Clarence Thomas scorches racial litmus tests policing thought: ‘Stay Black and die’

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas rejected the idea that Black Americans should be expected to hold particular political views because of their race during a rare interview with Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz.

"We had this saying [that there are] only two things I have to do: stay Black and die," Thomas told Cruz, responding to a comment about the conservative justice having an individualist streak. "That was a retort to people who had these sort of requirements for us, these these mandates...