Steve Gilbert at Sweetness & Light did a little word substitution on Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor’s infamous 2001 “wise Latina” speech. He replace the word Latina wherever it occurred with “white.” Read it and see if any person of pallor could get away with such a thing. Here’s a sample:
The story of that success is what made me and what makes me the WHITE person that I am. The WHITE side of my identity was forged and closely nurtured by my family through our shared experiences and traditions…
My family showed me by their example how wonderful and vibrant life is and how wonderful and magical it is to have a WHITE soul. They taught me to love being a WHITE person and to love America and value its lesson that great things could be achieved if one works hard for it. But achieving success here is no easy accomplishment for WHITES, and although that struggle did not and does not create a WHITE identity, it does inspire how I live my life…
