Judge Sonia Sotomayor "Wise Latina" Speech, Part 1

A summary of Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor's speech about her Latina identity, which is being used to depict her as biased or reverse-racist. http://www.law.berkeley.edu/4982.htm Part Two: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRnlyc0MlQ4

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[RealNahaj]

It's not "A" speech it's numerous, and what she implied in her comment was that a latina of her background has better background for judging than the white men in the supreme court.

She says that gender and race will affect how good someone will judge - which is extremely racist, and then she pushes it further by claiming a Latino woman would be a better judge than a white male.

She's a disgrace - period.

[TremickWorld]

If you understand her speech, and the entire context, it makes sense. She herself has now admitted the phrase didn't go off well, but she has made clear how people are understanding it is not how she intended it. Her own testimony pretty much bears out my interpretation. Understanding is the thing. If you can't understand a speech and insist on applying your own interpretation to the exclusion of the intended message, that's a problem. The Republicans seem to have this problem in common.

[TeeBeeBad63]

Tremickworld, face it, you are a gullible idiot......

[TremickWorld]

Respectfully, I disagree. I prefer intellectual discussion, however much those involved might disagree, not name calling.

[OlderG0ds]

It's people like this blissfully ignorant dickhead that are destroying our once great nation.

Stupid liberals, they love to dig their own graves.

[SockPharmacy]

jawline reminds me of Glenn Quagmire. Giggidy giggidy.

[SpartyWorld]

Why are you kissing this fat beaner "wise" Latrina's ass? What's wrong with white people? They welcome their own demise, how pathetic. The USA was NOT created to be a diverse hell hole. It was made by whites for whites. Period.

[oracleofdelphrey]

We don't need multiculturalism. White people were doing a pretty good job for hundreds of years.

[austinf12345]

As I said, after hearing her explanation of the speech, I understand she believes that everyone's beliefs and actions may be limited to their previous experiences. I think she should not stand by this phrase, as it does not contribute to what I believe her overall message to be. I believe she did have good intentions with what she said in her speech, but her wise latina quote clearly had a negative impact. I consider her defense that people are misinterpreting what she said as inexcusable.

[austinf12345]

I have read her speech and heard her explanation of the now now famous "wise latina" comment. I believe I now better understand her meaning of what she said. I believe that her word choice was poor. Her quote that " 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" clearly makes a distinction between two races and the quality of the decision

[ebraco30]

Sir, so your purpose for this video is to bring out Sotomayor's past tongue hubris? Lets say she even made a very bad remark. Will you agree with me to go back in history to see who said or did what? You're complaining about a remark. Do you know how many have the right to complain about actions - actions that forfeited their humanity and reduced them to slaves, etc? But did such actions deter George Washington from becoming president? Please, lets co-exist and hug each other!

[RealNahaj]

I'd say it doesn't matter what gender you are, or what race you are from. But instead what kind of enviroment you were raised in/live in.

For example a latino female being born and raised in Beverly Hills would probably differ much less from a white male being born in the same area, than a white male being born in for example rusia.

I think her generalization of white males being all born in "easy homes" and having similiar experiences and thoughts is racist and disgraceful -

[RealNahaj]

I think most people understand what she tries to say, but the conclusion is based upon incorrect logic. It's based upon that a latino female such as herself would differ more in experience than between a white male and another white male.