It was a comment made to impress the radical La Raza organization with her commitment to "the cause". Does she believe it? Was it a cynical political play to win friends in the organization and in wider political circles? Either way, the strategy certainly seems to have worked.
On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 12:56 PM, Michael D wrote: > > http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2009/05/26_sotomayor.shtml > > Personally I think that this is a little hubris and misspeaking on the part > of judge Sotomayor. She's using herself as the "wise Latina woman" with a > rich experience and comparing it to 'just someone else' who happens to not > be like her. I think she's using "hasn't lived that life" to mean 'has less > of a rich experience'. That's what I would hope as someone of her learning > and position would not be denegrating others based on race, gender, or > difference of (rich) experience. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:297914 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
