Mr. President If You Stand up for Shirley Sherrod You Stand up for Us All by Trey Ellis

[Better Believe It]

Mr. President If You Stand up for Shirley Sherrod You Stand up for Us All
By Trey Ellis
Novelist, Screenwriter, and Assistant Professor at Columbia University
July 20, 2010

This story is so rich. When I first heard how this black USDA official bragged about discriminating against a white farmer as payback I was sickened. I was pleased that she was sacked immediately and thrilled that the NAACP applauded her sacking so immediately.

What a difference a day makes.

Now it's clear that the footage was edited to slander her, just like they edited the ACORN footage.

But the right-wing attack dogs aren't interested in facts, they're after scalps. They play the 24-hour news cycle like a fiddle. Hit fast and hard, quickly frame the debate, feed it to fact-checker-free Fox, ruin someone's life, and then move on to the next victim before the truth catches up to them.

We are in the majority. How is it that they still seem to win so many, many times? How is it that we allow them to cheapen and demean without consequence?

Enough.

Mr. President, Secretary Vilsack, please stand up to the hatemongers, do the right thing, and reinstate Ms. Shirley Sherrod.

If you agree that it's time to fight back there's a petition going around. Find it HERE.

http://act.ly/27a

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/trey-ellis/mr-president-if-you-stand_b_653598.html

[annm4peace]

1. It broke my heart when they forced Van Jones to resign

and now this.

Shameful. both should be reinstated.

But when I heard of Ms Sherrod, it was really heartbreaking.

[Bluebear]

2. Good luck with that.

[jtuck004]

3. The White House needs to order her reinstated, apologize, and end this. n.t.

[gateley]

4. I think the NAACP handled this very well -- the WH should follow their lead. nt

[Bobbieo]

5. President Obama should come forth on this, soon - very basic, called "taking care of your own"

[gateley]

8. I'd call it "doing the right thing". nt

[PufPuf23]

6. Sherrod should be re-instated and supported by Obama.

In another thread I was not sure of the circumstances of her departure and still am not clear.

Vilsack was and is a poor appointment

[Bluenorthwest]

7. Mr Ellis is correct

Sherrod, and Van Jones, and a public vindication for ACORN, because this McCarthyite attack and accuse falsely routine is not acceptable, this will kill our society. Enough of the cowardice.