re: #99 Charles

Sotomayor is not a “racist.”

This talking point is overheated and false, and more importantly — it’s a losing strategy. You only hurt yourself by insisting on it.

Actually, she might be a racist (versus a bigot) in this instance. The definition of racist is the belief in the superiority of one race over another. She thinks she can come to a better conclusion on things because she is Hispanic and not white. That would seem to be a feeling of superiority in her race versus the white race. Hence, she is, in this instance, a racist. The term “racist” is bandied about when it shouldn’t be; most of the time the word should be “bigot”. She isn’t a bigot. She is a racist.