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Re: Northam, Warren, Fairfax...
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Originally Posted by Adder
I recall Clarence Thomas arguing that it harms him by raising doubt that he earned his achievements rather than had them handed to him.
This seems preferable to being systematically denied opportunities, but I believe her argued it in his (one of his?) books, which I most definitely did not read.
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I recall that as well. That was the intellectual underpinning of the "soft bigotry of low expectations."
It's the silliest mix of illogic and sophistry. As though he'd rather not be there, in a position to prove those critics wrong.
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