Black farmers want Vilsack fired, settlement approved
| 1:40 PM on 08/03/2010 | |
John Boyd (Image courtesy of MSNBC)
A Memphis based group of black farmers rallied today in Washington, DC demanding Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, to be fired after USDA official Shirley Sherrod was quickly asked to resign over false charges of racism.
The group wants Vilsack to honor his own department's zero tolerance policy against discrimination.
President of the National Black Farmers Association, John Boyd, doesn't want Vilsack fired, but supports the ongoing efforts to unite America and have an open conversation about race.
However, there is another issue that many black and Native American farmers are facing.
WATCH JOHN BOYD DISCUSS THE ISSUES BLACK FARMERS ARE FACINGBlack farmers want Vilsack fired, settlement approved
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