No, Antonin Scalia Is Not A Racist

“It is deeply disturbing to hear a Supreme Court justice endorse racist ideas from the bench of the nation’s highest court”, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said on the Senate floor on Thursday”.

After Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia made comments about black college students earlier this week that many saw as blatantly racist, black alumni of the University of Texas and current students there took to Twitter to share their successes and humorously voice frustration with the lengthy legal battle over race-conscious admissions at the school.

“There are those who contend that it does not benefit African Americans to get them into the University of Texas where they do not do well, as opposed to having them go to a less-advanced school, a less-a slower-track school where they do well”.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia addresses the audience during an investiture ceremony for Chief Justice Nathan L. Hecht and Justice Jeff Brown at the Capitol on Monday, November 11, 2013.

His remarks Wednesday during court arguments over an affirmative action program at the University of Texas have drawn rebukes from civil rights leaders, top Democrats and even the White House.

Justice Scalia scathingly mutters “Oh Lord”, when he sees the protestors, and later comments that they should be given “stiff, stiff penalties”.

Recent uncovered audio recording reveals Justice Scalia and two other conservative justices mocking protesters who enter a hearing to raise concerns about campaign finance.

“I’m just not impressed by the fact that the University of Texas may have fewer [African-Americans]”, Scalia said in regards to the case.

This is not only offensive, but also blatantly false-experts thoroughly debunked Scalia’s reasoning. “But please”, the blog says, “Scalia, tell me more about how black people need slower tracks to comport with your DISGUSTINGLY RACIST WORLDVIEW ABOUT EVERYTHING”.

Later, Pelosi called on Scalia to recuse himself from the case. He implied affirmative action puts minority students in elite universities that are too challenging for them. Colleges in most states can consider race as one of several factors in admitting a student. Garre, the former solicitor general in the George W. Bush administration, is defending the University of Texas against a challenge from Abigail Fisher, a white woman from Texas who is suing the university arguing she was denied admission based on her race.

The Nevada senator said the idea that Black students should be pushed out of top universities into lesser schools is “unacceptable”.

He pointed to a filing in the case that said black scientists generally didn’t attend top-flight public research universities.

“In additon to denigrating an entire group of students, he also denigrated numerous institutions that have successfully served African Americans when a majority of the institutions in this country would not”, she said.