas was a Black Nationalist. So it isn't outside the realm of possibility that he has made the decisions he has while on the SC in an effort to avenge his political heroes that were murdered by the US government

@wildestcowboy2668 Жыл бұрын

Is u sayin he tossed ALOT of salad's

@nemya9586 Жыл бұрын

Can't wait to see the full program 😮

@momo8200 Жыл бұрын

Being a waterboy for the Billionaire class pays,...who knew.

@hezigler Жыл бұрын

The best investigative journalism on TV in the US!

@toddmaek5436 Жыл бұрын

All theatre

@jennslifeinhuntingtonwv2678 Жыл бұрын

He needs to be held accountable.

@tybragan23 Жыл бұрын

@@Semper_Iratus doesn’t make it right but that is a fair point frankly

@stix409 Жыл бұрын

@@Semper_Iratus why don't you worry about the Republicans holding themselves responsible? You think Clarence's bribes were done for your benefit? They weren't

@genghiscan2918 Жыл бұрын

@@Semper_Iratus okay george santos

@stevehannah Жыл бұрын

Defund gov propaganda PBS

@roder51 Жыл бұрын

@@stevehannah Triggered by facts much?

@jzk2020 Жыл бұрын

I think the movie GET OUT was about Clarence Thomas. They got him, charge him to the game.

@domotemujin7780 Жыл бұрын

Could very well be

@basedgamerguy818 Жыл бұрын

That movie still messes me up and I'm white.

@jzk2020 Жыл бұрын

@@basedgamerguy818 Imagine I only saw it for the first time 2 weeks ago :D .... I'm so late to the show. Pretty dope movie though.

@festchristian2630 Жыл бұрын

Facts, that shit is real. I believe that could have happen. Taken the strongest black man, then making him into Uncle Tom deep shit

@rw8990 Жыл бұрын

Love him or hate him,agree with Justice Thomas or not,because of this insightful and expertly done documentary it shed some light on Clarence Thomas’s way of thinking.Thanks again Front Line your the best in the business.

@TiffyAlwaysBlissy Жыл бұрын

Eh. As a black woman who used to be in politics, there is a running joke about how much more money you can make when you’re black and take up conservative views. Thomas answered the call. And got to the highest level. That is all.

@marksinger4415 Жыл бұрын

Hate him.

@marksinger4415 Жыл бұрын

@@TiffyAlwaysBlissy and that makes him the lowest life form. He has basically sold his soul for approval and acceptance.

@jeromebowers7510 Жыл бұрын

@@marksinger4415yes. It's the wall 🧱 all face at a certain level 🎚️. It's what I've been saying here to American women. This wall 🧱 is at least 300 years old. It's called LAW. All go up against it like that Israeli wall 🧱 they pray 🙏 on. You get approached and recommended if accepted. Sometimes without your knowledge. Especially if young 🌱 and dumb and full of cum.. It's why GROWN ASS MEN need to be held accountable exploiting SUBORDINATES and innocents.👁️

@Jaywrites23 Жыл бұрын

Uncle Ruckus in a Supreme Court gown.

@frankdixon4112 Жыл бұрын

Clarence Thomas understood that either he was going to die for nothing or live as a rich traitor to his race. He saw Malcolm and Martin die for nothing and broke. Easy choice but what’s the cost?

@marionmarino1616 Жыл бұрын

He left his HONOR behind.

@beverleyreid7572 Жыл бұрын

Yep.

@normbatchelor7403 Жыл бұрын

He never had any honor.

@suezbell1 Жыл бұрын

IF he ever had any?

@apophisxo4480 Жыл бұрын

I can't believe I'm defending this guy. He's the worst justice ever. He's definitely no Thurgood Marshall , but he has the right to have an opinion. He doesn't have to conform to the majority, which may be wrong. Maybe you're wrong, have you ever considered that?

@marionmarino1616 Жыл бұрын

@@apophisxo4480 Opinion sure. BUT in performing his duties his opinion is his alone! It MUST NOT infringe upon his duties.

@dojusticelovemercy1 Жыл бұрын

🎶 I wanna be a billionaire, so freakin bad. Buy all of the things I never had. 🎶 -Clarence Thomas

@marilynclarke6092 Жыл бұрын

dojusticelovemercy1, then Ginny came along to change all of Clarence's ideals into uncle Tomming. If I may, 🤔

@garyflythe1362 Жыл бұрын

I wonder what he does with the billionaire? What's an insider an informer. I think the billionaire likes his lip's

@domotemujin7780 Жыл бұрын

🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭

@adrianjuarez1162 11 ай бұрын

Lol he's a millionaire and a supreme court justice your just hating 😂😂.

@ericibola3743 Жыл бұрын

Thomas is no longer impartial. His wife and billionaire owner are pulling his strings!!

@DS2CV Жыл бұрын

back that up with something.

@moses4769 Жыл бұрын

Clarence Thomas is one of the worst supreme court justices ever

@TheeRealJesus Жыл бұрын

One of the worst humans ever...

@DS2CV Жыл бұрын

he is the greatest SCOTUS justice in our nations history - bar none

@stevenhenry5267 Жыл бұрын

Utter nonsense.

@DS2CV Жыл бұрын

@@stevenhenry5267 you mean it's nonsense that he's the worst or nonsense that he's the best?

@757reaper Жыл бұрын

@@DS2CV i mean both. That’s a wild ignorant take on both ends. He’s bad… but the worst? Dread Scott would disagree.

@polateyuep1092 Жыл бұрын

Justice Clarence Thomas looks and acts exactly like 'Stephen' (played by Samuel L. Jackson) in the movie Django Unchained

@jamesmitch9792 Жыл бұрын

I know plenty of brown people who became white supremacists/nationalists after losing hope and seeing how the civil rights groups would fall apart and disintegrate. and realizing it is more trendy and profitable to be one. especially in Latin America. this is more common than you think

@robertnicholls9917 Жыл бұрын

Someone actually pointed this out superbly. White Cubans embrace white supremacy.

@jamesmitch9792 Жыл бұрын

@@robertnicholls9917 white cubans actually benefited from jim crow in Florida, so it makes sense why they would embrace it.

@sknmwms6516 Жыл бұрын

Thomas was an informant put into the movement that is a fact!

@DissentOrConcur 8 ай бұрын

false

@virginiatyree6705 Жыл бұрын

Looking forward to the full show. Ole Thomas is corrupt to his core. He isn't a decent human. Thanks Frontline for your efforts & posting.

@dr.peppermintpatty4925 Жыл бұрын

Malcolm X would be disappointed at the disrespect and disgrace this guy has shown to black people

@suezbell1 Жыл бұрын

Every woman should be disgusted with him.

@shawnaweesner3759 Жыл бұрын

To @dr.peppermintpatty4925: Your comment is ironic considering Malcolm X chose (emphasis on the word chose) to be a common thief and prostitute over-seer (a pimp) while living in Harlem. This is why he was arrested, and convicted, receiving an 11 year prison sentence, of which he served 6 to 9 years. During his time in prison, Malcolm X became a Muslim. He understood that he could use the Muslim religion as a cloak for his hatred. Malcolm X was a man filled with hate for which he never took any personal responsibility. He made the white man the object of his hatred, only after getting out of prison (he was angry about being caught and sent to prison for his crimes). He was murdered (by men of color), because he decided to speak out against the sexual sins of the leader of the Muslim group he had joined. How ironic, Malcolm X speaking out against the Muslim leader’s sexual sins, while Malcolm himself had barely left his days as Robber-Pimp behind him. “We are oppressed. We are exploited. We are downtrodden. We are denied not only Civil Rights, but even human rights.” (2:21). Malcolm X Malcolm X certainly knew about oppressing, exploiting, and trampling on people’s rights. Malcolm X was far from being oppressed. Malcolm X was the oppressor. Even speaking out against the leader of the Muslim group Malcolm X had joined, he showed himself to be more concerned with the breaking of rules by the leader, than the misery the breaking of rules caused the girls.

@dr.peppermintpatty4925 Жыл бұрын

@@shawnaweesner3759 I’m sure you’re a mirror image of perfection past or present… stfu 🤬…

@dr.peppermintpatty4925 Жыл бұрын

@@shawnaweesner3759 I said what I said and that’s it for that… I’m a black Muslim woman who despises Clarence Thomas with every fiber of my being… and now you too..

@RaiderRSupastar 29 күн бұрын

Unless that woman is Candace Owens

@quietstorm1291 Жыл бұрын

My intuition tells me he was an informant. Me thinks. And he was abundantly rewarded for his works.

@arthursmith8771 Жыл бұрын

Exactly, then he cashed in his chips.

@howielisnoff Жыл бұрын

I also went to a Catholic college as an undergraduate, but never turned my back on left/liberal politics as Clarence Thomas did. It’s not uncommon for someone to witness something (the Harvard Square demonstration) like Thomas did and make a 180 degree turn politically. It happens. What amazes is that Justice Thomas never seems to have regained a political footing anywhere near where his early education and ideals led him.

@WakeRunSleep Жыл бұрын

Because Liberalism is an elitist statist Communist machine

@brianjungen4059 Жыл бұрын

You make it sound like turning your back on liberal policies is a bad thing…..it isn’t.

@Shadowjedi007 Жыл бұрын

@@brianjungen4059 Its a sign of maturity. Liberal left policies are typically for immature minds. Particularly in the west.

@JohnJohnson-pq4qz Жыл бұрын

@@brianjungen4059 "Liberal policies" that you probably dont really know what they are created the middle class.

@johnsomn2148 Жыл бұрын

@@brianjungen4059 name your ideal of " liberal policies ", Please

@jayc21 Жыл бұрын

Black radicals went to HBCUs in the 60s and 70s, not Lilly white Holy Cross in Massachusetts. He was literally surrounded by excellent HBCUs and he chose to go to Holy Cross. Some radical.

@DC_Fedens Жыл бұрын

The vile filth spewed in the comments is disgusting. No wonder Clarence got fed up with his community. Smh.

@BigJohn303 Жыл бұрын

Good. We don't want him.

@BobKnight-mm2ze Жыл бұрын

I've heard people say, it's always the ex-smokers who are most extreme about other people who still smoke.

@acutabove2107 Жыл бұрын

After gathering and brewing the tea leaves of the Black Power Movement, he grabbed his kettle, jumped ship and proceeded to sell and spill the "tea" to the "powers that be"!!!

@TheeRealJesus Жыл бұрын

When Biden pointed at the camera and said "if you don't vote for me, you ain't black", he was looking directly at Clarence Thomas.

@markjennings2605 11 ай бұрын

My guess is that his real desire is power. He realised playing the Black Power game wasn't going to get him the power.

@gzucc Жыл бұрын

There is one defining and over arching trait of Justice Thomas' that can be simply defined as 'ambitious'.

@marionmarino1616 Жыл бұрын

And “Corrupt.”

@suezbell1 Жыл бұрын

... boundless greed and insatiable lust for power ...

@marionmarino1616 Жыл бұрын

@@suezbell1 or he is just your ordinary lousy little jerkoff who accidentally was gifted a seat of power he never should have gotten.

@berthabridges3483 Жыл бұрын

There is no excuse for Justice Clarence Thomas coming against equal voting rights for his own people. Doing the bidding of a billionaire to turn against his own. You don't have to like people, not to hurt them. The younger generation has done nothing to deserve what he's done to them. I'm struggling to forgive him. He didn't have to go after Black people to hurt us. 😕

@chuckleberryfinn1992 Жыл бұрын

Who hurts black people more Judge Thomas or black people ?

@DS2CV Жыл бұрын

he's the greatest living american. we should be planning monuments.

@FreddieVee Жыл бұрын

Self hatred is learned.

@mzjnicolelove Жыл бұрын

The whole time I’m watching like I’m telling myself this CANNOT be the same Clarence Thomas

@canduscanty8583 Жыл бұрын

Here we go with the propoganda 🤦🏿‍♀️

@stix409 Жыл бұрын

About Clarence Thomas? The super corrupt supreme court judge who's been taking bribes for decades? That's not propaganda, there's evidence for that, in fact they were doing it out in the open

@jamesmitch9792 Жыл бұрын

hell yeah as opposed to your propaganda that you consume.

@adrianjuarez1162 11 ай бұрын

Yup.

@FirstLast-cd6vv Жыл бұрын

Having an "interest" in something during one's youth doesn't mean much. Most people eventually mature.

@avinashreji60 Жыл бұрын

You don’t “mature”, you acquiesce to the system and learn to live with it

@adrianjuarez1162 11 ай бұрын

@@avinashreji60you can be a part of said system and try and change it from the inside and the other guy is right. When you age your mind change and your point of view changes on certain things.

@avinashreji60 11 ай бұрын

@@adrianjuarez1162 true but the evolution of your mind slows down as you age, hence why society moves forward faster than older people catching up

@beverleyreid7572 Жыл бұрын

I miss Malcolm X. No other like him since. smh God help us!

@NIcholasparker88 Жыл бұрын

He was his own worse enemy.

@NicoleJohn-kq2iy 9 күн бұрын

Right!!

@jessetorres8738 Жыл бұрын

I feel that if we have a 2 & 1/2 term limit (or 10 year maximum) for the President & a majority of Governors have term limits, we should have term limits for all members of the House (I say 10, 2 year terms), Senate (3, 6 year terms), & Judiciary (at most 20 years). I feel this is the only way to prevent complicity in our government by constantly changing it, & with these term limits, Justice Thomas would have been removed & replaced over a decade ago!

@DSPHistoricalSociety Жыл бұрын

Our constitution isn't written that way

@aluisious Жыл бұрын

Presidents don't have term limits, it's a convention. FDR was President 3 times. Also term limits don't work. If you have unknown candidates churning through office, then they will all be captured by rich political donors, it will be the only way to be elected when you can't run on your record. If people like their rep they should be able to vote for them. Everyone in politics needs to be accountable.

@alohatigers1199 Жыл бұрын

Or keep it consistent. 2 term limits MAX. Each term is 5 years. Therefore 10 years MAX.

@Scarface4TX Жыл бұрын

@@aluisious yes they do, after FDR died they passed the 22nd amendment As for if term limits work, that’s debatable. I think any “solution” one could try would create problems eventually. Just have to decide which problems do we wanna deal with?

@mikehill584 Жыл бұрын

Until, corparations, unions, banks and special interests groups are barred from giving to politicians, nothing will change, plain and simple.

@sylvainmichaud2262 Жыл бұрын

In my opinion, Clarence Thomas didn't change at all. If you are born with empathy, you'll never lose it. Clarence Thomas simply wanted to get as much as possible for himself (ambition) rather than being motivated by a need for equality and equity for everyone. He needed help from others to get there. Now, he still act according to this same motivation. The people which he needs help from are simply different.

@crime_wavcorp Жыл бұрын

Pretty good observation

@carolinewilhelm7672 Жыл бұрын

Well said Edit: the cliche of leopards and spots

@chuckleberryfinn1992 Жыл бұрын

The help from the others in the mindless emotional mob that helps everyone through violent destruction . Or the philanthropists at BLM.

@crime_wavcorp Жыл бұрын

@@chuckleberryfinn1992 i think january 6 would be a better description of a mindless mob.

@chuckleberryfinn1992 Жыл бұрын

@@crime_wavcorp "example" is probably what you're aiming to say there. the formerly pejorative term for folks that do that type stuff, swept up in emotion, easily swayed , moved by what's 'fashionable' : democrat but , I'm 'deplorable' , so.... lol

@BrentsTreehouse Жыл бұрын

Why do some people find it hard to understand that people don't retain the same views they had in their early 20s. Life experience, self-reflection changes most of us, and we usually have a more accurate and nuanced view of the world. In fact, it is harder to understand 50 something adults who hold the same views as they did when they were 20.

@PaperRaines Жыл бұрын

You're right. Some people get older and become jaded. Some become cynical. Some become selfish. And some are just plain old corrupt That's life

@thewkovacs316 Жыл бұрын

there is more money in being a black conservative....wake the eff up this man took all he could get from liberals affirmative action got him a great university education if not for that...this rapist wouldve been a janitor...which is all he is really qualified to be

@Gnofg Жыл бұрын

yep socially conscious to grifter.

@blackdragon6 Жыл бұрын

My views are still the same. What changed is me CARING more and paying more attention. So it isn't always about shifting views as it is about shifting concerns sometimes.

@fluxcapacitor1621 Жыл бұрын

Thomas sold out early. He was never liberal.

@runoz2839 Жыл бұрын

can't beat em'...join em'... c.thomas

@mboyd988 Жыл бұрын

Simple answer. He married a white woman. He added too much cream to his coffee and instead of waking him up. It put him back to sleep😅

@biz4twobiz463 Жыл бұрын

we are shaped by our experiences. Nothing wrong with this video and this story. Signs of the times. Merci

@hyperbolic-time-chamber-strand Жыл бұрын

Jesus, what a mess. I sometimes think this country is definitely not going to have a " happy ending "..... lol

@kimberlyowens5496 Жыл бұрын

Cant wait for this one.

@sanifuonajemwananchi5523 Жыл бұрын

ACTUALLY THE BLACK POWER MOVEMENT LEFT CLARENCE THOMAS BEHIND!!

@wileyjohnson5681 Жыл бұрын

The Reversal Spook That Say By The Door.

@indadrops9492 Жыл бұрын

And then he let money blind him

@puravida5683 Жыл бұрын

Malcom X is still right! Instead of moving to the Supreme Court, many of us left the country. The question should be, why did the power structure and the FBI, allow Thomas to become a Supreme Court Justice!😊

@boop8621 Жыл бұрын

👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀

@robertnicholls9917 Жыл бұрын

That's actually a good question. Leftists, Hippies and Black Nationalists were being murdered, jailed and harassed by the State as well as State sanctioned vigilantes throughout that time. We still have remnants of that era today with policing and drug laws. How did he escape?

@eny68 Жыл бұрын

Please get in front of Flynn's Duganist "reawaken" tour, and inform the thinking public of this duplicitous traitor to all that is good.

@les5377 Жыл бұрын

You poor little snowflake

@bethbuyshouses7842 Жыл бұрын

Ok, so, we were ALL different 40 years ago

@stevenweikert7062 Жыл бұрын

Not all. 40 years ago Donald Trump was a narcissistic, arrogant, privileged, corrupt serial adulterer and sexual predator and he still is.

@davidmembril9576 Жыл бұрын

He left cause there wasn't any money in it ...

@NicoleJohn-kq2iy 9 күн бұрын

Right!!

@user-wg5vn1vr6z Жыл бұрын

Reminds me of that scene, "im gonna get you sucka" "they all got government jobs" 😂

@gareymorgan8339 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely baffling, that a man, who once was a Black Panther…who idolized Malcom X and his political views, could turn out to be the Clarence Thomas we know today!

@emiliorosa9896 Жыл бұрын

Can't wait to see this documentary

@TheCommunicationCoach Жыл бұрын

Wouldn't 'abandon' be a better word?

@andreamanda5953 Жыл бұрын

Has the full documentary been pulled down

@johnjohnson2855 12 күн бұрын

You think PBS funded by the government is going to tell you the truth 😂😂😂😂

@nancychace8619 Жыл бұрын

Wow - I didn't know he had this background. I was young but still remember how trying those times were. Though not extensively familiar with the teachings of Dr. King, I do think he was right to promote peaceful protests, avoiding violence. It was well thought out. Dr. King was right. We can't let ourselves lapse into that quagmire again. It will get us nowhere. If real justice is to prevail important to keep these things in mind, not just take advantage however we can.

@hplikelike Жыл бұрын

Ok that's cool and all, but this video mentioned Malcolm X. Knowledge of Malcolm X would help more in understanding this particular video. On a side note: If your education was anything like mine was, America does NOT properly teach Malcolm X (and even the little we learn about Dr. King is warped). I had to read on my own about Malcolm X, and there are plenty of other Civil Right leaders who are even much less known. If you are not extensively familiar with the teachings of Dr. King, I believe it is worth the investment of anyone's time to actively learn more about his views, teachings, and speeches. "Saint" Dr. King causes no problems. "Real" Dr. King is challenging in a very positive way. However, I also encourage you to listen to other voices as well. The world is more complex than "Dr. King is the only way, and any black leaders that disagreed with him are wrong."

@chuckleberryfinn1992 Жыл бұрын

the white liberal ? didn't malcolm x touch on that ?

@siriuzbiz Жыл бұрын

the timing of this is highly skeptical to me, however, from Revolutionary to ultimately working for the same system that took out the Panther leadership is crazy.

@willpower3317 Жыл бұрын

Talk about a hit piece. Good gracious.

@RittenhousesRifle Жыл бұрын

If this was a liberal Justice PBS wouldn’t be going anywhere near this. Funny that commenters here have no interest in “Justice” or “accountability” when it’s a politician from their side.

@trueletterson4545 Жыл бұрын

he's the greatest supreme court justice in the history of the USA SC

@ZecVitaly Жыл бұрын

Some rich white man just had to pull out the old checkbook. It was that easy…

@les5377 Жыл бұрын

Comparablel to George Soros on the left

@lukemurray4950 Жыл бұрын

No. How brainwashed can you people be!??!! He standing up against the rich white people and that's why is being attacked! Why would he be attacked by the people paying him off!??

@manfromthepast Жыл бұрын

😂

@marvinsmith8015 Жыл бұрын

Are you sure he wasn't an informant for the FBI? a very shady character in every sense of the word. I think he was prepared to sell anybody black out to the highest bidder. Watch his body language. I think Anita Hill could share some light on his sexual behavior.

@stlcaring Жыл бұрын

Anakin Clarence Thomas

@lexiousjordan2679 Жыл бұрын

I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT ANYTHING CONCERNING HIM, ACTUALLY I DON'T CARE.

@emiliorosa9896 Жыл бұрын

Can't wait

@2iggy_ Жыл бұрын

This comment section is hilarious and sad at the same time. Y’all really think y’all know what’s going on 😂.

@emmett1047 Жыл бұрын

Round two, taking this man out. When you don't succeed try and try again. Thank you PBS...

@josephanthonyrafinski7430 Жыл бұрын

Listen, 20% of Black People Are Conservative. And, People need to get that through there heads sooner rather than later.

@p.w.harris9883 5 ай бұрын

Do you know what the origin of conservatism is? It's a response to the birth of liberty in the French revolution to conserve the power structure of the old aristocracy from the unwashed masses. The blacks that are conservatives are aristocrats who want to conserve their own power over the poor. They also will help to conserve white hegemonic power structures where it benefits them.

@amirthephotographer Жыл бұрын

America's GREATEST UNCLE Thomas....

@gordonadams5891 Жыл бұрын

I'm still trying to wrap my head around, Clarence X.

@marilynmonheaux6356 Жыл бұрын

Facts. How do you go from idolizing Malcolm X to becoming a corporate shill?

@toddjackson164 Жыл бұрын

Thomas was so abused as a child that he eventually identified with the abuser

@musicwelikemang Жыл бұрын

Became it

@MONEYAINTATHANG100 Жыл бұрын

@@musicwelikemang deep

@peacehappyb237 Жыл бұрын

Yes, he probably has Stockholm Syndrome.

@bmass0828 Жыл бұрын

Like most black folks and the democrat party? Let me guess, you would say he's and uncle tom right? Which is funny, cause that is such a misuse of that characters name, and not one person realizes it. Tell me why does he have to conform to one style of thinking and or believes?

@lilymatthews2664 Жыл бұрын

Um, source? Who abused him?

@joshhoffman1975 Жыл бұрын

Wow ... that really sounds amazing!

@coolocelot Жыл бұрын

No luxury vacation in the black power movement is my knee jerk answer

@smcneal057 Жыл бұрын

Safety....It's about being safe in an environment that is willing to silence your voice. He saw that his voice could swallowed by speaking about injustice and he blinked. However, if he really had a strong sense of spirit, self, and God he would see the illusion that society is telling him. He wanted safety and he didn't know that there is a huge price for it.

@chrispaschal7955 Жыл бұрын

Can't beat them, become them!

@ZLM88 Жыл бұрын

😲 this title alone made me click 👏🏾 quite interesting

@li4life262 Жыл бұрын

It’s mind blowing to learn that he was inspired by Malcom X.

@TihetrisWeathersby Жыл бұрын

Frontline never fails with these documentaries

@les5377 Жыл бұрын

They never fail to be biased in favor of the radical left

@MrTooEarnestOnline Жыл бұрын

This did with this one.

@stellarmella9557 Жыл бұрын

probably because he saw that there's no use in participating in a movement that is futile, we should note that Clarence Thomas was highly influenced by Sowell.

@BTL_LTW Жыл бұрын

A 🦝 influencing a 🦝. Clarence joined the Black Power movement out of anger and a desire for power and revenge, not justice. He simply decided it was easier to gain power by siding with the oppressors, rather than working towards overthrowing them. Sowell's story is similar.

@Blackman19498 Жыл бұрын

He sold out, it’s impossible to go from Malcolm x as a hero to letting Harlan crow owning your manhood 😮

@stellarmella9557 Жыл бұрын

@@BTL_LTW siding with oppressors? Black Power movement lost its appeal because the goal/ purpose it was fighting for was no longer relevant. Racial segregation has been outlawed. Rather there are many affirmative policies that actually help minorities and blacks to.pursue higher ed/ get equal opportunities to improve their lives.

@stellarmella9557 Жыл бұрын

@@BTL_LTW have you even read sowell's books? his main thesis is centered on the statement that the best way out of poverty is to equip oneself with skills that are valued by society. Any political movement that inhibits that is irrelevant for them

@xman9190 Жыл бұрын

@@stellarmella9557 Then how was the movement futile? You're not making any sense.

@101000102 Жыл бұрын

What’s that quote “…Our best prepared best educated troops refuse to fight, it’s safe to say that they would rather switch than fight”…..

@josephwheeler8753 Жыл бұрын

Well, we know he believes in reparations because he and Ginni found a way to secure it for his mother, nephew, Ginni, and himself with the help of billionaire Harlan Crowe.