New Cal State LA ethnic studies dean previously said she hopes Clarence Thomas 'dies early'
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Julianne Malveaux, the incoming dean of Cal State University Los Angeles' newly created College of Ethnic Studies, has previously said she hopes 73-year-old, conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas dies an early death.
Malveux issued an apology for the remark in 2011, clarifying that her comment was a "wisecrack" misconstrued as hate speech after Thomas said he would live to 120 to stay on the court to "frustrate liberals." "I replied that the average black man had a life expectancy of about 65, and that if his wife fed him lots of butter and eggs (if her recent call to Anita Hill is any indication she isn’t cooking much these days), ingredients for high cholesterol and heart trouble, he’d die an early death," she explained. "Conservatives called it a death wish. Death by breakfast, I responded, still in jest. As if someone were standing over Thomas with an Uzi forcing him to eat that butter and eggs. The wisecrack has to be taken even less seriously if Justice Thomas’ purported commitment to physical fitness and working out is taken into consideration."More Related News