So, I’m reading this book about Clarence Thomas that argues he is a black nationalist, and, well, I am...perplexed.
He is conservative, clearly, and typically black conservative. But I’m not sure what definition or understanding of black nationalism one would have that would make Clarence Thomas one.
Even when Elijah Muhammad courted white supremacists, he was doing so from within a black organization around the common cause of race segregation. Nothing about Thomas, from his marriage, to his career, to his political affiliations to his words point to black nationalism.
