There is, of course, no doubt that Sonia Sotomayor is set to be the first Latina Justice of the Supreme Court. But some hugger-mugger still remains over whether she is the first Hispanic to assume such a position, with many pointing to Benjamin Cardozo as holding that particular distinction.
17 July 2009
Is She Or Isn’t She?: Benjamin Cardozo, Sonia Sotomayor And Who, Exactly, Is The First Latino Supreme Court Justice
By Alex Alvarez at 1:29 PM.
9 June 2009
Worry Not- The New York Times Will Teach You How To Refer To Latinoids
By Alex Alvarez at 12:00 PM.
New York Times writers, and other journalists (or so we assume, not being journalists ourself), have their work cut out for them when it comes to deciding how, exactly, to describe Latinos. It’s hard, y’all!
2 May 2009
Sonia Sotomayor To Replace Souter On The Supreme Court?
By Daniel Mauser at 7:22 PM.
Sonia Sotomayor, 54, a judge on the federal appeals court in New York could replace David Souter on the Supreme Court and become the first Hispanic justice.
24 April 2009
Biracial Panel To Hispanics: Choose A Race
By Alex Alvarez at 9:21 AM.
Organizers for Orange Country, Florida schools’ biracial committee have told Hispanics that they can participate once they have selected a race: black or white. We’ve said it often: Latino is not a race! It’s an ethnicity! But this has got us thinking: Can’t it be both?
