Setting aside the potentially racist aspects, there is a potentially more troubling factor in Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotamayor's oft-repeated 'wise latina' comments. Her contention is that a wise latina would be able to make better decisions than a white male. A wise latina. It can be argued that just uttering such a comment, one that could be considered blatantly racist, disqualifies her from inclusion in its description. That she said it more than once, and did so publicly, should prove that her wisdom falls a few pages short of a full brief.Having matriculated at Princeton and Yale Law, there can be little doubt that Sotomayor possesses a certain level of intelligence. However, there is a difference between intelligence and wisdom. Witness Ricci vs. DeStefano, called a one of Sotomayor's "key appellate court rulings," and the case at the heart of the second major controversy related to Barack Obama's nomination of the so-called 'wise latina.' According to...(Read Full Post)