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Article: THOMAS REJECTS `UNCLE TOM' LABEL IN INTERVIEW WITH BLACK JOURNALISTS.(MAIN)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
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- October 28, 1994
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Byline: JOAN BISKUPIC Washington Post
WASHINGTON In an extraordinary meeting with an invited group of black journalists and other African-Americans, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas rejected suggestions that his opinions have hurt blacks or that he has forgotten his roots.
``I am not an Uncle Tom,'' he answered when asked about selling out to whites, according to a report in Thursday's Washington Afro-American newspaper that was confirmed by several people who were at the Wednesday meeting. ``I do not pay attention to that nonsense. That is one of the problems we have as black people. We don't allow differing views.''
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