Since any experience can be a profound learning experience that gives one general insight, the interesting question has to be in what sense are the following remarks by Judge Sonia Sotomayor defensible: “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”. Interestingly, the respect in which her claim has any plausibility is also a respect in which the claim has remarkable applicability across the board, regardless of ethnicity, sex, and so forth.
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Judge Sonia Sotomayor :
The Right and Wrong of Her Remarks
Published : Sunday, 19 July 2009
