Sonia Sotomayor and her "Wise Latina" comments

[Yoshario]

I don't think it was that racist. If it was so racist, how come the media didn't bitch about it when she said it eight years ago?

 

[Weasel]

The media is only bitching about it now because she's a female minority in a position of power. Had she never been appointed, we'd hear nothing of it.

 

[Snowstalker]

Did anyone else here actually watch the speech? She explained that it was a misunderstanding.

 

[Mr. I]

as someone who is hspanic myself I found it in awful taste. If a white guy said the same thing, his career would be over. The same should go for anyone else.

 

[ShyGuy27]

as someone who is hspanic myself I found it in awful taste. If a white guy said the same thing, his career would be over. The same should go for anyone else.

Silly person, don't you know the rules of racism? It's fine to be racist as long as it's against your own race.

 

[Smiddle]

Racism is when you believe that some 'races' (or ethnicities) are more superior than others. That's the true definition of racism. I don't know what this woman has said, but if it doesn't match the previously mentioned criteria, it is not racism.

 

[Weasel]

I don't know what this woman has said, but if it doesn't match the previously mentioned criteria, it is not racism.

"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."

 

[Smiddle]

That's NOT racism.

 

[ShyGuy27]

I don't know what this woman has said, but if it doesn't match the previously mentioned criteria, it is not racism.

"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."

Wait, people are getting pissed about THAT? My god, our society is waaaay too touchy.

 

[Smiddle]

I don't know what this woman has said, but if it doesn't match the previously mentioned criteria, it is not racism.

"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."

Wait, people are getting pissed about THAT? My god, our society is waaaay too touchy.

You don't say. Over here, you're called a racist as fast as you know of a very simple and fully feasible way to dramatically reduce crime rates.

 

[SmartGuy]

as someone who is hspanic myself I found it in awful taste. If a white guy said the same thing, his career would be over. The same should go for anyone else.

Silly person, don't you know the rules of racism? It's fine to be racist as long as it's against your own race.

:/

 

[Smiddle]

as someone who is hspanic myself I found it in awful taste. If a white guy said the same thing, his career would be over. The same should go for anyone else.

Silly person, don't you know the rules of racism? It's fine to be racist as long as it's against your own race.

:/

Actually it's true. I mean, black people use the N-word as a greeting, almost.