workshop#2 Changing America

Today, I went to the Changing America: Judge Sonia Sotomayor workshop. The Supreme Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor was born in Bronx and raised by her mother since her father died when she was only 9.She was appointed to be the Supreme Court judge by President Obama May 2009.In the long history of the U.S Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor is only the third female judge in its history.

I feel that discrimination still exists in the United States, no matter racial discrimination or sexual discrimination. This makes our society not fair. Here is an example one presenter stated in the workshop: two professors from the University of Chicago and Massachusetts Institute of Technology sent nearly 5000 resumes to companies in New York and Boston, and the resumes with typical white names got 50 percents more chance to an interview than the resumes with typical black names.  

Discrimination impedes our social development. Though the situation is changing better now, we still need to work hard on eliminating discrimination.