Assistant Managing Editor Carleton Bryant, in a story on reaction to the new autobiography of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, writes:
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has lived a life that should serve as an example for today's youth — one of hard work, self-discipline, academic achievement and moral conviction, conservative blacks say.
"We need more Clarence Thomases, quite frankly," says Donald E. Scoggins, president of the think tank Republicans for Black Empowerment.
And Lee H. Walker, president of the New Coalition for Economic and Social Change and a senior fellow of the Heartland Institute, tells The Washington Times this:
"Most blacks are conservative, if you scratch below the surface."
Maybe that's true, maybe not. What the Thomas autobiography does reiterate is the foundation upon which much of the classic American dream is built: Education.
Education is the way up and the way out. And on that point, Clarence Thomas certainly deserves more respect than the Snoops and Fiddies out there.
-- David Eldridge, managing editor, WashingtonTimes.com
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This man is the person young blacks need to look to prove that in our country anything can be done with proper application and despite the fact it may require sacrifice and a frequent face-off with those for whom the principles upon which this country was established are not so firmly established, and despite the limits to which those who wish to discredit you go have gone.
Posted by Dr. Ross O. Bridewell | December 4, 2007 3:50 PM