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Due to the presence of structural inequality, Sonia went through emotional and mental distress throughout her high school career. The structural inequality in Sonia’s life was the plethora of discriminatory remarks or setbacks she encountered because she was a lower socioeconomic minority. One key example is when she explains how she felt and was treated during her high school life. She attended a Catholic High School that served underprivileged children of Irish and Italian immigrants. Sonia has been raised with little to no expectations for higher education. At her school, the notion of higher education for the students was already exceeding their parents’ expectations and would make them extremel...
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...rican Dream is the idea that one can come from the worst background possible, work hard and achieve success. In order to make this achievable for as many people as possible, our country was built on the promise of equal opportunity for all. However even though our founding fathers wanted equal opportunity, there are contradictions between the intended equality and reality. Sonia Sotomayor wrote an autobiography that efficiently pointed out these contradictions. Sonia faced white supremacy, structural inequalities and racialization throughout her life that put her down, attacked her mental and emotional well being and made her work harder than her white counterpart to achieve the same things. Her experiences show the unresolved contradictions of American history and these phenomenon’s and ideologies that threaten the founding promise of equal opportunity for all.
My Beloved World Sonia Sotomayor Sparknotes
My beloved world / Sonia Sotomayor. EISBN: 978-0-307-96216-4 1. Sotomayor, Sonia, 1954– 2. Hispanic American judges—Biography. Hispanic American women—Biography. Women judges—Biography. Judges—United States—Biography. Supreme Court—Officials and employees—Biography. Sonia Sotomayor was the first hispanic to be apart of the U.S Supreme Court. Sotomayor grew up in the Bronx, suffering from poverty as her mother raised her and her brother. Her father was an alcoholic and died when she was young. The first Hispanic and third woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor has become an instant American icon. In this story of human triumph that “hums with hope and exhilaration” ( NPR ), she recounts her life from a Bronx housing project to the federal bench, a journey that offers an inspiring testament to her own extraordinary determination and the power of believing in oneself.