"I think segregation is bad, I think it's wrong, it's immoral. I'd fight against it with every breath in my body, but you don't need to sit next to a white person to learn how to read and write. The NAACP needs to say that"
- Clarence Thomas
About this Quote
This quote by Clarence Thomas speaks to the demand for the NAACP to concentrate on the instructional demands of African Americans, as opposed to on the problem of partition. Thomas is stating that segregation is wrong and also unethical, and he would fight against it, but he believes that the NAACP should concentrate on providing academic chances for African Americans, instead of on defending desegregation. He thinks that African Americans can learn to check out as well as create without having to sit beside a white person, which the NAACP must focus on supplying educational opportunities for African Americans. Thomas is promoting for the NAACP to focus on supplying instructional chances for African Americans, rather than on fighting for desegregation. He thinks that offering academic possibilities is the most effective means to make sure that African Americans can accomplish success and also equal rights.
This quote is written / told by Clarence Thomas somewhere between June 23, 1948 and today. He was a famous Judge from USA.
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