Blacks condemn paper's Thomas editorial

World Net Daily ^ | 11/4/05 | staff

[pookie18]

Denounce notion of 'black way of thinking that is expressly liberal'

Members of a coalition of black leaders condemned a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editorial asserting U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas should have an "asterisk" next to his name with regard to his race because he "does not represent the views of mainstream black America."

Justice Clarence Thomas

Project 21, a black leadership network, said its members strongly denounce the "notion that there is a black way of thinking that is expressly liberal in nature."

As WorldNetDaily reported this week, the newspaper's editorial board, lamenting the choice of Samuel Alito to replace Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, opined Tuesday: "In losing a woman, the court with Alito would feature seven white men, one white woman and a black man, who deserves an asterisk because he arguably does not represent the views of mainstream black America."

Project 21 member Deroy Murdock said, "Agree or disagree with Justice Thomas, his personal journey from poverty in Pinpoint, Georgia, to academic achievement at Yale Law School to high-level service in several federal positions and on the nation's highest court is an admirable example of personal dedication and success, not an asterisk."

Murdock asserted Thomas is not on the court to "represent 'mainstream black America' any more than Justice Antonin Scalia is supposed to stick up for Americans of Italian descent or Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is supposed to be the court's voice of American Jewry."

"Is there a mainstream black view on so-called 'right to die' cases?" Murdock asked. "What is the proper Jewish position on the Endangered Species Act's impact on property rights? Who knows? Justice Thomas represents the conservative judicial philosophy of the president who appointed him. So far, he is doing that quite well. If liberals want to affect the philosophical tone of the Supreme Court, they should consider winning the White House."

Project 21 member Mychal Massie, a WND columnist, said the editorial is "representative of the left's unambiguous contempt for decency."

"It gives one cause to question the depth of moral turpitude liberals will plumb to cast dispersions on blacks and women who do not ascribe to their perversion of reality," he said.

In its editorial, the Milwaukee paper said the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito, an Italian-American, is "troubling" because "it's liable to divide America" and "it lessens the extent to which the court mirrors the nation's rich diversity."

Radio giant Rush Limbaugh blasted the editorial after reading WND's story during his national broadcast Wednesday, calling the newspaper's editors "bigoted" and "Stalinist."

"You will go out and you will write stories about Bill Clinton as the first black president and you will think that you are being brilliant, and you will think that you're being clever," said Limbaugh. "You take an African-American, Clarence Thomas, and you say he's not black; he doesn't qualify because he doesn't represent the views of the blacks in this country. ... "

Martin Kaiser, editor of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

On its website, the Journal Sentinel claims it has no political bent, stating, "We are independent, beholden to no special interest or political party."

It also notes, "We believe that diversity unites us all for our ultimate role as shareholders of the planet. Thus, anything that separates us also weakens us. The birthright of all people is equal opportunity."

Limbaugh called the paper's stance "Stalinist," acting as if Thomas were an enemy of the state.

"Clarence Thomas is an enemy of the liberal state because his mind is not right. His mind ain't under control, and so he's not really black. ... "

[Onelifetogive]

We just need to be able to accept that everyone has a unique history and origin and that's okay. That's my own personal definition, apparently.

Hiring ANY two people, both white, both minority, both one-legged acrobats would result in two people with "unique history and origin". It has nothing to do with race.....

[groanup]

Your guys in action.

[stocksthatgoup]

The Milwaukee Journal believes that Project 21 members are only *3/5 Black.

[Pablo64]

Gotcha. I looked back and re-read some of the posts and I think I either confused a couple different ones, or thought you were trying to answer a different question.

More coffee needed before posting I guess.

[TN4Liberty]

Since you can't define "law," I went and looked it up for you. A definition that comes close to letting your argument make any sense at all is tenth on the list. If you want to claim laws haven't changed in 1200 years based on some twisted definition of the word, knock yourself out. But using the normally accepted definitions of the word, it is easily refuted and completely unpersuasive.

Nuremburg (sic). Les Miserables. Right. Good arguments.

[Library Lady]

Many thanks.