"Is Supreme Court Judge Clarence Thomas a credit to his race?" That is the question on the table.
NO is my first answer. But, upon reflection there is an importance to his legacy and life example. Clarence Thomas stood for something and against something of importance to Black Americans at the same time and has remained consistent in that stance. The credit we seem to think due us from Judge Thomas is what? If the answer to that question is obvious then he is credited with teaching us what ails our souls, and what is to be learned from him is too complex to recognize because he mirrors Black Americans in ways we don't want to admit and cannot admit. It is too hard to probe that deep into our tragedies, into our belief systems, our thinking patterns. We enjoy and like our illusions.
We embrace our tragedies and resent and run from everything and everybody that reminds us of our spiritual obligation to unlearn, evolve, and become. Clarence Thomas is important because he tells a side to our story as a people the Cheyenne saw first meeting Black folks in the 1800's. They saw Black White people. Wasicun Sapa they said. Wasicun Sapa.
These are my words. - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 9.24.13
http://www.afrikanspeak.com/
NO is my first answer. But, upon reflection there is an importance to his legacy and life example. Clarence Thomas stood for something and against something of importance to Black Americans at the same time and has remained consistent in that stance. The credit we seem to think due us from Judge Thomas is what? If the answer to that question is obvious then he is credited with teaching us what ails our souls, and what is to be learned from him is too complex to recognize because he mirrors Black Americans in ways we don't want to admit and cannot admit. It is too hard to probe that deep into our tragedies, into our belief systems, our thinking patterns. We enjoy and like our illusions.
We embrace our tragedies and resent and run from everything and everybody that reminds us of our spiritual obligation to unlearn, evolve, and become. Clarence Thomas is important because he tells a side to our story as a people the Cheyenne saw first meeting Black folks in the 1800's. They saw Black White people. Wasicun Sapa they said. Wasicun Sapa.
These are my words. - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 9.24.13
http://www.afrikanspeak.com/
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