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Ref: http://www.npr.org/2011/10/11/141246695/clarence-thomas-influence-on-the-court
I can relate to Justice Thomas’ view on racial issues. His attitude is basically that “I don’t want to be treated specially, nor do I need to be,” because special treatment on racial basis is, as Justice Thomas often points out, a stereotypical underestimate on the target group, and is racist to begin with, when the problem domain on which the special treatment is to be applied has nothing to do with race.
I have always thought that the concept of “hate crime” is absurd and really falls into the category of thought crimes. If I were killed, sure, I’d very much like to see justice done on the guy who did it, but only because he murdered me as another fellow human being, not because I am Chinese.
To quote Chief Justice Roberts, in one of the court opinions he authored,
“The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.”
And I wholeheartedly agree.