Response #22

Sonia has been was discriminated against due to the race and gender she possess. Sonia was not elected or appointed to the Supreme Court because for her race and gender. Women are typically stereotyped to not be in high power with the law. They are thought to have too much of an emotional tie to a situation and that could slant the law in favor of someone. This would allow for many loop holes to develop in the system itself or so they say. Black women find it even more difficult to gain high access to a power position. Although the constitution states that every one will be treated equally, and our nation ahs abolished slavery for over 100 years, discrimination still persist due to the color of ones skin. Black women are the most often stereotyped into racism categories. They have two things that currently have a negative affect on them to the politics society. First being they are a black person and second that they are a women. This country for the first time has a person of color in office. During the campaigning, the Democratic Party had a person of color, President Obama, and a women running for the democratic position, Hillary Clinton. People are stereotyped into different groups on a daily basis. People of color and women often tend to be looked down upon by fellow citizens who feel that white males should dominate the political office. Therefore, women and people of color are portrayed to be not as competent in the ability to run a country or state. This has led to the persistence in the uneven distribution of women and people of color in our elected positions to represents our nation. Sonia was stereotyped and therefore was not able to sit in the supreme court due to that fact that or in part, she was a women and a women of color.