Blog # 22

Sotomayor was nominated for appointment to the US supreme Court by President Barack Obama in May of 2009. Her nomination was confirmed by the US Senate in August of 2009, she was the third female justice on the US SUpreme Court. She was also the second jurist to be nominated by a President. She was the first Hispanic woman, being a minoirty woman brings some level of discrimination. This discrimination was also brought on because she was a womanof power. When people think of her it is becasue she was hispanic and a women. She knew that she was looked at ont he basis of sterotypes and not on her work ethic. Her ethnicity and gender also made people believe that she would not be able to put aside her own personal biases with her judgments. She made sure that she said that she does not believe that any ethnic, racial, or gender group done not have an advantage in sound judgment. Many times Republican senators would confront her regarding remarks from her speeches, but she would point out her judical record and she made sure that she never let her own life experiences or opinions influence her decisions. Harsh allegations made against Sotomayor that have surfaced includes the most talked about which would be that she is a racist woman. Sotomayor makes sure that she assures the public that ethnicity does not give one group a greater ability to make sound judgments. Sotomayor seems to threaten the historical norm of white male power; if SOtomayor had been a white male chnces of any allegations would be slim to none. Her biggest problem is that she is a hispanic woman, if she was a white male or even possibly a white female she would not be getting talked about but unfortunatly we still have racism within the government.