This is a circus. It's a national disgrace. And from my standpoint as a black American… — Clarence Thomas
This is a circus. It's a national disgrace. And from my standpoint as a black American, as far as I'm concerned, it is a high-tech lynching for uppity blacks who in any way deign to think for themselves, to do for themselves.
1991
★ 3.6On the Senate hearings on his nomination to the Supreme Court.
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Thomas, Clarence. Quoted in The New York Times. 12 Oct. 1991. Originally a statement before the Senate Judiciary Committee. 11 Oct. 1991, Washington, DC, USA.
