And notice that Jerry did not mention that part. I wonder why... On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 9:06 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > What she did was asinine. What Vilsack did was appropriate. > > However, I cannot help but wonder, how long had she been doing this > before she got caught. > > On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 3:35 AM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> After a tape of Shirley Sherrod, USDA director of Rural Development in >> Georgia, surfaced in July 2010 in which she said she refused to help a >> white farmer who asked her for help and instead referred him to a >> white lawyer to be with "one of his own", Vilsack removed her from her >> position. He commented, "There is zero tolerance for discrimination at >> USDA, and I strongly condemn any act of discrimination against any >> person... We have been working hard through the past 18 months to >> reverse the checkered civil rights history at the department and take >> the issue of fairness and equality very seriously." >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Agriculture >> >> On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 9:08 PM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Oops. It looks like Shirley didn't realize that USDA is supposed to be >>> color blind. It also looks like the NAACP needs to do some house keeping. >>> >>> There are rumors that Shirley has resigne >> >> > >
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