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Color substitution

5 June, 2009 (21:41) | Law, Politics, The Media | By: ricjames

What if we change the word to “white”?

We thought it might prove edifying to substitute the word “white’” for the words Latino/a, Hispanic, Puerto Rican and ‘people of color’ in Ms. Sotomayor’s oft-cited 2001 speech at the University of California, Berkeley.

Here are some of the highlights, posted by Steve Gilbert:

Edifying, indeed. Read the speech with the color substituted and honestly answer the question at the end. Would we even consider such a racist for the Supreme Court, or any other court in America?