Shirley Sherrod

Not up-to-date on this whole Shirley Sherrod debacle? Here's the quick and dirty: Sherrod, a current USDA official, told a story about THINKING about treating a white farmer unfairly in 1986, but ended up doing the right thing and saved his farm. Some website showed a heavily edited video of this and it looked like she currently did things to screw over whitey. Then she got fired. Except maybe not. Except maybe she doesn't want her job back. Anyway, here's another, more detailed, albeit rambling, version from Rachel Maddow.

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