Watch This: Clarence Thomas: Obama Says What Elites 'Expect From a Black Person'

During a recent wide-ranging interview with C-SPAN, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas took a swipe at President Barack Obama's popularity among elites and the media, saying that Obama says "the prescribed things they expect from a black person," Fox News reports. Suggested Reading The Root 100 – 2021 The Root 100 – 2022 The Root…

During a recent wide-ranging interview with C-SPAN, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas took a swipe at President Barack Obama's popularity among elites and the media, saying that Obama says "the prescribed things they expect from a black person," Fox News reports.

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"Any black person who says something that is not the prescribed things that they expect from a black person will be picked apart โ€ฆ So, I always assumed it would be someone the media had to agree with," Thomas said when asked if he ever expected to ever see an African-American president during his lifetime.

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