“Race matters because of the slights, the snickers, the silent judgements that reinforce that most crippling of thoughts: ‘I do not belong here.’” Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote that in her opinion of the Michigan affirmative action case.
The National Review said her opinion was “legally illiterate.” The Review, according to today’s Times, then said Justice Sotomayor’s opinion was “a case study in the moral and legal corrosion that inevitably results from elevating ethnic-identity politics over the law.”
Really?
Really?
And what is it when five justices say it’s ok to mention Christ on the cross in prayers at public meetings? Or when they say that pre-clearance under the Voting Rights Act is no longer necessary when states suppress voting? Or when they rule in “Citizens United” that corporations and PACs can give unlimited political contributions? We don’t think of race and background when white guys do it. (And yes, Clarence Thomas is a white guy deep down.)
In case you are wondering what the term “institutional racism” means, look at the current majority on the Supreme Court. You can figure it out.
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