Although Sonia Sotomayor wasn’t grilled as ferociously as Anita Hill, the other famous Yale-educated woman of color to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sotomayor’s recent confirmation hearings for a seat on the nation’s highest court contained some unpleasant, stereotypical echoes of those riveting days in 1991.
While Sotomayor was accused of being temperamental and “fiery” (certainly a loaded word when used to describe the first Latina nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court), Hill endured accusations of being mentally unstable and of questionable moral character. The parallels remind me of how much women continue to be dogged by and judged on often unfair and incorrect stereotypes.
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