The Bottomless Corruption of Ginni and Clarence Thomas

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14. He started trashing her in the 80's. Here's a part of the article....

THOMAS` SISTER`S LIFE GIVES LIE TO HIS WELFARE FABLE
By Clarence Page
Chicago Tribune

In an often-quoted speech that he delivered to a conference of black conservatives in 1980, Thomas said of his sister, who was then on welfare:

''She gets mad when the mailman is late with her welfare check. That`s how dependent she is.

''What`s worse is that now her kids feel entitled to the check too. They have no motivation for doing better or getting out of that situation.''

It was a stunning story. To hear Thomas tell it, his sister sounded like a classic ''welfare queen'' of the sort presidential candidate Ronald Reagan singled out that same year, a painful example of how a well-intended government handout can tie families to a cycle of poverty and dependency.

Of course the real story was never shared by Thomas because it didn't suit his narrative.