After U.S. Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas agreed to speak at an awards ceremony for a middle school in Maryland, Kenneth F. Johnson, a school board member, objected, saying Thomas’ views had no place in Prince George’s County MD, the fastest-growing Black jurisdiction in the country.
He convinced the school superintendent to “dis-invite” Thomas. After a great deal of controversy, Thomas was reinvited and spoke to a standing ovation inside the auditorium and a protest outside. The entire incident has provoked discussion about whether students should be shielded from or exposed to differing views.
Prince George’s County School Board Member Kenneth E. Johnson’s “dis-invitation” to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to speak at one of the schools in the county, because of his personal I causes me to believe that the county is well on its way to becoming a ghetto like Harlem, where the undisciplined parents have chased the decent parents out of Harlem schools. Chaos brings on destruction. Building cannot take place in chaos.
