Here is the full video. The passage which was at issue yesterday is still disturbing in the clear approval of racist sentiments by the crowd at the event – but on viewing the whole video, it can only be said that Ms. Sherrod has been the victim of an injustice – and an injustice which I played a part in. I make no excuses, I was wrong and I will never make a judgment based upon a partial video ever again.
The problem of race in America is gravely exacerbated by the current trends in our politics. It is not at all helped by the way the NAACP is spreading lies about racism in the TEA Party movement – this is horrible, and continues to put the NAACP outside the pale of decent society. Until that group utterly retracts all claims of racism on the part of the TEA Party and apologizes to the millions of Americans they insulted, there can be association between decent people and the NAACP.
But none of that is Ms. Sherrod’s responsibility – and, indeed, she was not only treated unjustly by the editor of the video, but by the NAACP which had the full video and yet threw Ms. Sherrod to the wolves, apparently so they can better preserve their slander of racism in the TEA Party movement. There is shame enough for all involved in this, and only Ms. Sherrod is coming out of it with her dignity unimpaired.
UPDATE: Gateway pundit finds this very disturbing fact:
Mary Frances Berry admitted this at the Politico:
Professor of American Social Thought and History, U. Penn. :
Tainting the tea party movement with the charge of racism is proving to be an effective strategy for Democrats. There is no evidence that tea party adherents are any more racist than other Republicans, and indeed many other Americans. But getting them to spend their time purging their ranks and having candidates distance themselves should help Democrats win in November. Having one’s opponent rebut charges of racism is far better than discussing joblessness.
Breitbart claimed yesterday that he has more – we’ll see what he comes up with. It would not at all surprise me to find some iron-clad evidence of overt racism at the NAACP, given the way the crowd approved of racist sentiments in the video above. This doesn’t change the fact of the injustice to Ms. Sherrod, but we’re clearly on to something here.
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