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Does the fact that Sonia Sotomayor holds membership in La Raza have any significance to you?

Sonia Sotomayor 'La Raza member' American Bar Association lists Obama Choice as Part of Group 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. 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. http://wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=99420

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LOL...World Net Daily? Got to do better than that...
yes, it is significant and another reason to question her capability to judge fairly in cases that may include race.
She is a socialist activist. Does it surprise anyone that Obama would choose someone like her?
The WND also says soy makes kids gay.
Reverse racism isn't a word .It's the right winger only hope of manufacturing a outrage for their base over a none issue .Look president Obama and the Democrats knew exactly what the racist conservative would do in his nominating Judge Sotomayer they knew this would be the Gift that keep on giving because the republicans conservatives can not help themselves in degrading women and minorities in this country which further alienate these demographics in 2010 & 2012.I personally like to thank Limbaugh Hanithy and all of the other right winger who have degraded this Hispanic woman in her quest to become the only latino woman to sit on the supreme court bench .The radical conservatives is truly the Gift that keep on giving .
It means she puts hispanics above Anglos and African Americans. Anyone who wants to just say "oh its WND so I can pretend its not real" better look at the primary source. ABA.
No. Regardless if you're white, black, green or purple. You're going to take your life experience with you. It's just a nomination. You guys keep bringing race up. Look at her record for yourself not from Boss Rush, Hannity etc. etc. Do your own research. You guys have your panties in a bunch. It's not for certain, she will get the job. <3
La Raza is a civil rights group. There is no problem with membership in that organization. The information that you have stated in your question is incorrect.
Birds of a feather flock together. True today as it's ever been. I don't think I've ever seen a flock of birds mixed of different species. I never thought of humans as birds, but that's all CHANGED.
That bugs me too. I just hope she does her job as a judge and renounces all of her pasts to these racist/pro-illegal immigration groups. FYI: If a White group formed a group called 'The Race', would they be seen as racist? Or a Black group? Or an Asian group? Or an Indian group? Or an irish gropu?
Most of the claims WND makes about NCLR, along with basically all of Norwood's attack on them, are wrong. Perhaps those attacking the group have it confused with other groups that also use "la raza" in their names. Regardless, it is not a dangerous, racist, separatist or pro-illegal group. So there's really no problem if she does belong to it.
No, now go back to your trailer, I think Alex Jones is on.
La Raza is a horrible group and only proves further that Obama is more about race than what's right for american's as a whole.
Wonderful. Strike 1 - better than white men. Strike 2 - against Conn firefighters. Strike 3 - "she sets policy" She's out! Oh wait, we're talking a Democrat here. Kindergarten rules. 5 strikes. Strike 4 - La Raza member. Strike 5 -?
So, it's only WND? How about this? Sotomayor: Racial Politics and Making Policy http://www.gopusa.com/theloft/?p=1525
World net isn't the most reliable source but here being a member doesn't bother me if it's true.
No. She is Purerto Rican. I am sure she wants her people to have equal rights 2. So McCain, Palin, Bush etc. having ties to white supremacist doesn't brother you? €
Absolutely. She has no business at all being nominated. Although, maybe she could still get some kind of cabinet appointment by Barry. Of course she would have to owe taxes and be involved in other scandals or illegal activities, those seem to be his requirements.
No. It does bother me. I am sure the whites have connections to the good ole boy's club for many years =>
No. Civil Right groups doesn't bother me. I never heard of World net, It's probably for neocons. =)
No persons in her position would NOT belong to La Raza. It's the equivalent of prominent African-Americans belonging to the NAACP. But let's be honest, this isn't a "Question," it's a political statement from an opinionated source, quoting other (sometimes outrageous) political sources. She's a judge with a record that shows she acts like a judge. If she thinks her life experience growing up in a poor Puerto Rican family in NYC gives her a broader perspective on the lives of ordinary Americans than you get among the country club set, this makes her rational, not racist.
No. La Raza is a civil right organization or group. I have to problem with that. I think the GOP need to look or attack her record not Sonia personally. X
No. =D La Raza a civil rights, not hate, group - Letters to the Editor - The ... ... "See La Raza for what it is: A hate group" (July 11, ... La Raza is not the subversive hate group suggested in the column, but a civil rights organization. www.modbee.com/opinion/letters/story/362662.html