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Old 04-23-2014, 11:29 AM   #2
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Originally Posted by Jim in CT View Post
Justice Sotomayor once belonged to a Hispanic advocacy group called "La Raza", which means "The Race". Not "a" race among many, but "the" race. The one race, the one that matters the most to her. She claims that Clarence Thomas doesn't understand racial bias as well as she does. And she'll be on that court until I'm 85 years old.
Actually it's intended to mean "the people" and is a non-profit, bi-partisan group that works for Hispanic advocacy.

Probably modeled after the Black Panthers.

At least Sotomayor is honest about how she was able to benefit from Affirmative Action. Thomas's by contrast is quite contradictory.

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