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Former Secretary of State and retired US General Colin Powell defended Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor from allegations of reverse-racism Powell stuck up for Sonia from the block on Sunday, labeling as bogus the “reverse racist” charges aimed at Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor.

Powell, who’s from the same South Bronx neighborhood as Sotomayor, said the first Hispanic woman nominated to the high bench should be confirmed in Senate hearings beginning later this month.

Critics have attacked Sotomayor as a “reverse racist” for her ruling as an appeals court judge against white firefighters in a civil service promotion case.

They say “she ought to withdraw her nomination because we’re mad at her,” said Powell on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

Sotomayor has “an open and liberal bent of mind,” Powell said. “But that’s not disqualifying.”

It’s unlikely Republicans can muster the votes to block her appointment.SOURCE

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