well not really. But today in the face of all the negativity and vitriol that is being slung in the face of Judge Sonya Sotomayor.
Today, tommorrow, and beyond....
I AM BORICUA!!!
At the end of Spike Lee's epic movie Malcolm X there was a montage of children of all races, creeds, colors, and socio-economic backgrounds in a show of solidarity proclaiming that they too were Malcolm X.
I am an African-American woman living in the Logan Square neighborhood in Chicago. Logan Square is a mixed community that borders Humboldt Park the largest Puerto Rican populations in Chicago--Viva La Boricua!
My next door neighbors are a fantastic Puerto Rican family that has been living in the same house for 30 years. The son takes care of his elderly mother. I saw him this morning drinking his coffee on the front porch. He said to me, "my ma--she is so proud. She said how this place has changed. A Black man as President. Puerto Rican in the Supreme Court."
I told him, "I stand with you, today I am Boricua, too!"
Just think about this little old lady next door for a minute. She has been in this country for nearly 45 years. She speaks very little English. She has raised her kids. Her husband has died. And she is proud.
Her son went on to tell me how it feels for his folks to be used as a colony. They wont make PR a state and wont quite let them be free.
It makes me so sad to hear the attacks that have been waged against Judge Sotomayer. It has gotten so bad that they have "concerns" over her choice in food!
I know how it feels for establishment forces, ie white men to tell me I am "hot-blooded", not smart enough, and a racist.
Well she was called much more than that here,
And This which I will not link to. I will not drive traffic to this horrible site:
[Sonia Bolognamayor] My god, people, we can't have an Affirmative Action Spic on the Supreme Court! Hell, The Left said we couldn't have a Spic as Attorney General with Alberto Gonzales, so how could we possibly have a Spic on the Supreme Court? And ugly! Anal-hemorrhoid-ass ugly this Sonia Sotomayor is! She didn't get where she is because of her looks, no, it was all on Affirmative Action, baby, all Affirmative Action. And you know it! She says a female Spic can reach a conclusion better than a white male and a white woman. What a prejudiced cunt.
Can you believe it?
I am tired of the Uncle Pat's of the world telling me woe is the poor and down-trodden white man.
I hate to get all sociological on y'all. But we minorities do not have the capacity to be racist!
Let me repeat.
Minorities do not have the structural or instituional power to be racist--they can be prejudice, ignorant, perhaps even bigoted. But Racist? Not in a million years. I know most of you know that, I know that I am preaching to the choir.
Ok, ok. I am done with my rant for now.
One last thing...
This woman of color is an example to us all. Hard work pays!