Black academics denounce ‘racist, vicious, and ugly personal attacks’ on Clarence Thomas

Dozens of academics have signed an open letter that condemned personal attacks on Justice Clarence Thomas in the wake of the reversal of Roe v. Wade.

Signers included Brown University economist Glenn Loury, Hoover Institute Research Fellow Ayaan Hirsi Ali, and dozens of other black academics and community leaders.

RealClearPolitics published the letter July 13.

“We, the undersigned, condemn the barrage of racist, vicious, and ugly personal attacks that we are witnessing on Clarence Thomas – a sitting Supreme Court justice,” the letter stated.