After having read the entire speech which the "race" remark was claimed, I just can't find anything wrong. Judge Sotomayor portrayed herself as "human" and her explanations of several events in legal history were on the money. There was no "racist" remark at all, and the entire speech, as opposed to a selective sound bite, needs to be reviewed for full context.

If the confirmation hearings and ABA evaluation show here as "qualified," and that process is virtually no different than what occurred for her confirmation to the U.S. Court of Appeals, then she becomes "Nine of Nine." (Note: this is not to be construed that SCOTUS justices are Borg-like!)

If you care to review the speech in question, please go to: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/15/us...ewanted=1&_r=2