"To judge is an exercise of power"

No, if we go by the multiple Ku Klux Klan-type responses, some of which are even invoking such extremists and racists as David Duke and the White supremacists.2 Indeed, the past 20 years of "culture wars" show that despite the election of the nation's first Black president and despite...

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Published in:Latino studies 2009-10, Vol.7 (3), p.291-294
Main Author: Oboler, Suzanne
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Citizenship
Colonialism
Cultural and Media Studies
Cultural identity
Cultural Studies
Editorial
Ethnicity Studies
Hearings & confirmations
Hispanic people
Identity politics
Immigrants
Immigration
Judges & magistrates
Literature
Migration
Nominations
Noncitizens
Politics
Postcolonial/World Literature
Power
Race
Racism
Regional and Cultural Studies
Society
Sotomayor, Sonia
Undocumented immigrants
Websites
White supremacy
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Summary:No, if we go by the multiple Ku Klux Klan-type responses, some of which are even invoking such extremists and racists as David Duke and the White supremacists.2 Indeed, the past 20 years of "culture wars" show that despite the election of the nation's first Black president and despite many academic studies and political debates, progressive responses to the multiple attacks on "identity politics" have failed to curb the fear of difference in the United States. Consider, for example, conservative talk show host G. Gordon Liddy's comments, as reported by Ali Frick, on the Think Progress website:3 I understand that they found out today that Miss Sotomayor is a member of La Raza, which means in illegal alien [sic], "the race". [...] that should not surprise anyone because she's already on record with a number of racist comments.
ISSN:1476-3435
1476-3443
DOI:10.1057/lst.2009.27