As the controversy over Shirley Sherrod’s ouster grew last month, Tom Vilsack told President Barack Obama he was willing to resign his post as secretary of the Department of Agriculture. In an interview with Politico, Vilsack again expressed regret for his rash decision to fire Sherrod over a selectively edited video that distorted comments she [...]
Shirley Sherrod, who was ousted from her federal job after the release of an edited video in which she appeared to make a racist remark, won’t be going back to work at the Agriculture Department, despite an offer by the agency at a meeting Tuesday. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, who fired Sherrod in July, then [...]
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack rushed to judgment when he fired Shirley Sherrod over a misunderstanding about comments she made on race, President Obama told ABC News. “He jumped the gun, partly because we now live in this media culture where something goes up on YouTube or a blog and everybody scrambles,” the president told “Good [...]
Under pressure from both the right and the left, the Obama administration apologized on Wednesday for the capricious ouster of Shirley Sherrod from her Agriculture Department job amid erroneous charges of reverse racism and offered her a promotion. But for a White House that has prided itself on its nuanced approach toward racial politics, as [...]
The sad tale of Shirley Sherrod exploded Tuesday. In two ways. First, the story of the local African-American U.S. Department of Agriculture official forced to resign after a conservative website posted a video of a speech she gave and accused her of racism was everywhere: on the Internet, on cable networks. Second, it turned out [...]
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said early Wednesday that he will review the case of an Agriculture Department official who resigned after a video clip surfaced of her apparently admitting to providing a white farmer with inferior service.Shirley Sherrod, who is African-American, resigned Monday under pressure after the video clip first appeared on a conservative website [...]
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