http://www.mediaite.com/online/usdas-shirley-sherrod-disputes-clip-of-racist-naacp-banquet-comments/
Interestingly, this was about an incident in 1986 before she worked for the government...and supposedly she and the white farmer became friends... not so sensational now it seems. On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 9:04 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:323204 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
