[I claim] my right to think for myself, to refuse to have my ideas assigned to me as though I was an intellectual slave because I'm black. (Clarence Thomas)

[I claim] my right to think for myself, to refuse to have my ideas assigned to me as though I was an intellectual slave because I'm black.

Clarence Thomas

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