Quote of the Day...

"Our experiences as men and Anglo-Saxons affect our decisions. I would hope that a wise white man with the richness of his experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a Latino woman who hasn't lived that life."

If I made that quote in public, I can only imagine the outcry that would result. I would be ridiculed and harassed for being racist, sexist and part of the unfair "oppression" in this country. So how does a person get to say those words and rise to the top of their profession? I'm not sure, but rest assured there is a double standard at work in our society. Any white, Christian man in Congress that makes a quote like that will be resigning the next day. The same is true for any school system administrator or teacher, community leader, or even the postmaster for crying out loud.

But our latest nominee for Supreme Court Justice gets to make that statement, and be congratulated for it. Here is the quote, "Our experiences as women and people of color affect our decisions. 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."-Sonia Sotomayor.

Make no mistake, she will be appointed with little opposition, because who can speak out against her without being branded a racist? A brilliant political move by President Obama, and a continuing result of the past election, but the fact remains that we are still an oppressive and racist nation no matter who happens to be on the receiving end. Until we are strong enough to stand up to this kind of divisive talk and correctly label it, we will simply be subject to the pendulum swinging back and forth instead of fixing the true issues in our hearts.