"THIS IS NOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT DIFFICULT MATTERS PRIVATELY OR IN A CLOSED ENVIRONMENT. THIS IS A CIRCUS. IT'S A NATIONAL DISGRACE. AND FROM MY STANDPOINT, AS A BLACK AMERICAN, IT IS A HIGH-TECH LYNCHING FOR UPPITY BLACKS WHO IN ANY WAY DEIGN TO THINK FOR THEMSELVES, TO DO FOR THEMSELVES, TO HAVE DIFFERENT IDEAS, AND IT IS A MESSAGE THAT UNLESS YOU KOWTOW TO AN OLD ORDER, THIS IS WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO YOU. YOU WILL BE LYNCHED, DESTROYED, CARICATURED BY A COMMITTEE OF THE U.S. SENATE RATHER THAN HUNG FROM A TREE."; CLARENCE THOMAS, OCTOBER 1, 1991
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