<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469080613929199087.post7632267870566135380..comments</id><updated>2010-08-30T14:38:25.148-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Bryan's Blog: Affirmative action pick?</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bryanhudson.com/feeds/7632267870566135380/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3469080613929199087/7632267870566135380/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bryanhudson.com/2009/05/affirmative-action-pick_27.html'/><author><name>Bryan Hudson</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469080613929199087.post-8750336661955463836</id><published>2009-05-28T08:53:39.437-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-28T08:53:39.437-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Bryan:  My first impression of Judge Sotomayor is ...</title><content type='html'>Bryan:  My first impression of Judge Sotomayor is that there could have been a lot worse picks.  And I understand the Latino strategy -- very hard from a political standpoint for Republicans to oppose a member of a voting block that they will need in the future if they are to have any electoral hope.  I don't think that is reverse racism, just reality politics in an identity based political system.  But I wonder how saying that a Latina woman is inherently more qualified as a judge than a white man is any less racist than saying that a white man is inherently more qualified than a Latina woman.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3469080613929199087/7632267870566135380/comments/default/8750336661955463836'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3469080613929199087/7632267870566135380/comments/default/8750336661955463836'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bryanhudson.com/2009/05/affirmative-action-pick_27.html?showComment=1243515219437#c8750336661955463836' title=''/><author><name>Dan</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.bryanhudson.com/2009/05/affirmative-action-pick_27.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469080613929199087.post-7632267870566135380' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3469080613929199087/posts/default/7632267870566135380' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>