[net-gold] UNITED STATES: GOVERNMENT: Agriculture Secretary to Review Resignation of USDA Worker
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UNITED STATES: GOVERNMENT:
Agriculture Secretary to Review Resignation of USDA Worker
Agriculture Secretary to Review Resignation of USDA Worker
By the CNN Wire Staff
July 21, 2010 3:58 a.m. EDT
CNN
<http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/07/21/agriculture.employee.usda/>
(CNN) -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said early Wednesday that he
will review the case of a former Agriculture Department official who
resigned after a video clip surfaced of her discussing a white farmer.
"I am of course willing and will conduct a thorough review and consider
additional facts to ensure to the American people we are providing
services in a fair and equitable manner," Vilsack said in a statement.
Shirley Sherrod -- an African American -- resigned this week under
pressure after the video clip first appeared on a conservative website and
later on Fox News. In the video, she seemed to say she withheld services
from a white farmer.
The video initially brought condemnation from the NAACP, which it later
retracted after the context of the clip became clear.
The NAACP said in a statement Tuesday that it was "snookered by Fox News"
and conservative website publisher Andrew Breitbart.
"Having reviewed the full tape by Shirley Sherrod, who is the woman who
was fired by the Department of Agriculture, and most importantly heard the
testimony of the white farmers mentioned in this story, we now believe
that the organization that edited the documents did so with the intention
of deceiving millions of Americans," the statement from NAACP President
Benjamin Jealous said.
Jealous later posted on his Twitter account that he "Spoke to Ms. Sherrod
earlier today and personally apologized. Plan to meet with her
face-to-face the next time I'm in Georgia."
The organization also urged Vilsack to reconsider Sherrod's resignation
from her post as the department's director of rural development for
Georgia.
Breitbart originally posted the video, which was quickly picked up by Fox
News.
USDA official's resignation stirs racial tempest
Los Angeles Times
<http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/
la-na-0721-usda-naacp-20100721,0,5982103.story>
A shorter URL for the above link:
<http://tinyurl.com/36qlr8n>
A feud between the NAACP and the "tea party" movement engulfed the
Department of Agriculture this week when the agency ousted an African
American official for remarks that some have called racist.
Shirley Sherrod, the USDA's director of rural development for Georgia, was
pressured to resign Monday when a video surfaced in which she told an
NAACP audience that she had not given a white farmer "the full force of
what I could do" to help him save the family farm in 1986, when she worked
for a Georgia nonprofit group.
The National Assn. for the Advancement of Colored People initially
condemned her remarks, which were publicized by a conservative blogger and
picked up by Fox News.
But on Tuesday, when the video of her full speech was released, the NAACP
retracted its condemnation and called on the USDA to rehire her, saying it
had been "snookered" by Fox and conservative website publisher Andrew
Breitbart. And the farm couple involved in the incident stepped forward to
defend Sherrod, calling her a friend and saying that she saved their farm.
"Having reviewed the full tape by Shirley Sherrod and most importantly
heard the testimony of the white farmers mentioned in this story, we now
believe that the organization that edited the documents did so with the
intention of deceiving millions of Americans," the statement from NAACP
President Benjamin Jealous said.
Early Wednesday, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said he would
reconsider. In a statement, he said he would "conduct a thorough review
and consider additional facts" about his decision to ask Sherrod to
resign, the Associated Press reported.
Conservative media outlets tied the video to the NAACP's recent resolution
calling on the tea party movement to repudiate racist activities among its
activists, some of whom are said to have displayed images of President
Obama with a bone through his nose and the White House with a lawn full of
watermelons.
Breitbart told CNN's "John King, USA" that releasing the video was "not
about Shirley Sherrod."
"This was about the NAACP attacking the tea party, and this is showing
racism at an NAACP event," he said.
Sherrod said Tuesday that the incident with the farmers took place when
she worked at the Federation of Southern Cooperatives. She said the
experience helped her learn to move beyond race and that she tells the
story to audiences to make that point.
Resignation of Shirley Sherrod
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resignation_of_Shirley_Sherrod>
This article is about a person involved in a current event. Information
may change rapidly as the event progresses. (July 2010)
The resignation of Shirley Sherrod is an event about the resignation of an
African American former employee of the United States Department of
Agriculture and former USDA director of Rural Development in Georgia after
a video surfaced on the Internet that appears to show her making racist
comments about a white farmer who sought her help after his farm was about
to be foreclosed. It was later revealed that the woman in question did not
do anything racist, rather the opposite and helped the farmer save his
farm. The event ignited a debate regarding racism in the United States and
about the decisions made by the administration of Barack Obama.
Contents
1 Background
1.1 Ms. Sherrod's account
2 Resignation
3 Reactions
4 References
5 External links
Background
On July 19, 2010, a video posted on the Fox News website and released by
Andrew Breitbart surfaced on the Internet showing an African American
woman who appeared to be making racists remarks.[1]
In the video the woman appears to be saying the following although the
audibility is in question:
"took a long time ... trying to show me he was superior to me ... didn't
give him the full force of what I could do ... I did enough."[1
Ms. Sherrod's account
According to Ms. Sherrod's own account, the story in the video is about a
farmer named Roger Spooner, who in 1986 was the first white farmer to come
to her for help. She narrates that "the land was being sold, and had in
fact already been rented out from under him." At first, she felt that he
had a superior attitude toward her causing her to recall her life in the
South including the murder of her father by a white person but further
states that "I didn't let that get in the way of trying to help"[2]
"I didn't discriminate ... If I had discriminated against him, I would not
have given him any help at all because I wasn't obligated to do it by
anyone ... I didn't have to help that farmer. I could have sent him out
the door without giving him any help at all. But in the end, we became
very good friends, and that friendship lasted for some years."[2]
Regarding the full force remark, she states that it has to do with
rallying other farmers' support:[2]
"I didn't know of any black farmers who would come out and try to support
a white farmer at that point. ... I wasn't really sure of what I could do
because at that time, I thought they [white people] had the advantages. I
learned that was not the case."[2]
According to her, she had done her job, and took him to a white lawyer.
She says that...[2]
"...if I take him to one of them, that his own kind would take care of him
... but that lawyer failed to help ... I did not discriminate against [the
farmer]. And, in fact, I went all out to frantically look for a lawyer at
the last minute because the first lawyer we went to was not doing anything
to really help him. In fact, that lawyer suggested they should just let
the farm go. The second attorney [was able to help the farmer] file
Chapter 11 bankruptcy to help the family stay on the farm."[2]
Eloise Spooner, wife of the farmer, said that later, "after things kind of
settled down, she brought Ms. Sherrod some tomatoes out of her garden, and
they had a good visit".[2]
<snip>
The complete articles may be read at the URLs provided for each.
Shirley Sherrod in the News Over Time
<http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=%22Shirley+Sherrod%22+
and+agriculture&btnG=Search+
Archives&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&ned=us&scoring=a>
A shorter URL for the above link:
<http://tinyurl.com/22ruwot>
Black Farmers' Lawsuit Revives a Dream; Defunct Georgia Collective
Pay-Per-View - Washington Post - ProQuest Archiver - Dec 6, 2001
Then years later the U.S. Department of Agriculture made an admission It
acknowledged years of ... Shirley Sherrod Charles's wife never gave up
hope ... Related web pages
The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution: Fighting to hold on...
Pay-Per-View - Atlanta Journal-Constitution - NewsBank - Mar 2, 1993
A sharecropper's son he went from World War II to agriculture studies at
the ... there to taketheir land said Shirley Sherrod Georgia field
director for the ... Related web pages
The Tuskegee News
Tuskegee News - Dec 10, 2009
... States Department of Agriculture the LA Potts Success Story Luncheon
and the ... Benjamin F Payton and Shirley Sherrod former Georgia State
Director for ... Related web pages
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer : WHO'S AT FAULT FOR FARM FAILURE? - <
$2.95 - Ledger-Enquirer - NewsBank - Nov 25, 2001
Then years later the US Department of Agriculture made an admission It
acknowledged years of systematic ... Shirley Sherrod Charles wife never
gave up hope ... Related web pages
The Kansas City Star: Driven off the land Often denied USDA's bounty,...
$2.95 - Kansas City Star - NewsBank - Dec 11, 1991
The US Department of Agriculture, created by the president who freed the
.... 22 or 23 years down here," said Shirley Sherrod, a cooperative staff
member. ... All 2 related - Related web pages
Fair Trade Hits Home - washingtonpost.com
Washington Post - Jul 18, 2007
... point According to the US Department of Agriculture the nation lost
8900 ... httpwwwfederationsoutherncoopcom proves state director Shirley
Sherrod's ... Related web pages
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer : ADVOCATES SPLIT ON NUMBERS OF
$2.95 - Ledger-Enquirer - NewsBank - Apr 22, 1999
Shirley Sherrod, who has worked with black farmers for 15 years as Georgia
... But Melvin Bishop, president of the state's Black Farmer and
Agriculture ... All 12 related - Related web pages
USDA Makes Georgia Appointments | myfoxatlanta.com
MyFox Atlanta - Jul 31, 2009
ATLANTA The US Department of Agriculture has named Shirley Sherrod Georgia
State Director for Rural Development and Charles Stripling Georgia's
executive ... Related web pages
Article: Black Farmers Hold Historical Conference - New York Beacon, ...
Pay-Per-View - New York Beacon - ProQuest - Jun 10, 1998
... 2500 discrimination cases against the Agriculture DepartmentUSDA by
Black ... was an important factor said Shirley Sherrod the Georgia
director of the ... Related web pages
USDA invests in Baker County - WALB.com News, Weather and Sports for
WALB-TV - Dec 19, 2006
... US Department of Agriculture and will be used to build a commercial
kitchen ... what they grow said Shirley Sherrod of the East Baker
Historical Society ... Related web pages
Thomas Burrell.(Confidential)(Brief Article) - Jet | HighBeam...
Pay-Per-View - Jet - Gale - Sep 6, 2004
Thomas Burrell the president of the Black Farmers and Agricultural ... Mr
Thomas Burrell and Shirley Sherrod monetary restitution to black farmers
who were ... Related web pages
Workshop set for Rural Development programs, funding | www.news-
News-Reporter - Dec 3, 2009
Were hosting Shirley Sherrod the state director for the USDA Rural ... of
Agriculture's Rural Development programs and their funding opportunities
... Related web pages
UGA conference to focus on returning properties to tax rolls ...
Daily Citizen - The Daily Citizen - Nov 24, 2009
... US Housing and Urban Development department and Shirley Sherrod who is
the state director of rural development for the US Department of
Agriculture They ... Related web pages
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