http://womensvoicesforchange.org/sotomayor-buzz-week-two-media-sexism-times-ten.htm Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:40:09 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://womensvoicesforchange.org/sotomayor-buzz-week-two-media-sexism-times-ten.htm/comment-page-1#comment-4668 The Presidential Blog » Blog Archive » Talking about race Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:51:46 +0000 http://womensvoicesforchange.org/?p=7050#comment-4668 [...] Now I don’t intend to wade directly into a blog on the candidacy or the vetting of Sotomayor – but ten points to all those who foresaw this turn in this posting when I started citing Dred Scott. The two Supreme Court rulings I detailed stood out for me in the exhibit as particularly egregious, not because there weren’t equally brutal examples of racial injustice on display but because these were opinions of our Supreme Court, where one would hope to see the brightest and the best. Perhaps the authors of these opinions were the brightest and best legal scholars of their eras. If so, one would have to remind oneself yet again that no one can see but with the spectacles and blinders of his or her era. Well, in this case, “his” era. (For a blog that highlights the gendered landscape of the debate about Sotomayor’s candidacy, see the posting by Diane Vacca at http://womensvoicesforchange.org/sotomayor-buzz-week-two-media-sexism-times-ten.htm.) [...] [...] Now I don’t intend to wade directly into a blog on the candidacy or the vetting of Sotomayor – but ten points to all those who foresaw this turn in this posting when I started citing Dred Scott. The two Supreme Court rulings I detailed stood out for me in the exhibit as particularly egregious, not because there weren’t equally brutal examples of racial injustice on display but because these were opinions of our Supreme Court, where one would hope to see the brightest and the best. Perhaps the authors of these opinions were the brightest and best legal scholars of their eras. If so, one would have to remind oneself yet again that no one can see but with the spectacles and blinders of his or her era. Well, in this case, “his” era. (For a blog that highlights the gendered landscape of the debate about Sotomayor’s candidacy, see the posting by Diane Vacca at http://womensvoicesforchange.org/sotomayor-buzz-week-two-media-sexism-times-ten.htm.) [...]

]]> http://womensvoicesforchange.org/sotomayor-buzz-week-two-media-sexism-times-ten.htm/comment-page-1#comment-4630 Rita@Goldivas Sun, 07 Jun 2009 13:16:07 +0000 http://womensvoicesforchange.org/?p=7050#comment-4630 I think women need to let their congresspersons know our feelings about this. I think women need to let their congresspersons know our feelings about this.

]]> http://womensvoicesforchange.org/sotomayor-buzz-week-two-media-sexism-times-ten.htm/comment-page-1#comment-4541 WMC News Brief: Twitter, Roeder, Meira Kumar - Majority Post Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:46:07 +0000 http://womensvoicesforchange.org/?p=7050#comment-4541 [...] Sotomayor Buzz, Week Two: Media Sexism Times Ten 6/2/09 Women’s Voices for Change: Everybody’s saying she was chosen because she’s both a woman and Hispanic. Nobody’s mentioning that she went to Princeton, where she graduated Summa cum Laude, and that from there she went to Yale Law, where she made the Law Review. [...] [...] Sotomayor Buzz, Week Two: Media Sexism Times Ten 6/2/09 Women’s Voices for Change: Everybody’s saying she was chosen because she’s both a woman and Hispanic. Nobody’s mentioning that she went to Princeton, where she graduated Summa cum Laude, and that from there she went to Yale Law, where she made the Law Review. [...]

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