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What Sotomayor teaches us about racism

Judge Sonia Sotomayor is Obama's nominee to fill the the Supreme Court Justice vacancy. Sotomayor is a woman. And she's Hispanic. Two characteristics that have not gone unnoticed. In 2001 Sotomayor disagreed with the notion that a wise old man and a wise old woman would reach the same conclusion. “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.” This statement made in 20… Continue

Added by Naomi on May 30, 2009 at 12:31pm — 4 Comments

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