UNIT D: BLOG 22

BLOG 22:

Sonia Sotomayor is on the Supreme Court and is an associate judge. She is not only the third female ever on the Supreme Court, but she is also the first Hispanic female on the Supreme Court. She was the top of her class at Yale and is an advocate for hiring Latino faculty. Her parents were from Puerto Rico, raised Catholic and visited Puerto Rico in the summers. Sonia has been on her path since she was the age at nine when she started to become a "work-aholic." She went go good grades, worked hard, was close with her family, and got elected to the Supreme Court. Although she did make it to a highly convented spot this nomination was thought to have been delayed. It was delayed not because of her credentials, but some people thing it is because of her gender ans ethnic background. This reasoning came from how the Republican lawmakers party has stereotypes and personal opinions about her and her ethnic background.

Sonia herself said, that because of her background, gender, and ethnicity she has been labeled. This kind of stereotyping and labeling is what we are dealing with in class. How women are breaking into this field, are just as qualified, more qualified, more harder because in most cases they have two jobs which are they public and private shpere jobs with work and family, but yet they are seen as less. These women are juggling family and work and being judged on their gender and ethnicity. Sonia said she was labeled as liberal just because she was female and Hispanic. Although some are the issues she deals with and speeches she makes are geared toward the Hispanic background and ethnicity she fights for all and just helps advocate for the Hispanic public.Sonia is a strong and powerful women that is making the new wave in the non traditional jobs for women. She is a leader and is paving the way.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/04/AR2009060403265.html