Although vilified by black liberals, Justice Thomas has a keener understanding of “black pride” than they have. Unlike paternalistic white liberals, he believes black children can excel in predominantly black schools and don’t need to mix with whites in order to learn. He points out that Seattle, a party in the case, operates a K-8 school called the African American Academy, which is 99 percent non-white (dig the irony!):

“This racially imbalanced environment has reportedly produced test scores ‘higher across all grade levels in reading, writing and math.’ … Contrary to what the dissent would have

predicted…the children in Seattle’s African American Academy have shown gains when placed in a ‘highly segregated’ environment.”

In the era before government-sanctioned lowered standards (affirmative action to the PC crowd), black Dunbar High School produced graduates who went on to Ivy League colleges, and Dunbar was “by no means an isolated example,” Justice Thomas asserts. His concurring opinion contains some of the most empowering sentiments I’ve ever read, yet black liberals have and will continue to label him an “Uncle Tom.” Liberal commentator Julianne Malveaux went so far as to wish he’d die an early death of heart disease “like many black men do.”

Irrational hatred notwithstanding, black liberals are off the mark. In a country where citizens are supposed to be equal before the law, regardless of color, it’s disingenuous to argue in favor of race preferences of any kind.

I’ve said it before and I’ll keep saying it: A government with the power to discriminate in favor of blacks can use that same power to discriminate against blacks.