Supreme Discomfort : The Divided Soul of Clarence Thomas
By Kevin MeridaSUPREME DISCOMFORT originated from a much-commented-upon profile of Clarence Thomas that appeared in an August 2002 issue of The Washington Post Magazine. In it, Kevin Merida and Michael Fletcher, both Post staffers, both black, crafted a haunting portrait of an isolated and bitter man, savagely reviled by much of the black community, not entirely comfortable in white society, internally wounded by his passage from a broken family and rural poverty in Georgia to elite educational institutions to the pinnacle of judicial power. He has clearly never recovered from the searing experience of his Senate confirmation hearings and the "he said/she said" drama of the accusations of sexual harassment by Anita Hill.
SUPREME DISCOMFORT tracks the personal odyssey of perhaps the least understood man in Washington, from his poor childhood in Pin Point and Savannah, Georgia, to his educational experiences in a Catholic seminary and Holy Cross, to his law school years at Yale during the black power era, to his rise within the Republican political establishment. It offers a window into a man who straddles two different worlds and is uneasy in bothÂ?and whose divided personality and conservative political philosophy will deeply influence American life for years to come.
show more
Book details
- Hardcover
- 422 pages
- English
- 0385510802
- 9780385510806
About Kevin Merida
kevin merida is an associate editor at the washington post. he has been a national political reporter for the paper, a feature writer for its “style& Read More about Kevin Merida
More Books By Kevin Merida
People who bought this also bought
Meetings With Mentors: A Young Adult Interviews Leading Visionaries
Used Book
Cancer For Two: An Inspiring True Story and Guide for Cancer Patients and Their Partners
Used Book
The Book of Daniel Drew: A Glimpse of the Fisk-Gould-Tweed Regime from the Inside
Used Book
Fix-It and Forget-It Lightly: Healthy, Low-Fat Recipes for Your Slow Cooker
Used Book
Kmart's Ten Deadly Sins : How Incompetence Tainted an American Icon
Used Book
Crisis Investing: Opportunities and Profits in the Coming Great Depression
Used Book
The Results Obsession : ROI-Focused Digital Strategies to Transform Your Marketing
Used Book
No Man's Land: Sexchanges v. 2 : Place of the Woman Writer in the Twentieth Century
Used Book
Images of Hope: Imagination as Healer of the Hopeless
Used Book