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Sonia Sotomayor recently posed for Latina magazine. She looks fabulously stoic, the justice robes fit her well and I’m still completely enamored by the fact that she’s our newest female Supreme Court Justice.
However, some are still more focused on the fact that she’s a Latina before she’s anything else as a person. Even a fellow Latina, writer Sandra Guzman, states some disturbing evidence that still exhibits facts that point to the notion that people are still not over labeling people by their colors, ethnicities or religions. Guzman states that during Sotomayor’s photo shoot for Latina, she was advised to dress and be as subdued as remotely possible. Evidently the President and his cabinet had advised Sotomayor to keep her nails a neutral color — a request she did not heed. The President got a good laugh out of the fact that she didn’t listen to his ideas but the shoot was carried on regardless. It truly wasn’t a big deal after all, clearly.
Other Latina women in publication state that the reason Sotomayor had chosen the fire-engine red color in support of her heritage. According to Mimi Valdes, editor of SPD.org, red in Latino families is a very important, symbolic color. Valdes also states that the very color of red in the Latina wardrobe simply signifies pride.
When is a color just a color? When does a political affiliation stop dividing a people? Where does black end and white begin?
I guess what my point is — if you asked Sotomayor yourself why she chose red … What would you expect her answer to be? I’m thinking that it just might be related to the mere fact that maybe, just maybe, it so happened to be her favorite color.
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As a nail polish aficionado I would like to point out that the color red used as nail polish also shows power. In the world of manicures women who want to get ahead carrier wise are advised to wear red nail polish.
And who says you can’t be proud of your heritage and still be fair and objective.
I say – good for her on wearing red nail polish and being true to herself.
Really? We’re analyzing the color of her nailpolish?
Ugh, I’m an English major, and I love literature, but there are times when even I get sick of trying to spot the symbolism. Can’t the cigar just be a cigar already?
My thoughts EXACTLY.
Yeah, this. Oh, I got a verbal lashing from the more pretentious classmates last year when I commented that maybe the house was painted red because sometimes, houses (especially in the neighborhood the story took place in, which I was familiar with and none of my classmates had ever even seen) are painted red.
…my house is red, what on earth is a red house supposed to mean? Because I’ll be honest when we decided to paint it the conversation went like this: Me “Ugh I hate brown on houses lets please not use that color” Them “hmm I like this red, we’re painting it red.” Personally I can’t see the depth in that conversation or choice.
Well, clearly the brown means that you were a minority family who was still holding onto your heritage in the evil United States empire that attempts to whitewash everything. As you lost your ethnic heritage, you began to hate the brown that stood for your pride, and desperately wanted to cover it up. This, of course, is evil. Red stands for the devil and the fires of hell, and when you painted your house red, you covered up your heritage and yourselves with red, the color of EVIL and HATRED.
Next, you will move into a white house with a picket fence, which will symbolize your final descent into conformity with the soulless US of A, in a vain attempt to grasp the Western ideals of purity.
Or something.
I live in a grey house, what does that say about me? *snort*
That actually made me laugh out loud. (Your response, not that a bunch of pseudo-intellectual douchebags gave you shit for it.)
THANK YOU! It’s freaking nail polish! Who cares?!?!
I don’t wear nail polish at all. On my hands or feet. What does THAT mean?!?!
“Obama asks moms to return to school” and there’s some woman dancing naked….wtf? Analyze that!!!!
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