Sonia Sotomayor 0, white people 1

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Originally Posted by Tribesman

If it was a statement directed at you then I would have used your words and been responding to your words, as I didn't use your words then it isn't directed at you.

The first quote is mine and would suggest the second is also, unless one were to scan back to find the source.

The Sotomayor quote, in or out of context, is racist, but I'm not calling her a racist. She should have left it as "the richness of her life experience" leaving race and gender out, unless race and gender was her point, thereby making the statement racist.

• Main Entry: rac·ism
• Pronunciation: \ˈrā-ˌsi-zəm also -ˌshi-\
• Function: noun
• Date: 1933

1 : a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race
2 : racial prejudice or discrimination
— rac·ist \-sist also -shist\ noun or adjective


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