Shirley Sherrod, the Agriculture Department employee who was ousted for her remarks about race, acknowledging that officials did not know all the facts when she was fired. Is now being vindicated, White House press Secretary, Robert Gibbs, called Shirley Sherrod resignation an injustice and a mistake and said he was apologizing for the ‘entire administration.’
President Obama briefly spoke to Sherrod about the controversy. It has been a crazy couple days for Sherrod. After being asked to resign on Monday after conservative blogger’s posted an edited video of her saying she didn’t initially give a white farmer as much help as she could have 24 years ago. Sherrod says she used the story in her speech to promote racial reconciliation and that the edited video distorted her remarks.
It is great to see that a wrong has been righted. It goes to show the power of a voice we are excited to see that Sherrod has been vindicated.
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