Sonia Sotomayor Quotes

I don't like to be pigeonholed; I don't like when people won't see me for something because they don't think I can do it. I always feel like, at least give me the shot.

Every now and then I'm in a situation where someone doesn't recognize me, and I experience racism. Things like not being buzzed into a store or sitting in first class on a plane and having someone ask to see my ticket four times.

Prejudice hasn't changed to this day, not in golf. Maybe in other sports.

Like one of any minority, I have experienced prejudice.

All labels are offensive in some way.

I learned that five- and-six-year-old kids have already figured out how to be intolerant.

You see, that's the problem I have with 'you people.'

I was too Jewish for 'Flashdance.'

I wish anytime I went into a nice restaurant and asked for a table, they said, 'Well I'm sure you don't want one in the corner.'

Society cannot continue to disable themselves through their need to categorize people or make assumptions as to another individual's abilities.

I wouldn’t say she is open-minded about her views of the Middle East so much as empty headed.

When you have demonization of a group of people, it's easy to clump them all together and not understand them.

Ageism is a variation of racism or sexism, all the other isms.

I've heard about productions where it still happens: yellow face, taping up the eyes. It's hard to talk about it in a constructive way.

Anybody who has been discriminated against, who comes from a group that's been discriminated against, knows what it's like.

I've certainly experienced being treated not as an equal.

I've had to deal with racism, sexism, rumors, malice, a little bit of everything.

If you're good at what you do, it's going to quiet the people that think you're not good because of how you look or what sex you are.

People are making a lot more noise about representation and diversity. But I think modeling is one of the professions where people can be kind of racist.

Everything is harder when you are a Nordestino. You have to work harder than anybody else because people will be judging you with much less mercy than the other players.

Racism seduces us with its desire to categorize, shutting out the living and breathing and 'different' world all around us.

I remember once at the end of a BBC job interview the manager said to me: 'I didn't realise people like you were clever.' I don't think he was being intentionally nasty. At that time in the BBC he was surrounded by clones of himself, give or take some facial hair and glasses.

Demonization of people on the basis of race, religion, sexual orientation, or other criteria leads to dehumanization. The notion that some are 'other' is a dangerous and slippery slope.

You will never be on this anchor desk, because you're Chinese.

Racism is not merely a simplistic hatred. It is, more often, broad sympathy toward some and broader skepticism toward others.