Whole quotes: Sonia Sotomayor
If you haven’t been under a rock the last few days, you’ve heard the quote where Supreme Court nominee Justice Sonia Sotomayor seems to suggest that Latina women are likely to make better judicial decisions than Caucasian men (and the soundbytes of a handful of conservatives calling her a racist).
Not so fast. Whole quotes… The Village Square always comes down on the side of whole quotes. So here’s the whole enchilada. The speech was given at a symposium entitled “Raising the Bar: Latino and Latina Presence in the Judiciary and the Struggle for Representation.” The offending out-of-context quote is on page five.
It you’re not down for reading the whole text, then at least read page five… If you read page five and still think she’s a racist, you should express that opinion (with civility, of course). If you can’t bother to read page five in its entirety, perhaps you should sit this one out?
Add comment May 29th, 2009
