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13 Jun 2009, 4:33 pm
Apparently, she is not a frightening, man-hating, firery, angry, Latina she-judge after all.For more reading on the firery Latina trope, see: Scalia v. [read post]
12 Jun 2009, 3:37 am
Martha Minow Chosen as Harvard Law School Dean Sotomayor: In Her Own Words, on Tape The Palin Paradox: Women More Likely to be Elected in Male-Dominated Districts Adams: 'Wise Latina' Line Had a Point, and Not a Racist One A Study in Why Major Law Firms are Shrinking Odd Woman Out Get a Life? [read post]
11 Jun 2009, 12:13 pm
This interest was sparked, of course, by the fuss over Judge Sotomayor’s remark in a speech eight years ago about how a “wise Latina woman” might judge. [read post]
11 Jun 2009, 9:37 am
Much contention has come from a quote by Sotamayor, often taken out of context, stating that she "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". [read post]
11 Jun 2009, 7:06 am
Like everyone else, I've been following the kerfuffle around "the wise Latina" remark. [read post]
10 Jun 2009, 3:53 am
What about the "wise Latina" line, though? [read post]
10 Jun 2009, 12:27 am
"... a vestige of the bad old days of male-bashing feminism when even the doughty Ann Richards was saying to the 1988 Democratic National Convention: 'After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. [read post]
9 Jun 2009, 10:44 am
And she has used on more than one occasion a version of the “wise Latina” line that she has spent much of this week trying to explain. [read post]
8 Jun 2009, 11:51 am
" Over at Gawker, our former co-blogger Alex Pareene writes: "Now she is on crutches, so she will probably say that crippled Latinas are way wiser than dumb white men, any day now. [read post]
8 Jun 2009, 11:37 am
She is not some feisty Latina who spends all of her money on shoes and Salsa dancing, you racist fucks. [read post]
7 Jun 2009, 11:53 pm
Despite my own warning to ignore such nonsense, I've been thinking a bit about Judge Sotomayor's "wise Latina" remark. [read post]
7 Jun 2009, 6:53 am
However the card is played -- whether Sotomayor is labeled a racist or painted as an angry Latina who makes unfair charges of racism -- it won't give the conservative faithful a winning hand. [read post]
7 Jun 2009, 1:19 am
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6 Jun 2009, 8:06 am
This week it was reported that Judge Sotomayor has made several speeches in which she suggested that a "wise Latina woman," or simply a "wise woman," would make different or... [read post]
6 Jun 2009, 6:24 am
Her criminal law positions (particularly her Fourth Amendment views) seem a bit too pro-government for my tastes - perhaps even more so than David Souter, who she would replace.I'd personally hoped Obama would look outside the federal appellate courts for a nominee: The current members of SCOTUS all basically have the same bio, and Sotomayor's life experience as a Latina from Brooklyn hardly trumps her life experience at Princeton, Yale, and as a functionary in the federal… [read post]
5 Jun 2009, 9:45 pm
Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that "Speeches reveal more about Sotomayor's thoughts on race; The Senate Judiciary Committee receives a file on the Supreme Court nominee's life from Princeton onward; She has spoken on other occasions of ethnic identity and her hopes about 'wise Latina' judges. [read post]
5 Jun 2009, 8:44 pm
"Latina pride presents challenge and opportunity for Sotomayor": Michael Doyle of McClatchy Newspapers has this report. [read post]
5 Jun 2009, 12:24 pm
A wise Latina, with the richness of her experience, does not buy overpriced wedding baubles for ex-clerks. 3. [read post]
5 Jun 2009, 12:00 pm
Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor has said that a "wise Latina woman" would make better choices than a white male judge. [read post]
5 Jun 2009, 9:49 am
And, most importantly, is she -- as a wise Latina woman -- better equipped that the old, white Leahy to pick the Next Top Grandchild?? [read post]
