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Unforgiven.('My Grandfather's Son')(Book review)

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A touchstone of Clarence Thomas's career on the Supreme Court has been his hostility to what he calls elites. When the Court, in 2003, upheld the use of racial preferences in admissions at the University of Michigan Law School, Thomas dissented, writing, "All the Law School cares about is its own image among know-it-all elites." This past June, Thomas joined a majority of his colleagues in rejecting attempts by Seattle and Louisville to maintain diversity in their public schools, and wrote a separate concurring opinion to reflect his scorn for such plans. "Nothing but an interest in classroom aesthetics and a hypersensitivity to elite sensibilities justifies the school ...

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