I can’t figure this story out.
Anyone smell a deal in the making somewhere?
First, I think there WAS perhaps a deal already made. Sherrod won a $13 Million Dollar Settlement against USDA for her and her husband’s farm organization right before she was appointed to the position at the USDA in GA.
The NAACP is thinking of being in her corner now, after denouncing her as a racist (which they were right to do — there are other instances of her speaking in a racist manner in regards to “Whites” in the recent past). In other words the NAACP has found a way to massage the situation to their liking. With the way so many even here at FR are talking on some of these threads - that she got a raw deal - I’m not too surprised.
The thing is I sort of believe her - in the video she DID say “it’s not about Black and White” which was greeted by a bad reaction and she quickly changed what she said - “it IS about Black and White”. She almost lost her audience with that ONE statement, and had to quickly reassure them by speaking in a racially charged way in order to “relate” to those attending the event.
The whole interaction paints a much larger picture than this woman. It shows what the ORGANIZATION the NAACP is all about. The reaction of the audience to her story is the very telling part, IMHO. It proves that the majority of the vocal audience was not only accepting, but indeed approving of her actions when she DID speak of racially motivated discrimination against Whites. It’s damning for that reason alone to the NAACP - again it’s all JMHO.