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Justice Clarence Thomas will teach civil rights at University of Texas (www.houstonchronicle.com)

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Clarence Thomas is one of the least likely people you’d expect to teach civil rights.

For decades, he has used his Supreme Court weight to oppose affirmative action, challenge federal voting rights protections and reject certain legal resolutions designed to address racial discrimination.

Yet the University of Texas School of Civic Leadership has tapped the U.S. Supreme Court justice to help teach a course on civil rights and the meaning of equality next spring. The university’s recent announcement raises the obvious question: Just what civil rights story will the students be getting?

Thomas will teach a seminar called “Equality and the New Birth of Freedom.” It will focus on the work of civil rights activists including Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois, Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. He will be on campus for two hours every morning for one week in February.

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[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Steven Seagal to teach martial arts

[–] DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I mean he was teaching Aikido the way they commonly do, it may smell like bullshido but it's still a recognized martial art AFAIK, he just looks ridiculous doing it for the last 20 years because of how lazy, sloppy, and out of shape everything about him is.

A better Steven Seagal example would be: Steven Seagal successfully being a badass in front of beloved old championship judo instructor (and then pooping himself)

But a better overall example is Jake Paul becoming a true WBA boxer, in Anthony Joshua's weight class.

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Jesus, I don't think I've ever seen this picture, just read descriptions of it. Looking at it now, it's like one of his eyes is looking in fear and the other eye is confusedly looking for the source of that ringing sound.

I also heard that he got his jaw broken. Looking at that defensive stance, head position, and open mouth, I'm gonna guess this picture is .5 seconds before mouth go crack?

[–] DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Yeah Anthony Joshua fucked him up really good, really gave him what he deserved, and the Paul brothers did not handle this beating or the viral memes that came from it very well, huge bonus.

[–] tacosanonymous@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 day ago

A legitimate study would be hilarious. Slap fight techniques, avoiding stairs, waddling fatly around corners, flinch shooting, the importance of mid plot stripper breaks, etc.