Sotomayor, Obama and the Legitimization of Racism

Canada Free Press ^ | June 2, 2009 | Daniel Greenfield

[Zakeet]

I would hope that a wise White man with the richness of his experience would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a Latina woman who hasn’t lived that life.

Had any previous Supreme Court nominee made such a statement, he would have been tarred and feathered throughout the press and in public life for making such a blatantly racist statement. But Sotomayor’s inverse version of the remark was treated not only as normal but even praiseworthy.

Sotomayor’s comment was not merely a racist remark. It would have been far less dangerous and problematic if she had merely recited some sort of stereotype showcasing her own stupidity and prejudices. Instead she made the one statement no judge can be permitted to make, she expressed the belief that certain people, based on race and gender, are more fit to issue rulings than others.

This belief, that some races and genders are more fit to rule, hold authority and voice their views than others, is the heart of political discrimination. It is a belief that the 14th, 15th and 19th amendments existed to strike down.

If Sotomayor is placed on the Supreme Court, she will have to issue rulings for a nation that derives its existence from the Declaration of Independence, a document which states all people are created equal, a premise she clearly does not believe in. Nor should anyone expect a member of the racist La Raza (The Race) organization to believe it, anymore than we would expect a member of the KKK to do so either. The difference of course is that La Raza has been legitimized because it is a racist group composed of a racial minority. And that same legitimization of minority racism is at the heart of the defense for Sotomayor’s own racist statement.

[Zakeet]

Sotomayor’s nomination represents everything that is wrong with the Social Liberal exploitation of race, a reality that can best be summed up by a press that has devoted 99 percent of its coverage to celebrating her “historic accomplishment”, the only thing historic about it again involves race, and 1 percent to actually talking about her rulings and positions. That is the triumph of diversity over qualification, and it is the opposite of what the Founding Fathers intended.

[Tarpon]

Bigots, insults to American Jurisprudence.

[paulycy]

The GOP needs to take a vocal and firm stand against the racial and racist elements of all the left’s positions. A perfect place is start is with Sotomayor’s record.

Gee, I can’t wait until they get started... /s

[junta]

Pat Buchanon reminded me of a phrase that Bob Dole used to describe a race wacko the Clinton’s tried to foist upon us, “Quota Queen.”

[DHC-2]

Racism is OK if you are in that race. (Sounds like a very simple statement, but think about it).

[Kent C]

Obama could not have gotten as far as he did, if American society had not been primed with the idea that color is a legitimate reason to support a candidate when it is expressed as “positive racism”, or that racial loyalty in politics is unacceptable among the majority, but laudable among minorities.

This is why it was no big deal for 95% Black voting for Obama. Imagine if the white vote for a white candidate even approached those numbers.

The telling part in the above statement is "society has been _primed_ with the idea..." This is why public education, that is supported by both the Left and (stupidly) by the Right, is the most effective and efficient tool of the Socialists in our society. It does 'exactly' what is intended - to 'prime' kids with Marxist ideas and it has been a huge success! and would be the envy of Joseph Goebbels.

[Right Wing Assault]

So, an hispanic factory worker could say he will only hire hispanics since he and they share a set of experiences and attitudes toward work that are better than those of black or white workers.

And, of course, the white guy would not be allowed to do a similar thing, but the black guy would.