In his minority opinion in the 5 – 4 U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing same sex marriage, Justice Clarence Thomas made statements about the slavery of African Americans and the incarcerations of Japanese Americans in WWII that the Huffington Post described as “extraordinarily illogical and ahistorical.”
Justice Thomas wrote:
“Slaves did not lose their dignity (any more than they lost their humanity) because the government allowed them to be enslaved. Those held in internment camps did not lose their dignity because the government confined them. And those denied governmental benefits certainly do not lose their dignity because the government denies them those benefits. The government cannot bestow dignity, and it cannot take it away.”
Apparently Justice Thomas thinks its dignified to be whipped and forced to do hard labor while being basically held in involuntary servitude. He also thinks its dignified to be forced to leave your home, live behind barbed wire and treated as an enemy of the state.
What is it about the word dignified that Justice Thomas doesn’t understand?
Did you or your family live in the concentration camps for Japanese Americans in World War II? Share your thoughts on the matter below.
RE: Supreme Court Justice Thomas makes controversial remarks about slavery & incarceration camps: I can not believe his comment that the government cannot control of dignity even when the laws allowed Slavery, Slave Trade, and earned taxes from this business.
Why did the government pass laws for Interment Concentration Camps for the Japanese Americans. Some of them were Veterans of WW1 and many were US Citizens. Later many were drafted and still joined the 442/100 Battalion to prove their race to be worthy of citizenship only to struggle for a piece of the american dream.
RE: Supreme Court Justice Thomas makes controversial remarks about incarceration camps & slavery: Liar.
You know VERY well what Clarence Thomas said. Dignity exists within the individual, regardless of how badly their fellow citizens might mistreat them.