The Enigma of Clarence Thomas

By Corey Robin ’89

Published July 16, 2019

In The Enigma of Clarence Thomas (Metropolitan Books), analyst Corey Robin ’89 sets Thomas’ biography in juxtaposition with his jurisprudence and probes to find the veiled source of Thomas’s conservative views. Robin’s revisionist perspective on the Supreme Court justice suggests Thomas’s views stem from his skepticism that racism can be overcome.