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The main idea in Sonia Sotomayor's "A Latina judge's voice" is that the cultural background and the life experience of any judge is an inevitable part of his/her sentences. And because of this a wider variety in the court offices is a better representation of a diverse society as the American one. She first tells her story, how she was raised in her parents culture, Puerto Rican, and about her professional career. She gives several statistics of the proportional part of black, latinos and women in the American judiciary system to show how better it has become for this minorities and how much is left to be done. She quotes several of her colleagues to support her main thesis, that "there is no objective stance but only a series of perspectives - no neutrality, no escape from choice in judging". So she hopes that her cultural background, experience and way of thinking only affects her judging "when those opinions, sympathies and prejudices are appropriate", as the Supreme Court suggests.
The best summary of the central idea of Sotomayor’s speech is:
- The writer talks about the impact of the background of a Judge and how it affects the way he or she hands out sentences and punishments based on the offence and how culture also plays a major role and how this cannot be overlooked.
According to the write up by Sonia Sotomayor in her book "A Latina Judge's Voice", she details her experience and upbringing as a Latino and the fact that her people are part of the minority and how it has affected her as a Judge.
As a result of this, we can see that culture and environment plays a vital role in the life of a Judge and how she or he passes judgment to an accused in the court of law.
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