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Lessons From a Female Union Electrician
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Newt Gingrich recast the debate over Judge Sotomayor’s qualifications by playing the reverse discrimination card. It is paradoxical that his very actions support the argument of Judge Sotomayor. At the heart of what she's saying is the notion that we're all influenced by our perspectives. Our race and gender influences how we interpret things.
Let me note that Sonia Sotomayor has rendered 3,625 published opinions. Just imagine the enormity of the task that lies in front of Newt as he tries to wade through these judicial opinions. Justice Sotomayor seems to suggest that wisdom isn’t universal.
I agree. If I have never experienced the pain of childbirth then I can only empathize with a woman’s plight as she is giving birth. I will never have that perspective. It is within this context of gender that I believe Sotomayor is speaking. Wisdom when coupled with ethnicity, gender and personal life experience does not always produce identical results.
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