Obama Says Sotomayor’s “Castrate White Males” Comment Taken Out of Context
WASHINGTON - President Obama said that comments by Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor in a 2004 speech in which she called for the “castration of all white males until they no longer hold power,” have been “taken out of context” by right wing ideologues.
In the speech delivered to the San Juan chapter of NOW, Sotomayor said, “I want to be perfectly clear about this next comment so that there is no mistaking that my words mean something other than what they plainly say: the time has come to limit white male oppression by castrating every white male until they are no longer dominant in Western culture. That means forcible removal of their testicles. I realize the brutality of my comment, but I mean exactly what I say.”
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs agreed with President Obama that the statement has been taken out of context, and added that Sotomayor “certainly” did not mean that white males should be castrated. “Judge Sotomayor was simply saying that there should be room at the American table for diverse cultures.”
President Obama told MSNBC: ”Look, when she’s appearing before the Senate committee in her confirmation process, all this nonsense that is being spewed out will be revealed for what it is.”
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