By The Admin on July 24, 2010
Black farmers, due $1.2 billion for a legacy of discrimination by the Agriculture Department, suffered a new and disheartening setback this week, despite the national spotlight provided by the quickly disavowed firing of a black department worker.
The Senate refused again to pay the bill.
Opponents say it’s a question of where the money would come from, [...]
Posted in Congress, Federal Government | Tagged Agriculture Department, black farmers, discrimination, Shirley Sherrod, USDA
By The Admin on July 21, 2010
The woman at the center of a racially tinged firestorm involving the Obama administration and the NAACP said Wednesday she doesn’t know if she’d return to her job at the Agriculture Department, even if asked.
“I am just not sure how I would be treated there,” Shirley Sherrod said in a nationally broadcast interview. Agriculture Secretary [...]
Posted in Federal Government, White House | Tagged Agriculture Department, NAACP, Shirley Sherrod
