22nd July 2010, 6:34 PM
Quote:However, the incident took place decades before she joined the department, and her speech in its unedited form made the point that people should move beyond race. In addition, the white farmer who Sherrod mentioned has told reporters that she helped him save his farm.
-Sherrod's father was murdered by a white man in an argument "over a farm animal" back in the '60s or '70s. The all-white jury, of course, refused to convict him.
-The incident was 24 years ago, when Sherrod was working for an organization that helped black people keep their farms. This white man wanted her to help him save his farm too; her first reaction was that depicted in the clip.
-However, as she thought about it, she realized that the real issue was no black and white, but rich and poor, and what she really wanted to do was help poor people. So she helped the farmer, did save his farm, and set on the path of what she's been doing for decades now, helping poor farmers.
The full video is of her going through the whole story. Breitbart, the master manipulator who took down Acorn based on lies and exaggerations, was trying to do something similar to the NAACP with this one. Fortunately, the outcry lasted only about a day, because as soon as people watched the whole video, they realized how decietful Breitbart's clip was.
Quote:No one's saying it's okay.
Considering the context and the complete story... sure, her reaction at the time wasn't okay, but the story is of her getting past that racism, and the personal reason why she didn't like white people to begin with. The entire story is a very positive one.