There is no more powerful, detested, misunderstood African
American in our public life than Clarence Thomas. "Supreme
Discomfort: The Divided Soul of Clarence Thomas" is a haunting
portrait of an isolated and complex man, savagely reviled by much
of the black community, not entirely comfortable in white society,
internally wounded by his passage from a broken family and rural
poverty in Georgia, to elite educational institutions, to the
pinnacle of judicial power. His staunchly conservative positions on
crime, abortion, and, especially, affirmative action have exposed
him to charges of heartlessness and hypocrisy, in that he is
himself the product of a broken home who manifestly benefited from
racially conscious admissions policies.
"Supreme Discomfort" is a superbly researched and reported work
that features testimony from friends and foes alike who have never
spoken in public about Thomas before--including a candid
conversation with his fellow justice and ideological ally, Antonin
Scalia. It offers a long-overdue window into a man who straddles
two different worlds and is uneasy in both--and whose divided
personality and conservative political philosophy will deeply
influence American life for years to come.
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