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Edited on Mon May-10-10 11:50 AM by newtothegame
Wouldn't a person's EXPERIENCES be more important than that they look different? How about a person with AIDS? Or a single mother? Or a former orphan? Even further, if we want to focus on diversity on Congress, why not bring these same standards over there?
Why the obsession with race and gender all the time? As a black gay male, I don't feel like someone relates to me because their skin ended up the same shade in the sun. I do however care that they came from a broken home like me, or have AIDS (like friends I've known), or have experienced the challenges of being a single mother (like many of my coworkers). If we're looking for SC justices who will have empathy with the people whose lives they are affecting, why do we only focus on race and gender? With apologies to Jesse Jackson, I for one think there's a hell of a lot more that defines your life than your race/sex. Thoughts?
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