Speaking of racist...Shirley Sherrod is no racist, she was "just taken out of context"
Speaking of racist...Shirley Sherrod is no racist, she was "just taken out of context"
Posted by: Jim W
on Jul 20, 2010 
Tagged in: racism
You see, her racism only took place "20 years ago".
Shirley Sherrod said the Obama administration got scared after the YouTube clip surfaced. In the video, the department's ex-Georgia director of Rural Development is shown telling the story about how she withheld help to a white farmer in trouble.
But Sherrod, in an interview overnight with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, said she was telling a story about events that happened 24 years when she was working for a local non-profit group.
She said the whole video would reveal that she eventually came to work closely with the white farmer and that she was trying to impart a lesson about how important it is to get "beyond the issue of race."
Ah, I see.
Wait, no I don't.
On Tuesday morning the NAACP, which forcefully condemned Sherrod in an overnight statement from CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous, had stripped the statement from its website.
The USDA did not have an immediate response when contacted by FoxNews.com. On Monday evening, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack released a statement announcing Sherrod's resignation.
"There is zero tolerance for discrimination at USDA, and I strongly condemn any act of discrimination against any person," he said.
The original NAACP statement acknowledged that there was an apparent moral behind Sherrod's story but said she gave "no indication" in the video that she tried to "right the wrong."
Hmmm....now why would the NAACP remove the statement condemning her from their site?
"He had to come to me for help. What he didn't know while he was taking all that time trying to show me he was superior to me was I was trying to decide just how much help I was going to give him," she said. "I was struggling with the fact that so many black people have lost their farmland and here I was faced with having to help a white person save their land -- so I didn't give him the full force of what I could do. I did enough."
Sherrod explained in the video that, at the time, she assumed the state or national Department of Agriculture had referred the white farmer to her. In order to ensure that the farmer could report back that she was indeed helpful, she said she took him to see "one of his own" -- a white lawyer.
"I figured that if I take him to one of them, that his own kind would take care of him," she said.
The point of the story wasn't entirely clear from the clip.
"It was revealed to me that it's about poor versus those who have," she said toward the end, suggesting she had learned that race is less important.
Wow. I am at a loss for words. "His own kind". And the NAACP decided that they should remove a statement condemning this. All because of her "explanation". She certainly is "one of them", alright...a racist that got caught being a racist and was removed from her position, albeit 20 years too late.
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written by Barthélemy Barbancourt , July 20, 2010
They can't run from their own words. They hate it when their vile prejudices are exposed.
Many on the left are racist. They think that blacks are incapable of competing with whites. They think governmemt will always have to care for blacks. Many liberals hate white people even when they themselves are white.
written by Kermit , July 20, 2010
Shirley has been thrown under the Hopey Changitude bus. The White House forced her to resign. I guess Hope and Change doesn't change all that much.
written by Elmer , July 20, 2010
I think judgment should be withheld for a few days. The clips I saw showed someone who was repentant for a racist choice she made 24 years ago; she was not bragging from what I could see. In fact she said she came to a realization about race vs. class as a result of the case. The Obama fools jumped to dump her, as Kermit said, and that's typical of Barry and his crew. The NAACP also switched quickly (but the opposite way and blame the Tea Party), and they stand to lose in public opinion if Breitbart didn't doctor the video.
Meanwhile I saw in a poll that 60% of white voters disapprove of Barry O's job performance. He was going to bring us together. Right. Race polarization is getting worse and worse.
written by Kermit , July 20, 2010
She was being critical of reverse racism. I'm surprisewd Eric Holder isn't investigating her. Maybe some "New Black Panthers" will pay her a visit.
written by Nobody , July 20, 2010
As the day winds down, she WAS taken out of context. I would like to see Brietbart say he's sorry (along with Beck et al) It feels like a "set-up" to me. Elmer is right.
written by Jim W , July 20, 2010
So, would a white guy get that kind of forgiveness? I'm being serious - if a white guy had said "his own kind" and "one of them", would the commentary following that mean ANYTHING? This IS one of those "reap what you sow" moments, people. I disagree with those that wish to paint this as "she saw the light, she learned from this". Bullshit. How is it her racism OK, how is Byrd's racism ok, but Trent Lott is removed from his position for a comment that is not racist in the least? All because of where SHE Falls on the political spectrum. All because of where Byrd fell on the spectrum. Fuck that. Racism is racism. Either that applies to all or it applies to none. The media, the middle, the fucking namby pambies don't get to choose - she said "HIS OWN KIND". She gave half an effort because he was white and BLACK farmers got screwed in the past. How is that OK? Someone, please tell me, how is her racism OK? If a white guy said "His own kind" he'd be screwed IF HE WERE anything but a democrat.
written by Sequel , July 21, 2010
Her story is one of learning self awareness and overcoming her own prejudices.
First she tells of not helping because the the dude was white.
Then the part after the tape stops she says she realized her error and helped the farmer save his farm.
She's off the hook, except for those tread marks from the Hopey-changitude express.
But the point of the clip is not about the speaker, it's about the bigots in the NAACP audience. They clearly dig the discrimination against whitey.
That my friends is what Breitbart said he was going to show when the NAACP pulled their stunt-fest last week.
Breitbart said he has more.
written by Fred , July 21, 2010
This is a non-story guys and a prime example of how "snippet grabs" passed off as journalism can backfire.
Race polarization is getting worse BECAUSE of President Obama? Interesting point as all of this "racism" is being fueled by self-serving political pundits
written by Jim W , July 21, 2010
I ask again - would folks across the spectrum of politics be willing to call this "becoming self aware" if it were a white person admitting that he/she initially thought that they wouldn't work nearly as hard to help another ethnicity? Seems to me folks all over want to brush this one away as a learning experience for her. These new "rules" should be applied equally for everyone. They aren't.
Allow me to provide a shining example of how a black man got a pass for his racism. Chris Stewart. Enough said. The flipside? Mel Gibson. years after his brush with the law, folks STILL ripped him a new ass for his comments about the jews, even though he came out and apologized profusely about it. It was only recently that his bias came back out for all to see and hear. But as a white man that made statements against the jews, he was never given that "self awareness" pass when he apologized. Or how about Trent Lott, who never even made a racist comment, and he was tossed under, over, and and front of the bus. And to this day is STILL branded a racist. Double standard???
And Sequel is right - the NAACP audience enjoyed "showing up whitey".
written by Fred , July 21, 2010
They can't run from their own words. They "They hate it when their vile prejudices are exposed.
Many on the left are racist. They think that blacks are incapable of competing with whites. They think governmemt will always have to care for blacks. Many liberals hate white people even when they themselves are white".
Bart, how do you justify making such ridiculous comments? It makes no sense and you offer no examples at all to back up these crazy claims. I know you're smarter than this and I'd be willing to bet that you would refudiate these comments if given the chance.
written by Hans , July 21, 2010
Do people not see, SS, use of color rather than being color blind?????????????????????
BTW, the NAAA (Nation Advancement ((when will they advance?)) Afro-Americas) is surely a self-centered name with the lack of any diversity...
written by Kermit , July 21, 2010
I would like to see Brietbart say he's sorry (along with Beck et al)
Glenn Beck spent almost an hour on TV DEFENDING her. WTF does he have to be sorry about?
written by Kermit , July 21, 2010
Fred whined "It makes no sense and you offer no examples at all to back up these crazy claims".
Well I have, Fred, but like Brave Sir Robin you ran away.
written by Sequel , July 21, 2010
Imagine if you will, a white man, a political appointee, installed by George W. Bush. This guy tells that same story to a tea party rally and they cheer when he says he didn't help a black man, because he's black. He says he did just enough, and sent him to a black lawyer, so he could deal "with his own kind".
Then another video comes out showing in that same speech where the Bush appointee laments that fact that black people have bought up some white land, and how sad it is that whites have lost the land the the blacks.
Context? Well in the end he ended up helping the black guy with the farm... How very fucking magnanimous of him.
The land? well it's traditionally white land ya see? So it's OK, it's just tradition.
Context Fred?
There is no context where any of that would be defended by Fred.
written by Sequel , July 21, 2010
Oh yeah, and Media matters or whatever leftist outfit found and published the videos, should be asked to apologize the the bigot because it's just a non-story of"snippet grabs" passed off as journalism
Sure Fred we just don't get the "context".
written by Jim ross , July 21, 2010
"Glenn Beck spent almost an hour on TV DEFENDING her. WTF does he have to be sorry about?"
You watched Glenn Beck for an entire hour? Yikes!
written by Badda , July 21, 2010
Kermit's absolutely right... this is a gotcha on the NAACP. This woman is absolutely right to come out and say she was wrong in the past.
In fact, we don't even really know if she is telling the truth... meaning, we don't know how much she is playing up the story to highlight the problem with reverse-racism. We don't know if she even did anything wrong 24 years ago.
Again... it was 24 years ago. She said it was wrong.
written by Elmer , July 21, 2010
I guess it's not wise to leave a comment and then disappear for a while.
Fred: I did not say that race polarization is worsening BECAUSE of Obama. Someone might make the case for that, but I won't. I did note the irony that in 2008 he was going to bring us all together. One more missed opportunity. One additional broken promise.
written by Kermit , July 21, 2010
You watched Glenn Beck for an entire hour?
He's one of the few people in American media actually speaking "truth to power" these days.
You just toddle back to Andrea Mitchell and Keith Olbermann. They're so comforting.
written by Jim ross , July 21, 2010
Beck is an entertainer/activist with the unique ability to turn complicated subjects into entertaining and interesting 10-minute segments.
Back in the 90s, MTV catered to a teenage pop culture with an extremely short attention span. No image was on the screen for more than a few seconds. Beck is the equivalent of MTV in the 90s. But instead of dumbing down music and television, he's dumbing down policy discussion.
written by Barthélemy Barbancourt , July 21, 2010
"I know you're smarter than this and I'd be willing to bet that you would refudiate these comments if given the chance."
Hell No! not when I have heard liberals says things like this to me. Not when the New Black Panthers call for death to whitey.
You can discount my personal experience all you want, but remember, I live in the heart of SW Minneapolis. I often talk with liberal neighbors who assume that given my address, I think like they do. They tell me of how we need to support the blacks so they don't rise up and kill us. They tell of their liberal guilt, the shame of having a good life while others are poor and their deep seated desire to fuck the rich to ease their conscious, all the while bitching about their property taxes.
written by Barthélemy Barbancourt , July 21, 2010
You should have seen my neighbors outrage when they were told their kids were going to be assigned to a school that was 50% black. They used every code word in the book for not wanting their kids to be in the same classes as the blacks. They lobbied hard to get their kids transferred to a whiter school. I loved that these massive hypocrites wanted school choice for their kids but deny it to other kids in poor neighborhoods.
I have seen liberal racism up close and personal and it is very real and ugly.
written by Jim ross , July 21, 2010
I live in a small town, in the heart of conservative country. Most everyone I know complains about the government and thinks taxes should be drastically cut. However, many of them have no problem collecting farm subsidies, securing government-backed loans and screaming bloody murder if the topic is broached of closing the swimming pool or consolidating services to save money.
Plenty of lefties are racist. Plenty of righties benefit from government handouts. Unfortunately, hypocrites are prevelant in both parties. The problem is conservatives had a 4-6 year window of power to enact conservative policies. They didn't so people saw their hypocricy and voted them out.
Liberals now have their turn and they're actually getting stuff done! But a majority of people are conservative and are now having an "oh shit" moment because they didn't realize that the libs might actually, you know, enact some lib policies if given the opportunity.
written by Kermit , July 21, 2010
Liberals now have their turn and they're actually getting stuff done!
Yeah! A $13 trillion debt, a $1 trillion deficit, 9.5% unemployment and the abrogation of civil liberties. Whoop-de-fucking doo.
written by Odin , July 26, 2010
But a majority of people are conservative
I doubt that's true. And there was a study that found that even many of the people who self-identified as conservative didn't agree with positions (abortion, gun control, etc) usually considered conservative tenets.
written by Odin , July 26, 2010
These new "rules" should be applied equally for everyone. They aren't.
If white and black people in America had similar racial histories, and Whites hadn't enslaved and discriminated against Blacks for most of America's existence, perhaps then the "rules" should be applied equally. Having profited from that enslavement and discrimination, it's unseemly at best for Whites to now declare that everyone should be treated equally. It's like crippling the competition at the beginning of a race and then the cripplers declaring that now the rules should apply to everyone.
When Sherrod told the NAACP audience that the white farmer seemed intent on impressing her with his superiority, she was probably personifying a commonality of white/black relations most if not all of them could relate to. After lifetimes of enduring offenses and slights from white people, it's not at all surprising they would enjoy the story of how one of their own found herself with the power to proportion her help based on the nature of the slight.
That's not racism, reverse or otherwise. Hopefully, Sherrod will file for defamation against Breitbard, Fox "News" and the others who tried to smear her reputation.
written by tim-The Dyslexic Blogger , July 26, 2010
Odin
Fox news had nothing to do with that lady getting fired she was already history before the story even once appeared on Fox.
Also I am so glad your want to give up your rights on fair treatment I nor any one in my family going back all the way to the beginning had nothing to do with black slavery. You can go ahead all you want and put yourself in sack cloth and wail for forgiveness but do not drag any one else in after you. You have no right to apply things to me or mine that you have no right to we were not part of black slavery at all and I can track my family back 10 generations. and that is both sides of my family.
And one other point there is no one alive to today that was ever a slave or was ever a slave owner. so get over yourself, and do not try and cry about the poor black man and how unfairly they have been treated they need to pull there own ass up out of the couch and get themselves moving. They need to put there own heads on right to advance not out job to give them an more of a chance then any other person. It has been proven over and over again hell look at one of the most rich woman in the world she is black. and there is a black in the white house so don't cry about how were not being fair that's a bunch of bull shit and your up to your eyeballs in it
written by Jim W , July 26, 2010
Odin, so you're telling us that you owned slaves at one time? Or maybe your family did? Because that's the only justification I can think of to come here and say that "payback" is ok. Black slaves were freed, Odin. DOn't know if you knew that or not. and a great deal has been done to right the wrongs. I've said it before and I will say it again. I didn't own slaves, my family didn't own slaves, so I don't have one ounce of guilt in my body. I will not allow my rights to be infringed because of things that happened generations back. I live in the here and now, and that means everyone has the same opportunity to succeed in this country - white, black, yellow or whatever. So if a black man or woman or a white man or woman makes a dumbass statement, let them reap what htey sew. Conversely, if a white man or woman or a black man or woman makes a statement, apply the rules evenly for each. If you were at all honest, you'd admit that a white man saying the exact same thing as SHerrod would have been torn apart. Why? Because in this country, there is no black racism. Just the eeeeeeevil white racism. That is pathetic. I've been called a white devil in North Mpls - that's not racism? I've been called a cracker assed cracker while working in South Mpls. Is that not racist? HOw about liberal policies aimed at keeping the poor black folks living in North impoverished and on the public dole? That is just about as racist as it gets, but then I guess if a liberal were to be honest, they'd have to admit their racism is about as disgusting as Shirley Sherrod admitting she tried less because the man was white.
written by Odin , July 26, 2010
Yeah! A $13 trillion debt,
Still haven't found anyone to explain the math to you? Is there some cognitive disability that prevents you from understanding that (as I've already said) most of that debt was run up under Repub presidents? Or is it just that you don't want to understand that fact?
written by Kermit , July 26, 2010
Let me say this slow for you Onan, since you are an apparent moron. The Democrats have controlled Congress since 2006. I'll help YOU with the math. That's more than four years. You drones don't get to blame the GOP anymore. Sack up and take some fucking responsibility.
And that debt is still $13 trillion genius. But I notice in your snarky little tantrum you didn't even try to refute fact. Maybe there's hope for you.
written by Odin , July 26, 2010
I've been called a white devil in North Mpls - that's not racism?
Not by the usual definition, which is (AHD) - "the belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is superior to others."
I don't see that your not enslaving others negates the experiences of the NAACP audience Sherrod spoke to, many of whom had probably been discriminated against by white people who believed themselves superior, and had black friends and family who'd also been discriminated against by white people, and ancestors who'd been enslaved by white people. Of course they enjoyed the story of a black woman who held the fate of a supposedly superior white man in her hands. Who wouldn't have in their situation?
As has been said, the fact that she was able to set aside her bitterness and find the compassion to help one of the kinds of people who'd historically oppressed her people makes her story one of remarkable redemption and humanity.
Fox news had nothing to do with that lady getting fired she was already history before the story even once appeared on Fox.
That may reduce the damages if they slandered her and are found liable but it isn't exculpatory. That others also didn't get the story right wouldn't negate the fact that FOX smeared her to millions of viewers. Hopefully the guilty parties will be deposed and asked under oath to explain their actions. Citizen journalists like Breitbach seem to need reminding that free speech rights aren't absolute. A couple of successful lawsuits could help instill and/or reinforce that knowledge.
written by Sequel , July 26, 2010
Nice one Odie.
She was slandered! she made words come out of her mouth, and the wrong people saw and heard it. She been defamed!
Have ya seen her greatest hits? My favorite part is where she complains about white folks buying black land. Can't have their kind buying in. Shit there goes the neighborhood!
written by Sequel , July 26, 2010
BTW the Whitehouse fired her ass in the afternoon hours before the Glen Beck show.
Then Beck came on and said taken in context, she ain't that bad.
So save your bile for Breitbart, he kinda digs it.
Breitbart and Beck own Barry and his merry band of Marxist assnozzles. Put that video up at Big government, combined with just the threat of beck going after it, and the Whitehouse goes week at the knees, and fires a good commie foot soldier.
written by Kermit , July 26, 2010
Not to mention soiling their hemp underwear.
BTW, who has controlled Congress since 2006? Oh yeah, the Democrats. The financial disaster we are in right now is all theirs.
written by tim-The Dyslexic Blogger , July 26, 2010
So now your a civil rights lawyer. sorry but showing that snippet of her is not slander it is her own words and her saying them. It is not fox news reporting anything that is slander or defamation of her character she did that herself all by her lonesome
written by Jim W , July 26, 2010
And now, to bring it all back around to my main, original point. She said the words that she stated she thought at the time. She said she learned a lesson through the process. Had she been white, the lesson wouldn't mean shit. Folks are willing to excuse racism for black folks against white folks because of history. I'm not willing to excuse ANY racism at all. I guess that makes me a better man than you Odin. You're willing to allow payback, I say that a man is equal to any other man, regardless of skin color. YOu're a racist. Dig it.
written by Sequel , July 26, 2010
Her big redemption was that she realized she loved Marxist class warfare more than she hated whitey.
It was a tough choice for her, but she finally came around.
written by Fred , July 27, 2010
Fueling race wars and celebrating the murder of young men in Minneapolis ("This is a bad thing?). You guys have come a long way! Unbelievable
written by Jim W , July 27, 2010
Fred, "fueling race wars"? Please expand on this one - this oughta be good.
written by Fred , July 27, 2010
I'm referring to this whole Sherrod thing and the back and forth accusations of racism. What's the point?
written by Jim W , July 27, 2010
Well, fred, the double standard is the point. The suggestion that "paybacks" are ok is the point. I contend that anyone that believes that it's ok for blacks to be racist towards whites as a means of paying back for years of slavery IS a racist themselves.
And on a much broader level, my next post ought to sum up my position perfectly.
So, you can take your "fueling a race war" bullshit and shove it. I've clearly stated I believe that all men are equal, that race has nothing to do with it. Odin feels that blacks should get some free shots in due to history. Who is fueling the race war Fred? The guy that doesn't think race is an issue, or the guy that feels that race is all there is and that whites should be subservient to blacks because of slavery??
written by Fred , July 27, 2010
I don't want to get involved with your Odin battles Jim so you can shove that. I'm sick of the time spent on this issue by both sides when we have bigger fish to fry such as the economy, employment, Afghanistan, the Gulf, etc... I actually agree with you on the whole double standard thing and I am dissapointed in the way the Obama administration handled this whole Sherrod situation in such a knee jerk manner.
written by Jim W , July 27, 2010
If you don't want to get involved, then why not ignore it instead of accusing me of fueling a race war? Indeed.
written by Kermit , July 27, 2010
Fred tends to get his threads crossed. It wasn't Jim W who posted on thye career criminal being murdered in Minneapolis, it was Bart in a different post.
Believe it or not, we are all individuals here, regardless of liberal attempts to marginalize and minimize us.
written by Jim W , July 27, 2010
No, I firmly believe that Fred knew what he was doing here. it's his standard M.O.
written by Sequel , July 27, 2010
I'm referring to this whole Sherrod thing and the back and forth accusations of racism. What's the point?
Democrats, the whitehouse, and the NAACP charge racism to discredit the right.
That is the point.
That has always been the point.
The Sherrod thing is just a little petard hoisting.
We don't want to talk about race, we don't care about race.
It's your people that are fixated on race.
Tell your people to knock it off.
written by Odin , July 27, 2010
Folks are willing to excuse racism for black folks against white folks because of history. I'm not willing to excuse ANY racism at all. I guess that makes me a better man than you Odin. You're willing to allow payback, I say that a man is equal to any other man, regardless of skin color. YOu're a racist. Dig it.
How was her initial handing off of the farmer to a white lawyer an act of racism? And you're obviously willing to excuse the racial attacks against Obama here, which makes your self-puffery even more laughable.
written by tim-The Dyslexic Blogger , July 28, 2010
do you even know what racist means odin or is it just like you know history you still have not proven the facts of you claim on how may people were killed by your favorite dictators when you said we were wrong you offered no proof for your claims so your just making shit up. so go crawl back into your 10 foot bass boat and look at your fish cause your a dud here
written by Sequel , July 28, 2010
Did ya actually watch the tape Odie? Not a hint of bigotry by that woman eh? How fucking obtuse.
willing to excuse the racial attacks against Obama here
What the fuck are talkin bout? Clearly you you have a inability to discern actual bigotry and racism from the race baiting false kind.
Come to think of it, that's your schtick isn't it? Black is white, up is down, we're all racists and the Sherrod's are extremely tolerant of white folks.
written by Jim W , July 28, 2010
Wow, that was some doozy of a comment Odin. YOu're a pathetic waste of space. All you can do is call us racists. It's your only defense because you're too stupid to do otherwise. You fail, again. Now go fuck yourself.
Try harder, Odin.
written by Kermit , July 28, 2010
The best part is Onan calls US "laughable" when he can't even see what a dipshit he is. How was Sherrod handing the farmer off to a white lawyer racist? She SAID she handed him off to one of his kind.
And I would love to see this asshole provide one single shred of evidence that our citicism of Obama has ever been based on race. I'm sick of these liberal fucktards playing that tired old card. Put up or shut up.
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