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Being Brown: Sonia Sotomayor and the Latino QuestionA tells the story ofA the countryâ?Ts first Latina Supreme Court Associate Justiceâ?TsA rise to the pinnacle of American public life at a moment of profound demographic and political transformation. While Sotomayorâ?Ts confirmation appeared to signal the greater acceptance and inclusion of Latinosâ?"the nationâ?Ts largest â?ominority majorityâ??â?"the uncritical embrace of her status as a â?opossibility modelâ?? and icon paradoxically erased the fact that her success was due to civil rights policies and safeguards that no longer existed.A A Being BrownA analyzes Sotomayorâ?Ts story of success and accomplishment, despite seemingly insurmountable odds, in order to ask:A What do we lose in democratic practice when we allow symbolic inclusion to supplant the work of meaningful political enfranchisement? In a historical moment of resurgent racism, unrelenting Latino bashing, and previously unimaginable â?oblood and soilâ?? Nazism,A Being BrownA explains what we stand to lose when we allow democratic values to be trampled for the sake of political expediency, and demonstrates how understanding â?othe Latino questionâ?? can fortify democratic practice. A Being BrownA provides the historical vocabulary for understanding why the Latino body politic is central to the countryâ?Ts future and why Sonia Sotomayorâ?Ts biography provides an important window into understanding America, and the countryâ?Ts largest minority majority, at this historical juncture. In the process,A Being BrownA counters â?oalternative factsâ?? with historical precision and ethical clarity to invigorate the best of democratic practice at aA historical moment when we need it most.A A A
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