he perils of race in the 21st century
July 20, 2010 by Roland
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By Roland S. Martin
There is no issue that is more volatile, passionate, confusing, perplexing and complex than the reality of race in America.
Whether we are discussing the motives of the Tea Party, the legal ramifications of the new Arizona immigration law, the impact of the Supreme Court deciding a reverse discrimination case involving firefighters, or the speech of a Department of Agriculture official at a NAACP convention, it is an issue that permeates so many of our discussions, whether we want to admit it or not.
The latest flare-up in this ever evolving story involves Shirley Sherrod, a USDA official, who became a national story when Andrew Breitbart’s website, BigGovernment.com, posted a video allegedly showing her admitting to discriminating against a white farmer.
As the story began to gain circulation, and it got picked up by national media outlets, the Department of Agriculture swiftly moved to quell a potential firestorm by asking for her resignation, which was granted. Later, the NAACP weighed in, saying that the comments attributed to her were not right, and it went against their mission of racial equality.
The next day, Sherrod fired back, saying the rest of the story wasn’t
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