Shirley Sherrod USDA: Andrew Breitbart Blog Post, Video Create NAACP Nightmare

Shirley Sherrod is the USDA official who was forced to leave her post after Andrew Breitbart, a conservative blogger, launched a post in which he took a snippet of a speech that the leader gave and took it out of context. The clip showcased Sherrod telling the audience about how she didn't help a white farmer as much as she could have, because he was white and he acted as if he felt he was her superior.

What the clip didn't show was that Shirley was using that experience to showcase how she herself got past racial biases. Based on the clip, a host of individuals began to believe that Sherrod is, indeed, a racist.

This is not good for any government official or body of government, and that is likely why she was forced to give her resignation. Although after the incident was brought to light, it became apparent that the video was clearly misguided and misinterpreted.

USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack has offered the woman her job back, although it is uncertain as to whether or not she will accept his offer. We could see it go either ways, both of them completely understandable.

Another thing that isn't for certain at this point is whether or not Shirley Sherrod is going to sue Andrew Breitbart for the blog post. He cost her economic harm, and acted in negligent manner. It will be interesting to see what transpires soon.

Tom Vilsack USDA Secretary - Forced Resignation of Shirley Sherrod a Bad Call

Tom Vilsack, the USDA Secretary has been in the news because of the whole Shirley Sherrod scandal.  The USDA Secretary forced Sherrod to resign after a conservative blog post showcased a video clip that made her appear to have racial biases. The decision to force the official to leave her post at the USDA is going to haunt Vilsack throughout his political career.

The video clip was supposed to be a jab at the NAACP.  A Tea Party supporter who was targeting the civil rights group used an edited video to make it appear as if she approved of racist treatment of individuals, when really she was sending the opposite message.

Instead of allowing her to explain her side of the story and review the speech which the clip was taken from in its entirety, he made the call to let her go.

The end result? Vilsack has offered Sherrod her job back, but it's not certain that she will take it.  Will she let bygones be bygones and return to the job she loved or will she take a different route, taking a stand to the adversity that she has felt.

So what do you think about the resignation of Sherrod? Should it be Vilsack that is reprimanded, or did he simply make a bad judgment call?

Source: NY Times

Shirley Sherrod Racism: Blogger Caused “Forced Resignation” of USDA Official?

Shirley Sherrod racism allegations and comments she made at an NAACP speech are a controversy that is burning up the media – especially across Fox News live coverage. Sherrod held a high position with the USDA and was forced to resign after a conservative blogger highlighted some of her comments in a post.

MSNBC reports that the target of the blog post wasn’t Shirley Sherrod. Instead, it was the NAACP. The NAACP and the Tea Party movement have been going back and forth over the race issue in recent weeks.

Sherrod, a USDA official, said in the video clip that she was previously in a position to help a white farmer save his land, but failed to act to her full capacity because he acted as her superior.

Perhaps it’s not that the comment or attitude was racist – perhaps it’s the indication that such biases could be present in the government was the reason for her so called “forced resignation.”

Such attitudes shouldn’t be tolerated no matter what racial bias that it has in the government, as every citizen should have equal access to all services - and to the best service possible.

Still yet, the stench is huge and the conspiracy is growing. Were her comments racist, or not, and are the conservative blogger’s claims that his target was the NAACP true or did he too add to the situation by targeting this particular official?

This is going to be talked about for days.

Reference: MSNBC