The Most Fascinating Events, News, and Occurences of 2010

The Curious Case of Shirley Sherrod

Though Shirley Sherrod eventually came out on top in the end, the ordeal which put her in the spotlight was riddled with injustice.  In July of this year, the Georgia State director for the United States Department of Agriculture was pressured to resign from her high-powered position after the conservative commentator Andre Breitbart posted an excerpt, taken out of context, from a speech Sherrod made to the NAACP. Breibart essentially portrayed her as a racist working for the federal government. The White House quickly got wind of the video and “harassed” her to resign. Days later, it came to light that the video clip was taken out of context and Sherrod did not make any hateful remarks. The incident did not bode well for Obama’s administration and evinced the fact that the conservative right wingers have the Left in a vulnerable and fearful position.