Jaycee Dugard’s Female Heroes Prove Sotomayor Right

by Lainey Feingold via Beyond Chron

Tue, Sep 1, 2009 7:28AM

Tuesday, September 1, 2009 : Remember all the heat Justice Sonia Sotomayor took over her “wise Latina” comment? Events this past week surrounding the discovery of kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard have proven the essence of her statement. The Dugard case was cracked by two female Berkeley police officers – one black, one white – at least one of whom is also a mom.

What does that have to do with the country’s first Latina Supreme Court Justice? It proves the Justice’s point that we all bring our personal life stories to our work, and that the life experiences of women, of minorities, of parents, can and do affect how well public servants perform.

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