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Summary Of My Grandfather's Son By Clarence Thomas

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There are certain figures in our culture that express how certain social factors influence their life. People mainly celebrities and politicians are worried about how the media portrays them and their views. News outlets all have directors and those directors can wish to present stories that support and push their own agendas, most notable is Fox news' accusation of supporting conservative ties and MSNBC's accusation of promoting liberal policy. One very prominent figure in America, that many news outlets discuss, is Supreme court judge Clarence Thomas. Clarence Thomas' views on issues such as affirmative action, his book My Grandfathers Son and other Supreme court rulings along with being an African-America (whom is also conservative) makes …show more content…

They might seem to skew towards a liberal agenda. Clarence is quoted saying "Although cloaked in good intentions, the University’s racial tinkering harms the very people it claims to be helping”. What he is referring to is affirmative action and to the media he has been praised differently. MSNBC has considered his views on race issues as ironic. “it has been called into question by some who argue that he was the beneficiary of a subtler form of affirmative action” (Morgan Whitaker, MSNBC). One of the biggest host of MSNBC, Al Sharpton, has taken Clarence's view as hypocritical. Mr. Sharpton has argued whether or not Clarence Thomas is looking out for the people, specifically African-Americans. Clarence’s fundamental belief that government should not be involved in forcing diversity surprises Mr. Sharpton. Why? Clarence sees himself as a man of self success. Sharpton views some aspects of Clarence's life as getting government assistance. Clarence is using the example of “if I can do it, anyone can do it”. This is a view of a vast amount of people all over the world. Why is it so controversial for Clarence Thomas to say? One aspect is that he is a supreme court judge and rules on the law of the land. However when Al sharpton criticizes him or almost anyone is is due to a possible racial issue. Al sharpton is viewing an African-American man who is against affirmative action as one of the most appalling things that he can do for his own race in America. Mr.Sharpton is automatically believing that African-Americans will want what ever the NAACP might propose, or a new racial equality law, but there are some African- Americans whom do not believe in what all of equality groups say. A lot of people see it in their own lives. One might be surprised that an African- American did not vote for Obama. Why does a black man have to vote for another black man. Unfortunately, many African-Americans are expected to vote a certain way,

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