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Sotomayor and the Sexist, Racist Media
July 15, 2009
(Stopbigmedia)“Hispanic chick lady,” “an angry woman,” “a brown woman,” “this broad.”
Demeaning? Check. Sexist? Check. Racist? Check.
Do these descriptions help the public evaluate Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor as she faces her Senate confirmation hearing? Of course not. Yet the mainstream media have routinely spouted and parroted demeaning, sexist and racist language about Sotomayor instead of providing us with any substantive context or background about the judge.