{"product_id":"supreme-discomfort-the-divided-soul-of-clarence-thomas-paperback","title":"Supreme Discomfort: The Divided Soul of Clarence Thomas - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKevin Merida\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMichael Fletcher\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Justice Clarence Thomas is the Supreme Court's most reclusive member [and] a prime candidate for a careful, fair-minded biography. In delivering it, Kevin Merida and Michael A. Fletcher have done some quiet justice of their own.\"--\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere is no more powerful, detested, misunderstood African American in our public life than Clarence Thomas. \u003ci\u003eSupreme Discomfort: The Divided Soul of Clarence Thomas\u003c\/i\u003e is a haunting portrait of an isolated and complex man, savagely reviled by much of the Black community, not entirely comfortable in white society, internally wounded by his passage from a broken family and rural poverty in Georgia, to elite educational institutions, to the pinnacle of judicial power. His staunchly conservative positions on crime, abortion, and, especially, affirmative action have exposed him to charges of heartlessness and hypocrisy, in that he is himself the product of a broken home who manifestly benefited from racially conscious admissions policies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSupreme Discomfort\u003c\/i\u003e is a superbly researched and reported work that features testimony from friends and foes alike who have never spoken in public about Thomas before--including a candid conversation with his fellow justice and ideological ally, Antonin Scalia. It offers a long-overdue window into a man who straddles two different worlds and is uneasy in both--and whose divided personality and conservative political philosophy will deeply influence American life for years to come.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKevin Merida\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate editor at the\u003ci\u003e Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e. He has been a national political reporter for the paper, a feature writer for its \"Style\" section, and a columnist for the \u003ci\u003ePost\u003c\/i\u003e's Sunday magazine. In 2000 he was named Journalist of the Year by the National Association of Black Journalists. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Fletcher\u003c\/b\u003e covers the White House for the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, where he has been a reporter since 1995. He has previously covered education and race relations, chronicling issues including the racial achievement gap, racial profiling, criminal justice disparities, and the battle over the future of affirmative action.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 08, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary_award (2008)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47468174344445,"sku":"9780767916363","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/b3dRSjlGVVkvYVIyMWZXZkttYjBIQT09.webp?v=1777285689","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/supreme-discomfort-the-divided-soul-of-clarence-thomas-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}