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By on 5.28.09 @ 3:14PM

One other point about Sotomayor's comment: it illustrates the extent to which the logic of racial/ethnic identity politics can cause people to say or think things they would clearly recognize as racist in other contexts. If changing the words "Latina" and "white man" around would change your view of the sentence, then perhaps it is time to examine some of your assumptions.

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edward del colle| 5.28.09 @ 4:49PM

amidst this desiderata, it should come to mind about this nominee what other commentators have relayed concerning justice holmes' who when cheered on to do justice in a certain matter remarked that he was not here to do justice but to apply the law! sort of the difference between lightening and lightening bug!

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Word to the Wise — ButAsForMe links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

point about Sotomayor’s comment: it illustrates the extent to which the logic of racial/ethnic identity politics can cause people to say or think things they would clearly recognize … → Read full article… Word to the Wise Related Post: Greg Hengler: Krauthammer: Sotomayor’s Nomination Centers On ‘Identity Politics’ & Empathetic Justice Sotomayor the Wise Black designers dissed by…

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A Sotomayor core dump links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…in a more robust way than our current jurisprudence tends to—and in those types of cases a wise entrepreneur might be equipped to make a better decision. On a related note, I find the “ what if a white man said that?” move incredibly grating about 99 percent of the time it’s used, because it’s almost always a way of blotting out all the reasons that it would, in fact, be different. In the…

Pingback| 5.30.09 @ 11:11PM

Judge Sotomayor: Julian Sanchez gets it right | NMissCommentor links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…are better, but because there are facets of the situation they’ll more easily comprehend that might not be as obvious to someone with a different experience. On a related note, I find the “ what if a white man said that?” move incredibly grating about 99 percent of the time it’s used, because it’s almost always a way of blotting out all the reasons that it would, in fact, be different. In the instance, it would be…

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Jim Antle And Daniel Larison Have A Conversation « Around The Sphere links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…for it.  That is reason enough to oppose her confirmation without dredging up the racism charge.  After all, to paraphrase John Adams, we ought to be a nation of laws and not of wise latina women. Jim Antle follows up: Okay, here is how a reversal of the statement would read: “I would hope that a wise white man with the richness of his experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a Latina who…

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