“I did my best and hoped for the best, too often fearing that I was getting the worst.

In fact, though, I got everything I needed.” That about sums up My Grandfather’s Son, and it comes from Justice Thomas himself, in the book’s preface.

I’ve read the book cover to cover — I encourage everyone to, it’s an inspirational story — and victimhood is not the story.

Clarence Thomas is no victim. He’s a real man whose achieved, despite obstacles, injustices, and mistakes. His book is so good because it is so honest — he was born black into a poor family in the south. It wasn’t easy to get to the Supreme Court from Pinpoint, Georgia. But Clarence Thomas doesn’t want your pity. He wants you to know it can be done.