{"id":177203,"date":"2021-02-26T15:17:18","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T20:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=177203"},"modified":"2021-02-26T15:29:23","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T20:29:23","slug":"amazon-not-streaming-clarence-thomas-doc-during-black-history-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amazon-not-streaming-clarence-thomas-doc-during-black-history-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Not Streaming Clarence Thomas Doc During Black History Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Famazon-not-streaming-clarence-thomas-doc-during-black-history-month%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=177203&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-2.15.46-PM-1200x800-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Amazon Prime is not streaming a popular documentary about the only current black U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Clarence Thomas, during Black History Month.<\/p>\n<p>The omission is especially glaring as the move to drop \u201cCreated Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words\u201d comes during Black History Month despite Amazon carving out an entire section celebrating \u201cBlack Voices\u201d during February.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRecently, Amazon Prime dropped <em>Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words<\/em>, an acclaimed and popular PBS documentary on Justice Clarence Thomas, making it unavailable to stream during Black History Month,\u201d Breitbart <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/02\/25\/paoletta-amazon-prime-cancels-justice-clarence-thomas-documentary-during-black-history-month\/\">reported<\/a>. \u201cThomas is our nation\u2019s only black justice currently serving on the U.S. Supreme Court, and one would think that between Amazon\u2019s claim to \u2018building an inclusive culture\u2019 and the fact that it\u2019s Black History Month, Amazon would want to stream this inspiring documentary on its platform.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mark Paoletta, who served as a lawyer in the Bush 41 White House Counsel\u2019s Office and helped to confirmation Justice Thomas to the bench, wrote an opinion piece at Breitbart highlighting Amazon\u2019s alleged anti-conservative bias.<\/p>\n<p>The company \u201cshowed it has its limits when it comes to its dedication to diversity and inclusion\u201d by booting the documentary, he argued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn fact, Amazon Prime created an entire Amplify Black Voices page on its site that \u2018feature[s] a curated collection of titles to honor Black History Month across four weekly themes (Black Love, Black Joy, Black History Makers, and Black Girl Magic),&#8217;\u201d highlighted Paoletta.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmazon has made a significant effort to celebrate black voices on its site during Black History Month, including films of Thurgood Marshall and even Anita Hill, but can\u2019t find any space for a documentary on our only sitting black Supreme Court justice?\u201d he pointedly questioned. \u201cThis makes no sense at all, other than Amazon made a decision to not show this film because Justice Thomas is a black justice who has conservative views.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paolette notes that\u00a0Amazon \u201chas been taking down long-running documentaries from its site with little or no warning, and apparently it is almost impossible to receive a response as to why a documentary was taken down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[T[here may be some so-called liberal documentaries that have been taken down during this period,\u201d he notes, however, \u201cit is very strange that Amazon could not find space on its website to stream a documentary on our longest-serving black Supreme Court justice in American history that ran on PBS in a national broadcast (no small feat) and is a top-selling DVD in its documentary section, while less popular documentaries on Justice Marshall are still streaming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/02\/26\/amazon-strips-clarence-thomas-documentary-from-streaming-service-during-black-history-month\/\">noted<\/a> by The Federalist, Amazon has \u201cescalated its censorship of political dissidents.\u201d\u00a0Earlier this month, the outlet highlighted, Amazon deplatformed conservative Ryan Anderson\u2019s book critical of gender theory,\u00a0\u201cWhen Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Movement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/school-wide-email-condemns-student-for-calling-racist-candace-owens-a-black-trailblazer\">The\u00a0Daily Wire<\/a> reported earlier this week that a Virginia high school student was publicly attacked for choosing\u00a0conservative commentator, BLEXIT founder, and author Candace Owens has her \u201cBlack Trailblazer\u201d for her Black History Month presentation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Black Student Union assigned its members to present on \u2018black trailblazers\u2019 that have contributed to the black community in honor of Black History Month. The presentations were sent out to the school in honor of black accomplishments. For her part, Julia Saville chose Candace Owens,\u201d The Daily Wire reported. \u201cOn Wednesday, Feb. 17, Saville was scheduled to present on her chosen black trailblazer. When she awoke that morning, she received an email from a classmate condemning Saville for choosing Owens as a \u2018black trailblazer.\u2019 The email was sent out to all staff and students at the school.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-cmdiie e172hw750\"><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/citizens-deserve-better-justice-clarence-thomas-dissents-in-pa-election-case\">\u2018Citizens Deserve Better\u2019: Justice Clarence Thomas Dissents In PA Election\u00a0Case<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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