Sotomayor IS a racist, and we’re supposed to shut up?
“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.”
Racism can be defined as “a belief that a particular race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race.” (Merriam-Webster)
Making a statement, as one had above that stated (while you were a SITTING Judge) that you felt that your mere existence as a “latina woman” gave you the ability to judge facts against law better than someone who one would categorize as a “white male”, by definition, makes the author of that statement racist. Period.
If I go on record that I feel I can make better judgments as a white male than a black man, hispanic woman, or any other “non-caucasian” individual I would be slapped so hard with every label mankind has ever created, so fast my head would spin… and yet, I’m supposed to shut up and ignore the SAME statement from a Latina Woman.
Lanny Davis seems to think that the White House needs to come out and openly minimize her statement by framing her comment in the favorite Liberal safety net… the “misspeak”
“She misspoke. Every day that goes by that they don’t say she misspoke and she used the wrong words … they just feed it and give it life and give Rush and Hannity more airtime unnecessarily.”
She misspoke? How else does one out themselves as a bigot? Oh… she used the wrong words!!! Well, forgive me! Maybe we should shove a microphone in Sonia’s mug and ask her to rephrase her comments.
Some on the left are even asking that she not simply “rephrase” her statement… she should, wait for it… TAKE IT BACK.
Why not just side step all this “confirmation” bull squeeze that is slowing down the Democrats… they already get to overlook back taxes, killing women by running them into rivers and racist comments. Why let minutiae get in the way of a seat in the Supreme Court. Silly Conservatives!
Greg
29 May, 2009
One phrase taken out of context doesn’t make someone a racist. Unless you have more evidence of racism, maybe you ARE supposed to “shut up”. Sounds like a desperate attempt to poke holes in an administration you’re already not fond of.
Had she said that all latino people are better than all white people, she’d be closer to being a racist per the definition you extracted. She’s didn’t say that though. Since this statement is out of context, I’m not even sure what she was talking about. If it was in the context of other racist remarks, then there’d be an issue. Since you aren’t pointing out anything else…I’d guess that it’s a non-issue.
James
29 May, 2009
Would you like to provide context for us that would put her comment in a positive light?
Her comment has been on the record in similar “context” for YEARS and no one has sought to provide anyone with the CORRECT context now? If the context of her comment was the issue, then simply provide the world with the proper context that would diffuse the fervor over her charged statement and your problem is solved.
Since no one seems to be able to do so, it begs the question… IS it out of context to begin with.
I happen to think it’s not.
Ron Russell
29 May, 2009
Most on the left are of the opinion that blacks and browns cannot be racist and that only whites can fall into that catagory. This is a dominate position of the left and that mind set goes deep and is hard to dislodge. Racism comes in all shapes and colors and Sotomayor I believe is racist. Racist in her rulings and racist in her on words.
James
1 Jun, 2009
There used to be an opening collection of mindless comments from politicians on our local morning talk radio show and one of the worst was a black politician from Florida who said that “black people cannot BE racist because they lack the institutional power to enforce what they say”
So wait… if they lacked the power then, does Obama sitting in the top seat now make them able to be racist?