Wronging Shirley Sherrod

By John McCormack
Published July 21, 2010 3:45pm ET
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Wronging Shirley Sherrod
On July 19, Andrew Breitbart posted a video of USDA official Shirley Sherrod speaking at an NAACP event. In that clip, Sherrod told the audience that she had once withheld the “full force of what I could do” for a white farmer because of his race. Shortly after the video was posted Agriculture Secretary Tom […]

On July 19, Andrew Breitbart posted a video of USDA official Shirley Sherrod speaking at an NAACP event. In that clip, Sherrod told the audience that she had once withheld the “full force of what I could do” for a white farmer because of his race. Shortly after the video was posted Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, reportedly under pressure from the White House, fired Sherrod.

NAACP president Ben Jealous applauded the firing:

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