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Shirley Sherrod Fights Back

Shirley Sherrod, who was fired from her position as director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s rural development office in Georgia last month after an excerpt from a speech she made in March to a NAACP chapter was criticized as racist by blogger Andrew Breitbart and cable news network Fox News, answered questions July 29 at a panel discussion during the National Association of Black Journalists’ annual convention and said of Breitbart's and Fox News' actions: “I knew it was racism and no one had to tell me that.” In a video posted on CNN.com Sherrod announced that she intended to sue Breitbart and said while the blogger has not apologized, she also does not want an apology from him. Click here to read more.
 
 



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