By The Admin on August 26, 2010
The Hill – USDA chief Tom Vilsack said he offered to resign from his post last month at the height of the controversy over comments made by rural development official Shirley Sherrod. A video clip of Sherrod saying she had denied full assistance to a white farmer because of his race went viral in mid-July, [...]
Posted in Federal Government | Tagged Shirley Sherrod, Tom Vilsack, USDA
By The Admin on August 24, 2010
The Agriculture Department official ousted during a racial firestorm last month has declined to accept an invitation to return to fulltime work at the agency. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says Shirley Sherrod did agree to work with agency in a consulting capacity to help it improve its civil rights performance. She said “I just don’t [...]
Posted in Federal Government | Tagged Shirley Sherrod, USDA
By The Admin on August 9, 2010
The Daily Caller – Black Americans have rallied around the president as perhaps no constituency has ever supported an American politician. As of this week, fully 88 percent of black voters approved of Barack Obama. Many predicted Obama’s election would herald a new era of African-American leadership. And yet, curiously, something different has happened. In [...]
Posted in White House | Tagged Barack Obama, Kendrick Meek, Shirley Sherrod, Van Jones
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 [...]
Posted in Congress, Federal Government | Tagged Agriculture Department, black farmers, discrimination, Shirley Sherrod, USDA
By The Admin on July 24, 2010
Right when President Barack Obama should have been making political hay over big-deal legislative triumphs, race once again blew in with a storm of distraction. Obama and his administration have proved to be one of the most deliberate, highly disciplined in recent history. Whether you approve or disapprove of his policies, political missteps have been [...]
Posted in Race, White House | Tagged Barack Obama, Henry Louis Gates, Jeremiah Wright, NAACP, Shirley Sherrod
