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Marvel Studios star Samuel L. Jackson blasted black U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas by using a racially-charged slur to criticize him over the court’s abortion ruling Friday. After the Supreme Court issued its Dobbs ruling that overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, Jackson quipped on social media, “How’s Uncle Clarence feeling about Overturning Loving v Virginia?” Of course, Loving v. Virginia is the famed Supreme Court decision from 1967 that declared prohibitions on interracial marriage were unconstitutional. The ruling came five years before the Roe decision and was solidly based on the Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause, finding that...

Actor Samuel L Jackson has dubbed Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas 'Uncle Clarence' after the conservative justice wrote an opinion defending the court's decision to overturn Roe v Wade - and suggested using the logic to overturn other landmark decisions. 'Uncle Clarence' is an apparent reference to the eponymous character of abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, who was widely seen as compliant and subservient to his white masters. In his tweet on Saturday, the Marvel Cinematic Universe actor wrote: 'How’s Uncle Clarence feeling about overturning Loving v Virginia??!!'