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这位最高法院大法官将对保守派观点的限制比作萨凡纳公共图书馆的种族隔离制度
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发布时间：2026年8月24日 美国东部夏令时下午2:55
克拉伦斯·托马斯驳斥“种族决定政治立场”论调
最高法院大法官克拉伦斯·托马斯近日罕见地与得克萨斯州共和党参议员特德·克鲁兹一同讨论种族与政治话题。（图片来源：《与特德·克鲁兹共审案件》节目 via YouTube）
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最高法院大法官克拉伦斯·托马斯在接受得克萨斯州共和党参议员特德·克鲁兹的罕见采访时驳斥了“非裔美国人应因种族持有特定政治立场”的观点。
托马斯在回应外界关于这位保守派大法官具有个人主义倾向的评价时说道：“我们当时有句老话，我只需要做两件事：待在黑人的框架里，要么顺从要么被淘汰。这是对那些以我们的肤色为由，对我们提出种种要求、种种强制规定的人的反驳……但无论如何，他们认定你就该这么想。再说一遍，你的肤色决定一切，这种定论式的观点认为，我们说你该这么想，你就必须这么想。”
这位大法官在《与特德·克鲁兹共审案件》播客中补充道：“而我当然拒绝了这种所谓的‘邀请’。这就意味着，我成了一个不折不扣的矛盾体，因为我没有按照他们设想的思路去思考。”
民主党议员在最高法院选区划分裁决后称克拉伦斯·托马斯为“汤姆叔叔”和“私刑者”
克拉伦斯·托马斯是美国最高法院大法官。
身为非裔的托马斯在实行种族隔离的佐治亚州贫困长大，最初与父母住在平角港的木屋里，后来与祖父母搬到萨凡纳生活。童年时期，托马斯以古拉语为母语，这是一种由非洲奴隶后裔使用的、源自英语的克里奥尔语。
在圣十字学院就读期间，他最初拥护左翼黑人民族主义，仰慕马尔科姆·X，并协助创立了该校的黑人学生联盟。1970年，他参与了马萨诸塞州剑桥市的一场暴力抗议活动，之后思想开始转向右翼。他后来表示，对该事件的羞愧感促使他摒弃左翼激进主义，并重新审视祖父所宣扬的自力更生理念。
克拉伦斯·托马斯警告美国：当我们选择安逸而非勇气时，自由便会消亡
2025年1月20日，在华盛顿特区美国国会大厦圆形大厅举行的就职典礼结束后，最高法院大法官塞缪尔·阿利托与克拉伦斯·托马斯等候离场。（奇普·索莫德维拉/联合通讯社/法新社 via 盖蒂图片社）
为进一步阐释自己的观点，托马斯将要求非裔美国人只能接受特定思想的行为，比作种族隔离制度下的限制措施。
托马斯表示：“我曾这样反问人们：‘小时候，萨凡纳公共图书馆实行种族隔离。你们觉得当时萨凡纳公共图书馆的种族隔离制度是对的吗？’他们肯定会说：‘不对，你本来就应该有权进入。’我又问：‘那如果他们允许我进去，却不让我去某些楼层呢？这也不对吧？’‘那如果不让我去某些书架区域呢？’那同样不对。‘如果有些书被标记为禁止我阅读呢？’那还是不对。”
黑人共和党国会议员在最高法院选区划分裁决后拒绝回应种族相关问题
2026年4月15日，最高法院大法官克拉伦斯·托马斯在得克萨斯州奥斯汀的得克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校发表讲话。（埃里克·盖伊/美联社照片）
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“那我的问题是，为什么你们会对我接受某些观点、阅读某些书籍指手画脚？这两者之间到底有什么区别？”托马斯继续说道。
Clarence Thomas scorches racial litmus tests policing thought: ‘Stay Black and die’
2026-08-24T14:55:22-04:00 / Fox News
The Supreme Court justice likened restrictions on conservative viewpoints to segregation at the Savannah Public Library
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Published August 24, 2026 2:55pm EDT
Clarence Thomas rejects idea that race determines politics
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas recently joined Texas Sen. Ted Cruz to discuss race and politics in a rare interview. (Credit: Verdict with Ted Cruz via Youtube)
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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 for us because of our skin color … But at any rate, they think that here’s the way you’re supposed to think. Again, here’s your skin color. There’s this kind of deterministic view that you’re supposed to think this because we say so.”
“And I, of course, declined that invitation. And so now that means that something, that I’m a walking contradiction because I’ve deviated from their perception of what I should think,” the justice added while speaking on the “Verdict with Ted Cruz” podcast.
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Clarence Thomas is an associate justice of the Supreme Court.
Thomas, who is Black, grew up poor in segregated Georgia, initially living in his parents’ wooden shack in Pin Point and later in Savannah with his grandparents. As a child, Thomas was raised speaking Gullah, a creole language derived from English spoken by the descendants of African slaves.
At the College of the Holy Cross, he initially embraced left-wing Black nationalism, admired Malcolm X and helped establish the school’s Black Student Union. Thomas began moving right after participating in a violent 1970 protest in Cambridge, Massachusetts, later saying his shame over the episode prompted him to reject left-wing activism and reconsider the self-reliance preached by his grandfather.
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Supreme Court Associate Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas waited to leave the stage at the conclusion of inauguration ceremonies in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C.(Chip Somodevilla/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
To further explain his point, Thomas compared efforts to dictate which ideas Black Americans should embrace to the restrictions of racial segregation.
“Here’s what I’ve asked people. I said, ‘When I was a kid, the Savannah Public Library was segregated.’ I said, ‘Do you think it was right that the Savannah Public Library was segregated?’ Oh, no. You should have been able to go in,” Thomas stated. “I said, ‘What if they allowed me in but said I couldn’t go to certain floors? That would be wrong.’ I said, “What about if they said you couldn’t go to certain stacks?’ Well, that would be wrong. ‘What if they had certain books marked that were off limits to me?’ That would be wrong.”
BLACK GOP CONGRESSMAN SHUTS DOWN RACE QUESTION FOLLOWING SUPREME COURT REDISTRICTING RULING
Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas spoke at the University of Texas at Austin on April 15, 2026, in Austin, Texas.(Eric Gay/AP Photo)
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“Then my question is, why is it then that you have a problem with me embracing certain ideas in certain books? What’s the difference?’ Thomas went on.
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