Blatant racism from the next Supreme Court Justice

In a 2001 speech entitled "A Latina Judge's Voice," Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor said she hopes that "a 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." Obama Press Secretary Robert Gibbs adhered us to read the entire speech in order to get the "full context" of what she was trying to say. Let me just thank Secretary Gibbs for the suggestion, because after reading the speech (click here to read it in its entirety), I am even more outraged that she is even being considered for a life-long appointment to the highest court in the land.

The funniest thing is that a full reading does not make her statement any less offensive. Rather, it makes it worse. She meant it exactly how it reads - that women brought up in Latino families are better judges than their white male counterparts. Late in the speech she appeals to the male students in the audience: "For men lawyers, what areas in your experiences and attitudes do you need to work on to make you capable of reaching those great moments of enlightenment which other men in different circumstances have been able to reach." Read it again. She said that men need to work on their attitudes in order to make themselves capabale of being enlightened. Seriously, those are her words. I'm not distorting, taking them out of context, or leaving anything out.

Need I even ask what would happen if Samuel Alito would have admonished women to work on their attitudes in order to make them capable of enlightenment? Or that white male judges come to better conclusions than female hispanic ones? He would likely be arrested in his first confirmation hearing. But unfortunately Obama and Sotomayor will likely get a pass.