Sotomayor Has Been Challenging The Status Quo for Decades

Here is a very interesting story in the Los Angeles Times regarding an incident in which Sonia Sotomayor, then a law student, was confronted with the kind of ignorant stereotyping that is still in play today.  The article is a reminder of some of the persistent and prevailing assumptions that continue to exist in American society. She should be commended for standing up then and, hopefully, will continue to do so on the Supreme Court. 

Here's a piece from the ABA Journal that also discusses the matter.