1. "For much of his life, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. carried around something peculiar
an old clipping of a quote from Harlem preacher Reverend Samuel D. Proctor. Holder put the clipping in his wallet in 1971, when he was studying history at Columbia University, and kept it in wallet after wallet over the ensuing decades.
2. What were Proctors words that Holder found so compelling?
Blackness is another issue entirely apart from class in America. No matter how affluent, educated and mobile [a black person] becomes, his race defines him more particularly than anything else. When asked to explain the passage, Holder replied, It really says that I am not the tall U.S. attorney, I am not the thin United States Attorney. I am the black United States attorney. And he was saying that no matter how successful you are, theres a common cause that bonds the black United States attorney with the black criminal or the black doctor with the black homeless person.
3. It may seem shocking to hear these racialist views ascribed to Americas top law enforcement officer. But to people who have worked inside the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice, these attitudes are perfectly familiar."
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4. Has anyone asked Holder what exactly is the common cause that binds the black attorney general and the black criminal? More important, what should the black attorney general do about this common cause? Should the black criminal feel empathy for the black attorney general or more likely, do the favors only flow in one direction?
Holders explanation of Proctors quote offers some key insights into our attorney generals worldview.
First, being more particular than anything else, skin color limits and defines Americans- in other words, race comes first for Holder.
Second, despite Americans widespread belief in trans-racial principles such as individual liberty and equal protection, blacks are expected to show solidarity with other blacks.
And third, black law enforcement officers are expected to show this solidarity toward their racial compatriots, including black criminals.
J. Christian Adams, Injustice: Exposing The Racial Agenda of the Obama Justice Department, p. 2.
5. Now...along comes an adult, an intellectual, an accomplished jurist....Clarence Thomas.
"Americans today are too sensitive about race, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas told a gathering of college students in Florida on Tuesday.
To my knowledge, I was the first black kid in Savannah, Georgia, to go to a white school. Rarely did the issue of race come up,...
6. Every person in this room has endured a slight. Every person. Somebody has said something that has hurt their feelings or did something to them left them out.
Thats a part of the deal, he added.
7. In his 2007 memoir, "My Grandfather's Son," he described his experience growing up as an African-American Catholic in Georgia during the Jim Crow era. I was a two-fer for the Klan, he said
8. Throughout his career, Thomas said, he has experienced more instances of discrimination and poor treatment in the North than the South.
9. The worst I have been treated was by northern liberal elites. The absolute worst I have ever been treated, Thomas said. The worst things that have been done to me, the worst things that have been said about me, by northern liberal elites, not by the people of Savannah, Georgia.
10. ...Thomas also addressed the role his faith plays in his work as a justice.
I quite frankly dont know how you do these hard jobs without some faith. ... "I dont know how an oath becomes meaningful unless you have faith. Because at the end you say, So help me God. And a promise to God is different from a promise to anyone else."
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2. What were Proctors words that Holder found so compelling?
Blackness is another issue entirely apart from class in America. No matter how affluent, educated and mobile [a black person] becomes, his race defines him more particularly than anything else. When asked to explain the passage, Holder replied, It really says that I am not the tall U.S. attorney, I am not the thin United States Attorney. I am the black United States attorney. And he was saying that no matter how successful you are, theres a common cause that bonds the black United States attorney with the black criminal or the black doctor with the black homeless person.
3. It may seem shocking to hear these racialist views ascribed to Americas top law enforcement officer. But to people who have worked inside the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice, these attitudes are perfectly familiar."
DOJ?s ?Whistleblower? in New Black Panther Case Releases Book | Video | TheBlaze.com
4. Has anyone asked Holder what exactly is the common cause that binds the black attorney general and the black criminal? More important, what should the black attorney general do about this common cause? Should the black criminal feel empathy for the black attorney general or more likely, do the favors only flow in one direction?
Holders explanation of Proctors quote offers some key insights into our attorney generals worldview.
First, being more particular than anything else, skin color limits and defines Americans- in other words, race comes first for Holder.
Second, despite Americans widespread belief in trans-racial principles such as individual liberty and equal protection, blacks are expected to show solidarity with other blacks.
And third, black law enforcement officers are expected to show this solidarity toward their racial compatriots, including black criminals.
J. Christian Adams, Injustice: Exposing The Racial Agenda of the Obama Justice Department, p. 2.
5. Now...along comes an adult, an intellectual, an accomplished jurist....Clarence Thomas.
"Americans today are too sensitive about race, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas told a gathering of college students in Florida on Tuesday.
To my knowledge, I was the first black kid in Savannah, Georgia, to go to a white school. Rarely did the issue of race come up,...
6. Every person in this room has endured a slight. Every person. Somebody has said something that has hurt their feelings or did something to them left them out.
Thats a part of the deal, he added.
7. In his 2007 memoir, "My Grandfather's Son," he described his experience growing up as an African-American Catholic in Georgia during the Jim Crow era. I was a two-fer for the Klan, he said
8. Throughout his career, Thomas said, he has experienced more instances of discrimination and poor treatment in the North than the South.
9. The worst I have been treated was by northern liberal elites. The absolute worst I have ever been treated, Thomas said. The worst things that have been done to me, the worst things that have been said about me, by northern liberal elites, not by the people of Savannah, Georgia.
10. ...Thomas also addressed the role his faith plays in his work as a justice.
I quite frankly dont know how you do these hard jobs without some faith. ... "I dont know how an oath becomes meaningful unless you have faith. Because at the end you say, So help me God. And a promise to God is different from a promise to anyone else."
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