Clarence Thomas: “I said, ‘What if they allowed me in but said I couldn't go to certain floors? That would be wrong.’”

If they can prove you wrong, fine. But if they call you names or say you’re not black, I mean, how stupid is that? Look at me.

There’s this overriding public view that you’re not supposed to think this way, therefore you’re not black, therefore you’re discredited.

Then my question is, why is it then that you have a problem with me embracing certain ideas in certain books? What's the difference?’

Here's what I've asked people. I said, ‘When I was a kid, the Savannah Public Library was segregated.’