| Sqrl said: Since much of the context has been added now I'll add the entire paragraph the quote is from: "Whether born from experience or inherent physiological or cultural differences, a possibility I abhor less or discount less than my colleague Judge Cedarbaum, our gender and national origins may and will make a difference in our judging. Justice O’Connor has often been cited as saying that a wise old man and wise old woman will reach the same conclusion in deciding cases. I am not so sure Justice O’Connor is the author of that line since Professor Resnik attributes that line to Supreme Court Justice Coyle. I am also not so sure that I agree with the statement. First, as Professor Martha Minnow has noted, there can never be a universal definition of wise. Second, 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." I actually think it is more damning in context than out of context but I wanted to get try and get some non-partisan reaction from it first. Like I said before not having the full context means any initial reaction doesn't necessarily transfer directly anyways but it was still interesting...to me at least =P |
Yea, worse in context.
This is definitely racist. (and slightly sexist).
Edit: And slightly stupid, being she is going to need the votes of a bunch of old white men to be confirmed.
