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Clarence Thomas says he's 'painfully aware the social and economic ravages which have befallen my race' as he rules against affirmative action

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Source Yahoo News bias rating
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Sonam Sheth
Published Jun 29, 2023
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The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.

Policy Leaning Analysis

This article includes the following sentiments, providing an average bias score of 10% Conservative:

  • 3 negative sentiments for Affirmative Action

Politician Portrayal Analysis:

This article includes the following Politician Portrayal sentiments, providing an average sentiment of 16% Negative and bias score of N/A:

2 negative sentiments and 2 positive sentiments for Janice Hahn
1 negative sentiment for Karen Bass

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Affirmative Action

Politicians:

Janice Hahn
Karen Bass

Sentiments

  •   Conservative
10% nnHahn represents the county's Fourth District, which includes Torrance, San Pedro, Harbor City, Bellflower, Downey, Long Beach and many other communities in the region."
0% "I appreciate the cities that have stepped up and supported solutions, but these numbers prove that solutions-oriented cities are too few and far between," ..."
-4% "These results are disappointing," said LA County Board of Supervisors Chair Janice Hahn in a Thursday statement."
-6% "Thomas then wrote affirmative action is also discrimination, calling the policies rudderless, race-based preferences designed to ensure a particular racial mix in Harvard and ..."
-16% "Thomas declared the Constitution prevails in his opinion as the Supreme Court effectively outlawed affirmative action at US colleges and universities.""
-26% "Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas noted that he knows about the obstacles Black people in the US have faced as he ruled affirmative action ..."
-42% Regional leaders, including Hahn, LA Mayor Karen Bass and Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson, have repeatedly cited the need for all cities to pull ..."
-42% Regional leaders, including Hahn, LA Mayor Karen Bass and Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson, have repeatedly cited the need for all cities to pull ..."

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : Thomas then wrote affirmative action is also discrimination, calling the policies "rudderless, race-based preferences designed to ensure a particular racial mix in" Harvard and UNC's "entering classes.
42% : Thomas declared "the Constitution prevails" in his opinion as the Supreme Court effectively outlawed affirmative action at US colleges and universities.
37% : Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas noted that he knows about the obstacles Black people in the US have faced as he ruled affirmative action should still be outlawed.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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