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[T]he courts are so willing to assume that anything that is predominantly black must be inferior.... The mere fact that a school is black does not mean that it is the product of an unconstitutional violation.
Clarence Thomas
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Clarence Thomas
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: June 23
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