Affirmative Action Put Clarence Thomas on SCOTUS [Video]

MSNBC legal analyst Catherine Christian on Thursday said affirmative action was behind both a Yale education and a Supreme Court appointment for Justice Clarence Thomas, in the wake of the court’s ruling the practice unconstitutional.

Speaking with MSNBC anchor Ana Cabrera, Christian was joined by fellow MSNBC legal analyst Charles Coleman in a segment on the landmark decision in Students For Fair Admissions v. Harvard, for which Justice Thomas wrote a concurring opinion.

Cabrera asked whether there is an alternative way for colleges and universities to pursue diversity and inclusion absent affirmative action, and Christian pointed out that in states where that has been tried it has not “done well.”

“How do you diversify without taking race in account? What are you diversifying? You’re diversifying, you know, people’s income?” she asked.

She then went directly to suggesting Thomas is a hypocrite, as happened multiple times during that hour of MSNBC.

“Clarence Thomas, you …