{"id":1975167,"date":"2023-07-17T13:45:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T17:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minnesota-attorney-general-compares-clarence-thomas-with-infamous-uncle-tom-character\/"},"modified":"2023-07-17T13:47:50","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T17:47:50","slug":"minnesota-attorney-general-compares-clarence-thomas-with-infamous-uncle-tom-character","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minnesota-attorney-general-compares-clarence-thomas-with-infamous-uncle-tom-character\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota AG compares Clarence Thomas to &#8216;Uncle Tom&#8217; character"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fminnesota-attorney-general-compares-clarence-thomas-with-infamous-uncle-tom-character%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=1975167&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--><h2>Minnesota Democratic Attorney General Compares Justice Clarence Thomas\u2062 to \u2063&#8221;Uncle Tom&#8221; Character<\/h2>\n<p>In a controversial\u2063 statement, Minnesota Democratic Attorney \u200bGeneral Keith Ellison\u2064 drew a comparison\u200d between\u200d Supreme Court\u200b Justice Clarence Thomas and \u200dthe infamous house\u200b slave character \u2064Stephen from\u2062 Quentin Tarantino&#8217;s 2012 film Django Unchained.\u2062 Ellison \u2064made these \u200dremarks while\u2062 discussing \u200bThomas&#8217;s \u2062role \u2063in\u200c the \u200ccourt&#8217;s \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minnesota-attorney-general-compares-clarence-thomas-with-infamous-uncle-tom-character\/\" title=\"Minnesota AG compares Clarence Thomas to 'Uncle Tom' character\">recent affirmative\u200c action ruling<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Anybody who&#8217;s\u200b watched \u2064the \u2062movie \u200dDjango, just watch Stephen and \u200byou see\u200c Clarence Thomas,&#8221; Ellison \u2062stated\u2063 in \u2062an interview with the Michigan \u2064Chronicle.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Pushing the Boundaries of Green Policies\u200b in New York\u2064 City<\/h3>\n<p>Ellison further \u2063criticized Thomas, \u2062accusing\u200c him of\u200b prioritizing \u200cpersonal interests and aligning\u200b with powerful special\u200b interests, regardless of the \u200bharm \u2064caused to\u2063 others.\u2063 He went \u2064on to call \u200bthe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-senate-judiciary-committee-confirms-amy-coney-barrett-for-supreme-court-democrats-boycott-committee-vote\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Senate Judiciary Committee Confirms Amy Coney Barrett for Supreme Court -- Democrats Boycott Committee Vote\">justice<\/a> \u2062&#8221;illegitimate&#8221; \u2063and \u200dcalled for his \u200bimpeachment.<\/p>\n<p>In Django Unchained, \u200bStephen \u2063is portrayed as \u2062a sadistic\u2063 house \u200cslave who \u2064remains \u2063fiercely loyal\u2064 to his master, Calvin\u200c Candie, played by Leonardo \u200cDiCaprio. Stephen despises the film&#8217;s protagonist,\u200c Django, played\u200c by Jamie Foxx.<\/p>\n<p>Ellison&#8217;s strong\u2063 words \u2062continued,\u2062 asserting that Thomas lacks legitimacy in \u2062his\u2062 position and should not hold the power he\u2064 currently\u200d possesses. He emphasized that this \u200bserves as a \u200clesson \u2062for African Americans,\u2063 highlighting\u200c the\u200c importance of one&#8217;s mindset \u2062rather than external appearances.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Clarence Thomas \u2064is illegitimate\u2062 and\u200b has no\u2064 basis in \u200bthe job that he&#8217;s \u200din,&#8221; Ellison declared. &#8220;It&#8217;s a \u2063lesson to\u2064 us as African Americans. What\u200d is the\u200b lesson? We \u200call\u2063 thought, well, he&#8217;s\u2062 a\u2064 black man raised\u2063 in the \u200cDeep South. He knows \u2064what\u200c racism and \u2062segregation is, he knows what \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/medical-professor-warned-colleagues-that-schools-racial-preferences-were-illegal-and-he-was-removed-from-directorship-now-hes-suing\/\" title=\"Medical Professor Warned Colleagues That School\u2019s Racial Preferences Were Illegal And He Was Removed From Directorship. Now He\u2019s Suing.\">affirmative action<\/a> \u2063is. He&#8217;s going \u2063to come around one day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ellison \u200bconcluded by emphasizing that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canadian-broadcasting-corporation-warns-rethink-using-offensive-terms-like-brainstorm-blind-spot\/\" title=\"Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Warns: \u2018Rethink\u2019 Using \u2018Offensive\u2019 Terms Like \u2018Brainstorm,\u2019 \u2018Blind Spot\u2019\">true understanding<\/a>\u200c and\u200b progress go beyond superficial \u2062factors such as skin color, emphasizing the\u200c significance of one&#8217;s thoughts and beliefs.<\/p>\n<p><a\u200c href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a> to read more \u2064from The\u200c Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minnesota Democratic Attorney General Keith Ellison compared Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to the character Stephen from the film Django Unchained, calling him an &#8220;Uncle Tom&#8221; house slave. 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