Posted on 04/22/2014 5:49:15 PM PDT by Mandingo Conservative
Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s fierce defense of the affirmative action efforts like the ones that helped move her from a Bronx housing project to the upper echelons of American law found renewed voice Tuesday in an impassioned dissent that accused colleagues of trying to “wish away” racial inequality — and drew a tart response from Chief Justice John G. Roberts
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By that logic should the order in line be by percentage of your racial makeup and if your related in any way to the impacted party?
Obama is 50% white of an old America family and 50% non white first generation. .so by blood he 50 % guilty oppressor and 50% of a non victim...so how does he go in front of a first generation anyone of any race makeup?
this country is going to require decades to reduce minority racism. they now believe they are always entitled to it.
And government institutionalized reverse racism policies exacerbate racial animosity ... but pitting segments of the population against each other is standard commie fare.
I would think most minorities elevated to positions beyond their competence must know that most non-minorities have no respect for them. As they would for anybody, white or black, given something they were not competent to perform. Like the CEO of a major corporation handing the reins to his oldest kid. Anybody working in that corporation would have a deep distrust of the son of the CEO.
What do you expect from an Affirmative Action Justice appointed by an Affirmative Action POTUS? Look at the “top echelon” of USA government today. Obama/Holder/Sotomayor, and on and on. There’s simply no excuse, however, for Joe Biden.
I saw a video clip of Sotomayor talking with one of the muppets on Sesame Street, and her explanation was that she solved problems by giving her opinion. It seems to me that Senora Sotomayor believes in making decisions based on her liberal gut, not what the Constitution actually has to say.
Blacks and others have been on this planet as long as whites. There is no such thing as racial inequality. Whites dont have to help blacks or anyone. Its a communist hate filled guilt trip.
Argue like a ghetto Latino, Latina, whatever - be treated like one.
We’d be remiss in not pointing out there were laws explicitly designed at Black exclusion in this country. The problem is that you cannot make up for what was done in the past by then turning around and discriminating against the majority color (White), which also discriminates against Asians (who themselves were also targeted with racial laws in the past). What the left won’t accept is that, at this point, we’ll never move past racism if they keep infusing race in every issue. Doing away with racial preferences entirely and judging the individual solely on merit (not on things they have no control over, such as race or gender) is the only equitable way to go.
Again...
I see clearly now just what the left and people like Sharpton are doing.
They’re saying blacks are dumber than owl-sh**.
No other way around it.
Affirmative action.
Lower all test to accommodate blacks.
To lazy to get IDs...only for voting.
How long will it take for blacks to wake up?
If I were black I would be so embarrassed being taken for fools.
She and the race baiters will never be satisfied and will go to their graves pointing fingers and declaiming the inequity of race.
Never mind she, a Hispanic: Thomas, a black; Ginsberg, a Jew; and what's her name, the supposed lesbian, all sit on the highest court in the land.
Of nine justices, 1 is black-about 12 to 14 % of the population; Sotomeyer, about 16-18% of the population; Ginsberg, about 4 to 7 % of the population; and what's her name, about 2-4% of the population (and rising, due to activism).
Not good at math, but doesn't that make about 45% of the high court consist of minorities?
They would not be satisfied if 100% were minorities.
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We had a white computer network nerd manager - she was an idiot with a capitol I-D-I-O-T!
We had several people of different races who had to work for this DA! The reason she was in the position that she occupied was because she slept with one of the upper managers and managed to complete an IT exam! The DA had never actually put her hands on a computer network - PERIOD!
Everyone knew she was a ditz! Everyone hated her for her “skills” to obtain her position! Everyone hated her for her incompetence! Everyone hated her - including the manager that she slept with!
Race had NOTHING to do with the hatred! It was strictly on the facts that she was a post turtle, and everyone knew it! The first time that she screwed the pooch, she was terminated with GREAT prejudice! That includes from the home/bed of the manager with whom she originally slept! LOL!
Sorry, oh quota supreme court justice, but your argument proves the point that quota selectees just don’t cut it.
You belong in the senate, along with the other simple minded crooks incapable of producing anything useful.
I thought she was supposed to be following the Constitution, not making a personal wish list become law.
Did I miss something?
* If you are afraid that others will take away your vote, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - you might be a racist.
* If you claim that the potential loss of your vote is due to greed, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - you might be a racist.
* If you don’t get your way all the time, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -then you might be a racist.
* If you say that someone is a racist, and do NOT back it up with facts, - - - - - - - - - - - - you just might be a racist.
In today’s age, I can’t imagine a state school turning any student away because of skin color....with the acception of Asians who achieve at a higher rate then their numbers dictate. That’s the irony....keepp affirmative action in place and deny asian minorites....as well as whites of course. The world is upside down as this crazy judge clearly demonstrates. By the way, why is diversity always spoke about in terms of skin color. Maybe we should have a law to get more conservatives on campus. Or, perhaps we need more vegetarians or meat eaters or football fans or knitting junkies. The point is, it’s all silliness!!! Let those in who qualify. Period. End of story.
In all seriousness, the Progressive movement doeesn’t have a ‘racial’ beef with modern America. They have a beef with 1800’s America and Jim-Crow America. The only problem is both of those eras are long gone and nobody alive today had anything to do woth those eras and only the oldest amongst us suffered from the Jim Crowe era. The bottom line is: “It’s over.” There is no one left to punish and no living who suffered. It’s like still being mad a Britain for the revolution. Let it go. It has no meaning anymore....to anyone accept the haters and the losers and the excuse makers.
History should never be forgotten, of course, but it’s time to acknowledge that the need for affirmative action is just that.....history.
JustUs Sortamejor prefers affirmative action which discriminates against those who do not belong to a protected class.
She isn’t qualified to sit on a Bronx traffic court. It is an outrage that she sits on the highest court in the land. She should count herself lucky and shut up.
Sonia is one ugly broad. I’ll bet her mother fed her with a slingshot.
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