Sotomayor Essay

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America is an ever dividing place. With so many people of different origins and cultures it can be hard to make decisions that are best for everyone. In order to fix this authorities need to be able to look at different perspectives. In 2001, Sonia Sotomayor appealed to this with her “A Latina Judge’s Voice Speech”. Her use of diction, appealing to cultural values, and relating to one of America’s founding values, she advocates for herself that her identity is what makes her a good judge.

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Throughout the speech, Sonia Sotomayor uses Spanish words first, then uses an English translation. Instead of saying pig intestines she first says “marcilla”. Instead of saying pigs’ tongue and ears she says “la lengua y orejas de cuchifrito”. This use of diction shows the audience that she is a LAtina. Instead of telling America that she is a Latina she shows it. She does this further by including TV shows and mentioning songs. First, she shows how she is different.Then, she This shows how that she is also part of Americaunderstands what it is like being bi-culutral, which many Americans experience today.

Throughout the speech, Sonia Sotomayor uses Spanish words first, then uses an English translation. Instead of saying pig intestines she first says “marcilla”. Instead of saying pigs’ tongue and ears she says “la lengua y orejas de cuchifrito”. This use of diction shows the audience that she is a LAtina. Instead of telling America that she is a Latina she shows it. She does this further by including TV shows and mentioning songs. First, she shows how she is different. This shows that she understands what it is like being bi-culutral, which many Americans experience today.

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Two of the biggest values that Americans share is food and family. While each culture could experience those differently, they still are the same thing. Food and family. Sonia Sotomayor uses this as her second appeal. She talks about the things she has “eaten at countless family holidays” or spending a “Saturday afternoon at the movies with my aunt and cousins”. These are all thing that we’ve done in our lives and mentioning this develops the appeal that Sotomayor understands what living in America is like Even when America can be so different we can all be similar with the things we love, food and familycore American values. This helps show that she is part of the American narrative.

Two of the biggest values that Americans share is food and family. While each culture could experience those differently, they still are the same thing. Food and family. Sonia Sotomayor uses this as her second appeal. She talks about the things she has “eaten at countless family holidays” or spending a “Saturday afternoon at the movies with my aunt and cousins”. These are all thing that we’ve done in our lives and mentioning this develops the appeal that Sotomayor understands core American values. This helps show that she is part of the American narrative.

This value has been part of America for a long time. Elementary school kids are taught that the United States are a melting pot of different people. Of course, it sometimes isn’t like that. There has been slavery, Japanese internment, and many other forms of discrimination. This has turned the nation into something “that takes pride in ethnic diversity” yet insisting “that we can and must function and live in a race and color-blind way. Sonia Sotomayor sees this and relates herself to the original idea of a melting pot. Though she is different than some of us, she is also very similar. Through her rhetorical choices she shows that she is a judge for the people.

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