Comments on: Swami Sotomayor http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/06/05/swami_sotomayor/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Manujaya http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/06/05/swami_sotomayor/comment-page-2/#comment-266923 Manujaya Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:20:38 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5809#comment-266923 <p>What a bad image ! Anyone who created this photo should be destroyed , he or she is a dog. Who are enjoying this is ,tooooooo dogs. Don't do such a things! It is very very dangerous!</p> What a bad image ! Anyone who created this photo should be destroyed , he or she is a dog. Who are enjoying this is ,tooooooo dogs. Don’t do such a things! It is very very dangerous!

]]> By: Aaron Hartley http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/06/05/swami_sotomayor/comment-page-2/#comment-244424 Aaron Hartley Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:49:10 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5809#comment-244424 <p>Jeez, you desis are so <em>sensitive</em>, delicate even.</p> Jeez, you desis are so sensitive, delicate even.

]]> By: angrez da putar http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/06/05/swami_sotomayor/comment-page-2/#comment-241605 angrez da putar Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:47:48 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5809#comment-241605 <p><a href="http://edgeofthewest.wordpress.com/2009/06/07/photo-reference-at-the-national-review/">Where the caricature comes from</a></p> <p><a href="http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2009/05/sotomayor-vs-cardozo.html">Context for "wise latina"</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/recipes/celebrity-square-meals-pernil-arroz-y-gandules-by-the-dj-david-morales-680351.html">Home cookin'</a></p> Where the caricature comes from

Context for “wise latina”

Home cookin’

]]> By: GurMando http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/06/05/swami_sotomayor/comment-page-2/#comment-241598 GurMando Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:01:08 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5809#comment-241598 <p>And as a fellow Canadian, as an homage, am only using the Canadian spelling of 'colour' :)</p> <p>A few more facts on Her Honour (or as the say in India and Bollywood, MeLord):</p> <p>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/01/sonia-sotomayor-supreme-c_n_194470.html</p> And as a fellow Canadian, as an homage, am only using the Canadian spelling of ‘colour’ :)

A few more facts on Her Honour (or as the say in India and Bollywood, MeLord):

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/01/sonia-sotomayor-supreme-c_n_194470.html

]]> By: GurMando http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/06/05/swami_sotomayor/comment-page-1/#comment-241596 GurMando Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:52:15 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5809#comment-241596 <p>badmash, the 'wise latina' comment (along with her ruling in a case involving white firefighters) are being called 'racist' because the Repubs (mainly white) think that she's using her past and ethnicity to mold or affect her legal rulings; that as as judge, she should only be interpreting the law, not making it or ruling based on emotions or empathy. The fact that she mentions her ethnicity, in their minds, means that she could be biased in her decision making and that 'gasp' - her life experience as a poor minority could lead to a different mindset than all of the other 99% white, male supreme court justices of the past. Regardless of the fact that any look at her history as a judge would show that she has usually ruled more in line with their thinking when it comes to business and discrimination cases.</p> <p>You have to remember, most who claim they are 'colourblind', usually are not people of colour and have not lived a life where they have had moments or experiences where they were defined, judged or affected by their colour. Those of colour cannot live a 'colourblind' life.</p> <p>The only day we can ever say we are all colourblind is the day that these 'first' people of any ethnicity will no longer get any notice, because it truly will not matter what race anyone is, so it won't be an issue to remind everyone of that fact or note it as history making.</p> badmash, the ‘wise latina’ comment (along with her ruling in a case involving white firefighters) are being called ‘racist’ because the Repubs (mainly white) think that she’s using her past and ethnicity to mold or affect her legal rulings; that as as judge, she should only be interpreting the law, not making it or ruling based on emotions or empathy. The fact that she mentions her ethnicity, in their minds, means that she could be biased in her decision making and that ‘gasp’ – her life experience as a poor minority could lead to a different mindset than all of the other 99% white, male supreme court justices of the past. Regardless of the fact that any look at her history as a judge would show that she has usually ruled more in line with their thinking when it comes to business and discrimination cases.

You have to remember, most who claim they are ‘colourblind’, usually are not people of colour and have not lived a life where they have had moments or experiences where they were defined, judged or affected by their colour. Those of colour cannot live a ‘colourblind’ life.

The only day we can ever say we are all colourblind is the day that these ‘first’ people of any ethnicity will no longer get any notice, because it truly will not matter what race anyone is, so it won’t be an issue to remind everyone of that fact or note it as history making.

]]> By: jyotsana http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/06/05/swami_sotomayor/comment-page-1/#comment-241586 jyotsana Tue, 09 Jun 2009 01:53:50 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5809#comment-241586 <blockquote>german oriented desi on June 7, 2009 03:39 AM · Direct link 25 · kola-nut-techie lol! buddha trolls!! The Sri Lankan Buddhists are divided by caste and every major order of monks is also so divided. they also have untouchables in Sri Lanka, as in Japan. the dominant shudra govigama caste has attained a sort of populist hegemony, due to sheer numbers. The Buddha was a khattiya, he called his patha arya dharma, and in at least one pali sutta, he takes an almost racist stance in favor of khattiyas.</blockquote> <p>After the passing of Siddhartha Gautama, in about 500 years, Buddhism had become an elite pastime, and enormously successful at mobilising resources. Punarjanmam and karma, and even heaven and hell for reward and punishment are Buddhist ideas and not to be found in the earliest Vedic commentaries, that are more cocerned with questions about the nature of experience. 10/9 history books that we have grown up on can be safely rid of their sections on Buddhism and will leave us a little wiser. Even in India some of the earlier leftist historians - Kosambi and Chattopadhyay - took a very dispassionate stance towards Buddhism. But later "historians" such as Romila Thapar (who knows English only) have helped sustain the myth of reformist Buddhism which is but a thinly veiled transplanted account of the Protestant Reformation.</p> german oriented desi on June 7, 2009 03:39 AM · Direct link 25 · kola-nut-techie lol! buddha trolls!! The Sri Lankan Buddhists are divided by caste and every major order of monks is also so divided. they also have untouchables in Sri Lanka, as in Japan. the dominant shudra govigama caste has attained a sort of populist hegemony, due to sheer numbers. The Buddha was a khattiya, he called his patha arya dharma, and in at least one pali sutta, he takes an almost racist stance in favor of khattiyas.

After the passing of Siddhartha Gautama, in about 500 years, Buddhism had become an elite pastime, and enormously successful at mobilising resources. Punarjanmam and karma, and even heaven and hell for reward and punishment are Buddhist ideas and not to be found in the earliest Vedic commentaries, that are more cocerned with questions about the nature of experience. 10/9 history books that we have grown up on can be safely rid of their sections on Buddhism and will leave us a little wiser. Even in India some of the earlier leftist historians – Kosambi and Chattopadhyay – took a very dispassionate stance towards Buddhism. But later “historians” such as Romila Thapar (who knows English only) have helped sustain the myth of reformist Buddhism which is but a thinly veiled transplanted account of the Protestant Reformation.

]]> By: Steve-O http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/06/05/swami_sotomayor/comment-page-1/#comment-241567 Steve-O Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:47:51 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5809#comment-241567 <p>Are the slanted eyes a reference to East-Asian ethnicity? Because in real life, her eyes <i>do</i> look that way:</p> <p>http://images.publicradio.org/content/2009/05/26/20090526_sotomayor_obama_33.jpg</p> Are the slanted eyes a reference to East-Asian ethnicity? Because in real life, her eyes do look that way:

http://images.publicradio.org/content/2009/05/26/20090526_sotomayor_obama_33.jpg

]]> By: badmash http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/06/05/swami_sotomayor/comment-page-1/#comment-241564 badmash Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:58:26 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5809#comment-241564 <p>Maybe it's the snow in June that's affecting my Canadian brain, but can someone south of the border explain to me why the 'wise-Latina' phrase is even remotely racist (or reverse-racist).</p> Maybe it’s the snow in June that’s affecting my Canadian brain, but can someone south of the border explain to me why the ‘wise-Latina’ phrase is even remotely racist (or reverse-racist).

]]> By: amaun http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/06/05/swami_sotomayor/comment-page-1/#comment-241562 amaun Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:18:43 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5809#comment-241562 <p><i>I thought Buddha was born in Taxila, in Pakistan</i></p> <p>The Pakistani Education Minister should really redesign those textbooks <b>;)</b></p> I thought Buddha was born in Taxila, in Pakistan

The Pakistani Education Minister should really redesign those textbooks ;)

]]> By: Basim http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/06/05/swami_sotomayor/comment-page-1/#comment-241541 Basim Mon, 08 Jun 2009 04:19:23 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5809#comment-241541 <p>I thought Buddha was born in Taxila, in Pakistan? Or is that one of many Buddhas?</p> I thought Buddha was born in Taxila, in Pakistan? Or is that one of many Buddhas?

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