The Generic Latino?

Courtesy NPR: Politics & Society  Wed, 06/03/2009 - 10:00

Media outlets, pundits and activists across the country were announcing the great triumph for the Latino community when Judge Sonia Sotomayor was nominated to the Supreme Court last week.

But Latinos represent a diverse group of people. And that has Los Angeles Times writer Gregory Rodriguez Sonia wondering whether Sotomayor's nomination is really a homerun for all people of Latin descent.

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