Thread: Sotomayor 'La Raza member'

Sonia Sotomayor 'La Raza member'American Bar Association lists Obama choice as part of group

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Posted: May 27, 2009
11:20 pm Eastern


By Joe Kovacs
© 2009 WorldNetDaily




As President Obama's Supreme Court nominee comes under heavy fire for allegedly being a "racist," Judge Sonia Sotomayor is listed as a member of the National Council of La Raza, a group that's promoted driver's licenses for illegal aliens, amnesty programs, and no immigration law enforcement by local and state police.

According the American Bar Association, Sotomayor is a member of the NCLR, which bills itself as the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the U.S.

Meaning "the Race," La Raza also has connections to groups that advocate the separation of several southwestern states from the rest of America.

Over the past two days, Sotomayor has been heavily criticized for her racially charged statement: "I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experience would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life."

The remark was actually made during a 2001 speech at the University of California's Berkeley School of Law. The lecture was published the following year in the Berkeley La Raza Law Journal.

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The comment is being zeroed in on by voices from the political right.

"I'm not saying she's a racist, but the statement sure is," columnist Ann Coulter said on ABC's "Good Morning America."



"Imagine a judicial nominee said 'my experience as a white man makes me better than a latina woman,'" blogged former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga. "Wouldn't they have to withdraw? New racism is no better than old racism. A white man racist nominee would be forced to withdraw. Latina woman racist should also withdraw."

Radio's Rush Limbaugh noted, "And the libs of course say that minorities cannot be racists because they don't have the power to implement their racism. Well, those days are gone because reverse racists certainly do have the power to implement their power. Obama is the greatest living example of a reverse racist, and now he's appointed one. ..."

But others are suggesting Sotomayor's racial views will have little impact on her confirmation to the bench.

"She's gonna get confirmed. Get out of the way of the truck," political analyst Dick Morris said tonight on Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor."

Host Bill O'Reilly responded, "The core conservative person ... does not understand that the GOP is shrinking and needs to expand."

The NCLR is applauding the Obama for his selection of Sotomayor.

"Today is a monumental day for Latinos. Finally, we see ourselves represented on the highest court in the land," said Janet Murguia, NCLR's president and CEO.

La Raza also praised former President George W. Bush for nominating Alberto Gonzales to succeed John Ashcroft as attorney general.

As WND previously reported, La Raza was condemned in 2007 by former U.S. Rep. Charles Norwood, R-Ga., as a radical "pro-illegal immigration lobbying organization that supports racist groups calling for the secession of the western United States as a Hispanic-only homeland."

Norwood urged La Raza to renounce its support of the Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan – which sees "the Race" as part of an ethnic group that one day will reclaim Aztlan, the mythical birthplace of the Aztecs. In Chicano folklore, Aztlan includes California, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and parts of Colorado and Texas.

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Wouldn't this seem to legally constitute a potential conflict of interest?

Laraza is heavily mexican. I doubt they'll be able to strong arm her, since she is puerto rican. It should get very interesting if laraza pushes for mexicans over others, I don't think Sotomayor would put up with it.

Originally Posted by miguelina

Laraza is heavily mexican. I doubt they'll be able to strong arm her, since she is puerto rican. It should get very interesting if laraza pushes for mexicans over others, I don't think Sotomayor would put up with it.

they are both hispanic though.
look at that moron geraldo, hes puerto rican. looks who he sides with all the time

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Originally Posted by jamesw62

Originally Posted by miguelina

Laraza is heavily mexican. I doubt they'll be able to strong arm her, since she is puerto rican. It should get very interesting if laraza pushes for mexicans over others, I don't think Sotomayor would put up with it.

they are both hispanic though.
look at that moron geraldo, hes puerto rican. looks who he sides with all the time

Yes, but look deeper. Puerto ricans are not mexicans, nor guatelamans, nor peruvians, etc. Puerto ricans are also all legal. The separate groups may be united for now, but not for long. Other hispanics are angry at the preferential treatment demanded by and given to mexicans.

Wasn't there a post recently that bemoaned the fact that Sotomayor's job should have been given to a mexican? Mexicans want to keep their supermajority in the US, make no mistake about that.

Originally Posted by miguelina

Originally Posted by jamesw62

Originally Posted by miguelina

Laraza is heavily mexican. I doubt they'll be able to strong arm her, since she is puerto rican. It should get very interesting if laraza pushes for mexicans over others, I don't think Sotomayor would put up with it.

they are both hispanic though.
look at that moron geraldo, hes puerto rican. looks who he sides with all the time

Yes, but look deeper. Puerto ricans are not mexicans, nor guatelamans, nor peruvians, etc. Puerto ricans are also all legal. The separate groups may be united for now, but not for long. Other hispanics are angry at the preferential treatment demanded by and given to mexicans.

Wasn't there a post recently that bemoaned the fact that Sotomayor's job should have been given to a mexican? Mexicans want to keep their supermajority in the US, make no mistake about that.

SO TRUE! Also, Puert Rican papers are HIGHLY in demand because the surnames are already Hispanic!

What race?

Hispanics are such an unpure race just like the rest of us but with a different mix.

If they are trying to claim to be the descendents of the ancient Indian tribes, it something to laugh at. Those people are long gone and can't claim anything. That holds true for the indeginous peoples of Puerto Rico. Thus, this La Raza thing is a joke. That shuts them up for good.