Posted on 07/19/2010 10:39:27 AM PDT by Rational Thought
She crossed the line when she described the attorney as “his own kind”. No one should be compared to an attorney.
(http://wcbstv.com/topstories/tea.party.naacp.2.1812710.html)
Sorry if this was already posted...took me forever to get a posting screen.
That white farmer needs to sue the federal government for billions! She should be presecuted for her racist crimes!
Sorry but I really disagree with your comment. The “look everybody does and and so do the animals” defense never really works with me. Americans are not racist by nature. There is no excuse for this woman.
LOL!
Don't hold your breath.
Ping
Shirley’s work began in 1965 as an organizer with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Southwest Georgia Project. She helped to start the land trust, New Communities, Inc., that had 6,000 acres of land.
Shirley Sherrod was appointed Georgia Director for Rural Development by Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack on July 25.
Only days earlier, she learned that New Communities, a group she founded with her husband and other families has won a thirteen million dollar settlement in the minority farmers law suit Pigford vs Vilsack.
Minority Farm Settlement
We have wonderful news regarding the case of New Communities, Inc., the land trust that Shirley and Charles Sherrod established, with other black farm families in the 1960’s. At the time, with holdings of almost 6,000 acres, this was the largest tract of black-owned land in the country. Now with a cash award of historic proportions, the group will be able to begin again.
In 1969, New Communities received a planning grant from OEO and was encouraged to expect substantial funding for implementation, but Governor Maddox would not permit further funds for the group to come into the state.
Nevertheless, New Communities built up farming operations to help retain the land. They had highway frontage where they had a farmers market to sell their crops. They raised hogs and sold the processed meat in a smokehouse they built on the highway. Their sugar cane mill on the highway also attracted customers. New Communities was ahead of the times in raising eight acres of Muscatine grapes, which are now widely grown in the area. They also farmed 1,500 acres of row crops, including corn, peanuts and soybeans.
http://www.ruraldevelopment.org/shirleydirector.html
Charles and Shirley Sherrod, and others formed New Communities, Inc. – the nation’s very first community land trust
the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and othergovernmental agencies did not grant loans or allow the restructuring of existingloans. This factor, when combined with debt and a drought, led New Communitiesto lose all of its land by 1985. However, the story was not over
A lawsuit was launched, claiming discrimination by the USDA. In 2009, nearlyforty years after the founding of New Communities, an historic cash settlementwas awarded. New Communities is slated to receive nearly 13 million dollars,mostly for loss of land and income.
I believe we need to define terms before this discussion can be held.
My most bland understanding of “racism” would be anything based on race. A black woman says she prefers black men, that is a “racial” or “racist” preference but big deal.
Next stop is racism that differentiates by race in some way. For example a preference for a minority job candidate is “racist” in that is based on race.
Last stop is hatred. In America a “racist” is shorthand for a hateful KKK member or New B Panther member talking about lynching, murder, etc.
Also the belief that one race is superior to another.
Just saying.
You are wrong.
You wrote, “Both animals and people typically give preference to their own kind....”
My “kind” is human. And I treat all humans according to their humanity, not their skin color.
This isn't some random moron. This is a federally appointed moron admitting racial discrimination in the performance of her duties. Give her enough power and she'll start issuing tires and gasoline.
He was probably talking to her in an educated manner and she simply felt inferior. I think that's the trouble with many at the NAACP.
Not just racism - these people are out to get “whitey” and they want to “kill cracker babies.”
Keep watching TV and you will be supporting this.
So, we are all controlled solely by our "urges", and have zero responsibility not to act them?? I don't think so.
It’s on mine right now.
You may not like it, but racism is simply a derogatory term used to describe what in most cases is a natural inclination. Both animals and people typically give preference to their own kind, that is simply the way the brain works, probably to assist in the continuation of the species.
Well said. I've marveled in recent years at the evolution of the racism industry. What's most annoying is the sanctimonious declaration by some that their hearts are pure, while they've regrettably detected flaws in others way of thinking. The presumption of the possession of some great wisdom about race that needs to be imposed on the benighted is nauseating.
It's no coincidence either that the identification of racism in others coincides with the identification of non-PC and non-leftist thought in others.
It’s on mine right now.
This happens thousands of times an hour in America: a non-black customer walks into a business and notices that they must ask assistance of the mostly female black (and overweight) staff. Common sense and personal history clue you that THIS will be sticky and full of bad attitude.
We are now shocked if it DOESN’T go badly
My father was in Hartford Hospital for a procedure. The nursing staff is black. He brought in and promenently displayed pictures of his four black grandchildre and noted that the care all of a sudden became a lot better.
We are headed for a race war. Blacks have been told for years that they deserve a pound of flesh from all white peole walking. They believe that they have a RIGHT to kill white babies. Not all blacks but enough.
Sowell with his years of studying race and culture must have some sort of perspective. My years of studying his books makes me very afraid.
Should we hold our breath until the racist hack, Shirley Sherrod, tax leech and gov’t payroll extraordinaire, is fired?
bttt
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