Ex-USDA’s Shirley Sherrod says White House lacks #diversity. #africanamerican
(Daily Press) Former U.S. Department of Agriculture employee Shirley Sherrod said Thursday that a lack of diversity in the Obama administration might have led to her hasty dismissal after a doctored video of one of her speeches made her a target of conservative bloggers.
Sherrod said no African-Americans were involved in the direct discussions prior to her being forced to drive to the side of a Georgia highway and submit her resignation.
“There was no black person in his inner circle who could even talk about this, to say, ‘hey, you ought to look into this.’”
She said that the lack of the diversity ran from her bosses at U.S.D.A. all the way to the White House and that no person of color was among the dozen people who discussed her fate.
Instead, Sherrod said her dismissal came after a series of phone calls from U.S.D.A. deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development, Cheryl Cook, who eventually told her that the White House wanted her resignation.
Ex-USDA’s Shirley Sherrod says White House lacks #diversity. #africanamericanTags: barack obama, Shirley Sherrod, USDA, White House
