Description Being Brown: Sonia Sotomayor and the Latino Question tells the story of the country\'s first Latina Supreme Court Associate Justice\'s rise to the pinnacle of American public life at a moment of profound demographic and political transformation.
While Sotomayor\'s confirmation appeared to signal the greater acceptance and inclusion of Latinos--the nation\'s largest "minority majority"--the uncritical embrace of her status as a "possibility model" and icon paradoxic.
Description Being Brown: Sonia Sotomayor and the Latino Question tells the story of the country\'s first Latina Supreme Court Associate Justice\'s rise to the pinnacle of American public life at a moment of profound demographic and political transformation