It was
great to see Gwen Ifill on "This Week" she made an excellent point:
"I've
spent the last year talking to a lot of people who got elected -- black elected
officials -- for a book, and all of them talked about 'identity politics,'"
Ifill explained. "They defined it as being part of what you are, but not all of
what you are. And I think that's what the defenders of Sonia Sotomayor are
trying to say. Which is that her point was, yes, what she is, and what we all
are, shapes us. But it's not all that shapes you.
"I
always try to take arguments like this and turn them on their heads. And I never
hear people say that for a white male that it's identity politics if he is
shaped by his white maleness, and by the things that affected his life, and
whether privilege affected his life. That's never considered to be a negative.
"It's
only considered to be a negative when ethnicity is involved, or race is
involved, or gender is involved." (h/t washingtonmonthly)
The folks
on the Conservative right are showing their true "colors" pun intended. Their
reaction to Sonia Sotomayor's nomination is disturbing, but not surprising. They
are stooping so low and this will hurt their party in the long run.
It's sad
that there is still so much racism and gender bias in the political arena. We
still have a long way to go and much to learn about ourselves as a Nation.
I wish
that more of the media would be as outspoken and truthful as Gwen Ifill. Tell it
like it really is and let the public deal with it.
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