This article from The Atlantic Monthly is a fascinating look inside Clarence Thomas's opinion on race relations. I highly recommend it in light of his dissent in Grutter.

To [his grandfather], Clarence became a racial symbol. On vacations his grandfather would take him to the local NAACP meetings and have him read his grades aloud: "He thought I was living proof that black people were as good as white people."

- posted by Tom Sawyer @ 10:23 AM