In regards to Sotomayor...I don't think she is the best candidate for the Democrats. She has way too many rulings that swing against her.
We should hope she's not the best candidate "for the Democrats" ... she's being nominated for the Supreme Court, which we don't want ruled by politics (even though it will certainly have some influence). Instead, we should consider whether she's a good candidate "for the nation".
Lastly, I think it sends a mental image that somehow minorities (I hate that term...but for argument sake I use it!) are not as intelligent as whites and thus must be given special privilges to balance the playing field. This sends us all the way back to the dark ages of the infamous 'Bell Curve' study. That idea does not sit well with me at all.
Applying the situation solely to one of "intelligence" would be erroneous though ... while I do not like the need for such measures, the system was (and still is) biased against racial and ethnic minorities. In a recent study, it was found that white applicants with a felony conviction were more likely to receive a call-back for a job than black applicants without a felony conviction (the disparity was even more significant when like convictions were compared) ... this has a significant impact on job opportunity - affecting income, which then affects educational opportunity for children ... serving to reinforce stereotypes (such as intellectual ability) and continuing the cycle of racial discrimination.
We have to break the cycle somehow.
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