Sotomayor Unit 7

In 2003, the Supreme Court of New Haven was mandated to reexamine Title VII of the Civil Rights Act 1964, as it was presented a disparate impact discrimination case against the same City’s firefighters. The African American firefighters, expressed their disgruntlement, as they did not feel professionally appreciated by their superiors. On the contrary, they did not have the privilege as the opposite ethnic group to seek for upward mobility within the Fire Department.
Because of this, white firefighters decided to sue the city of New Haven in an effort to keep their promotions, nevertheless, the Supreme Court refused to continue extending the hearings and decided to start all procedures from scratch to abide by the 1964 Title VII Civil Rights Act.
It was upsetting when I read the article because even though the information was limited about Judge Sotomayor, I knew since her nomination, she had Latino roots and we Latinos, are too discriminated. It is disappointing when people with limited resources in the past, who reach a higher social status or “power”, try to degrade others.
However, after reading her biography, I
My son is completing a Fire Prevention Program (FPP) for the summer at the Fire Department Headquarters in Hackensack, NJ. The fire educator is an African American, who has been working at that department for thirteen years and still yet does not have a rank. He is the only African American in his crew (he showed us a picture while giving us the tour and provided all the information as well) who decided to voluntary devoted his time to train and educate typical and special children about the dangers of fire. He mentioned that when he graduated from the academy his mother went to that specific department to speak to the Chief fire fighter on his behalf. He also mentioned some of the crewmembers, were inspired by their fathers who were fire fighters