Quote Originally Posted by apb View Post
At least get the whole quote so you can see it in context and make an informed descision:

"Our gender and national origins may and will make a difference in our judging. Justice O'Connor has often been cited as saying that a wise old man and wise old woman will reach the same conclusion in deciding cases. I am also not so sure that I agree with the statement. First, as Professor [Martha] Minnow has noted, there can never be a universal definition of wise. Second, 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." [U.C. Berkeley School of Law, 10/26/2001]

Andrew
Andrew.....the WHOLE quote does not change the POINT I was making.

Had a white man said the following:

"I would hope that a wise White man with the richness of his experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a hispanic female who hasn't prospered as much in life."

He would be called a RACIST.......

EVEN if this was put into the SAME context as SotoPsycho put it, he would have been run out of town.

Later,

Geo