“I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life,” said Judge Sotomayor, who is now considered to be near the top of President Obama’s list of potential Supreme Court nominees. (NYTIMES 5/15/09)
Obama has made his choice, and one need not twist sentences and deconstruct 'code words' to know this woman is a bigot. Simply read the above quote. This stuff really frustrates me. This justice says the white men (the hated enemy of progressive academia, politics, and religion) do not have rich experiences and therefore cannot reach better [more just] decisions than a Latina woman. This is hate speech by the progressives own definition of the term with one major exception, the target is acceptably hated. Good grief, one hundred years ago, these same vacuous arguments were being made to limit women's suffrage.
Can someone please explain to me why this is an acceptable ideology for a Supreme? This is not a joke at some roast where stupidity is de rigueur. This is not some off-colour comment made at a dinner to get under someones skin. This is a speech made at a Law School and therefore is representative of judicial policy.
Justice Sotomayor will not make a good justice precisely because she elevates her race, class, and gender above everyone else. I reject her Balkanized philosophy as it has no place in the American experience. I condemn her racism as the tool of thoughtless bullies represented by the likes of Bull Connor and George Wallace. I condemn her stereotyping of a people-group for many a tyrant has used this tactic to justify oppression.
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