Judge Sotomayor seems to be the most radical person ever nominated for the high court. To continue to command public respect, the Senate will have to ask her some hard questions. The simplest one to ask will be the hardest one for her to answer: Given her statements against whites and males, can she be fair to all Americans? Full Story »
Posted by Walter Cox
This editorial makes its points well by providing appropriate context and relevant quotes, and by citing important rulings that expose Sotomayor's extreme bias. Though it will be difficult to derail the Sotomayor nomination, focusing on a record that highlights her racism and her misandry does serve to put her on notice: these attitudes must not make their way into the Supreme Court.
I am personally offended by racism of all types and by both misogyny and misandry. Some apologists have attempted to re-frame comments by Sotomayor that are both racist and dismissive of men--""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," by implying that the context of her 2001 U.C. Berkeley speech mitigates the harshness of her statement. On the contrary, the context of that speech supports the statement in question--gender and race are primary in Sotomayor's worldview.