Because hate leads to things like this...
He even married a white woman to prove his bona fides.
and this...
I'm certainly not saying that all black men who marry white women (and vice versa) marry for politics or personal gain. But in this case, the coincidences are far too massive to ignore.
this too...
He needed a way to prove himself and get what he wanted. So he married a white, conservative woman. He used her as a political tool to get on the court and live the sheltered life in the Plantation.
Thomas isn't an uncle tom because he married a white woman. He used that white woman to become an uncle tom.
don't forget this...
At least it helps him, whilst a black wife could only hurt him in the eyes of the Repub higher ups.
and this...
Repubs needed something solid from him. Something tangible and personal that would show Thomas as "one of the guys" and not just another Marshall. Marrying a white woman certainly helped.
This is what you get when you hate someone. This is what you get when the emotional scarring that has obviously clouded your judgement turns your brain into a weapon rather than a tool.
I don't hate a lot of things in this world but when I do, I don't pretend that I'm going to be reasonable about it.
Well one thing I hate is when someone talks shit about things they do not and cannot know. Another thing I hate is when people try to pawn of their sick bigoted and prejudice ideas with reasoning and that is what we have here.
Demographic disclosure. Bi-racial male who has lived on 122nd and Lex., small town Canada, and the midwest burbs where I likes to kick it at this present time. Although I didn't think it would turn out this way as a young boy my serious relationships (four total since the age of 14, don't get it twisted though my non-serious relationships were more than I would like to acknowledge) ended up at around 50/50 when keeping racial statistics.
I married a "white woman" I put that in quotes because I think the way people describe white and black women in the context that they were brought up in these comments is meant as an insult. As if marrying a white woman is some kind of prize niggas win for good behavior or a vacation from the constant finger snapping and shit talking of being with a "black woman". It doesn't work that way.
I didn't marry any old "white woman" yall, she got money and a nasty shopping habit too. When I say, she got money, you know I really mean, her daddy's got it and she's spoiled to the core.
Anywho, in many cases the prize you get for marrying a "white woman" from outsiders at least, is judgement and a whole lot of it. The sad thing about it, is that I almost fuckin' fooled myself. I almost didn't marry my wife because of the racial baggage other people heaped on my shoulders during my early years.
Here are some examples of myths that people actually believe...
White women don't talk as much shit.
Uuuuhhhh...tell that to my wife, I love her to death but damn, if talking shit to me about what I need to be doing was a sport, she'd be the champion.
- You may be thinking my wife is one of those "down white girls", she's cool and I have dated girls from the hood but no hood rats. (I know I may be losing some of you due to a language barrier but stay with me.
White women will help you get ahead in your career.
Still waiting for that raise and or advancement and I was originally under the impression that I would get some kind of degree that I could show to my white male corporate masters but it turns out that a good chunk of them prefer minority women on the low, anyway. Maybe that could be a reason they like to see black men with white women as that means there will be more black women for them. I don't know, but I do know this, my white wife has been there to support me in my job but has not managed to help me get promoted. I may have to discuss that with her.
White women will let you boss them around
Not mine and when I come to think of it, not any of the ones I have ever dated. It appears that women of all stripes don't do well with orders.
I'm sure some of you can come up with other examples of myths that people think are cool to spread about the relationships between interracial couples and I think you get the point.
When I came across these steaming piles of shit comments about the reasoning behind Clarence Thomas marrying his wife Ginny of now almost 30 years, I felt it had to be addressed. Not only for the pure idiocy of such comments(even if they are aimed at Clarence "with the unfortunate but fitting last name" Thomas) but for the unacceptable but accepted and UPRATED blatant bigotry, that comments like that regurgitate in this respectable site.
The nuanced defense of these comments and the make believe logic people use to approach justification for things like this is blatant bigotry to me. Not only is it bigotry but it's prejudice at its worst. At it's worst because of the acknowledgment that the information leading to such comments is limited to speculation and nothing more.
I don't like Clarence Thomas...I don't like the look on his face, I don't like his smile, I don't like the fact that he doesn't ask questions, I don't like the way he thinks, I don't like the way he judges the law. I don't think I would like his wife either, I don't like how she called up Anita Hill to ask for an apology, I don't like her haircut, and I certainly don't like her politics.
But if you think for one second those two weren't meant to be with each other because of the color of their skin, you're as dumb as you think they are. By their standards, I would bet my house that they feel their lives have been enriched equally by each other over the past 25 years and as someone(before the age of 30) who was already serving as an assistant attorney general when his current wife was getting her drivers license, I don't think he needed her assistance to rise through the GOP ranks.
So help me out people, the next time you want to pawn off some bigoted bullshit about interracial marriage and sellouts, get your fucking shit straight because as much as I don't like Clarence Thomas, he's didn't marry his wife as a gimmick to gain favor with white people.
I don't take kindly to people making stupid judgements about interracial relationships based on things you don't know. Apologize for your ludicrous statements and for those that uprated the beginning of that bullshit meme, take them back.
If you need a reason, try this. I'm a trusted user that has married a white woman and have had people say the exact same things about me and whether you like me or not, I love my wife, her race had no bearing on my decision to marry her, and I hope you were not invested enough in the comment made that you feel you had to uprate it rather than just leave it alone.
For some context.
I almost feel bad as I believe the person who said this is new to the site(i could be wrong) but this is certainly personal and that's the way it goes. This is an emotional rant for me and I have used some language that I am ashamed of but the mythology of interracial relationships, is downright ridiculous and has done more damage to people than you can imagine. It puts a lot of things into perspective for me considering the recent deal in NYC, and how much I love my wife and I gotta say that making nasty comments like that about someones marriage, when you don't know, and basing it off that, is a low blow I won't take.