Try flipping that around where it is a black farmer and a white gov't worker. Not so sure that people would be so 'understanding'.
On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > Nice. So the real story is that the lady in question was telling a > story about how she behaved wrongly years ago, learned her lesson, > worked to make things better and wanted to make sure that people > understand that racism is not ok even when it is black people doing > it. And she was fired for it. > > Editing the clip so that it has no bearing to reality sounds like > something that Breitbart would do. Of course, she could also be lying. > Presumably there will be people who attended the talk that will be > able to confirm one side of the story or another. > > Judah > > On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 8:49 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> 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. >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:323207 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
