It was a small miracle for Ms. Sherrod that the farmers she helped so long ago were still around at the age of 87 to tell the story. I am sure the malicious blogger that tried to exploit 'innocense' considered that potential before he attempted to destroy the focus on the vicious religious bigotry by Sarah Palin only a short time before.
It's all fine and good this is turning out to be an interesting statement on racism in the USA as it exists today and through recent history.
It is interesting that Ms. Sherrod saw through the problems with survival among the farmers in her community and realized 'socio-economic' dynamics were as much a part of racism and fiscal falure at all levels in the USA.
What is more interesting is that the vicisouness of the Right Wing Media really does pay off because no sooner did Mayor Bloomberg criticize the comments Sarah Palin made regarding a Mosque to be built in New York City did this 'DISTRACTION' manifest 'at all costs' to anything except the dominance of the Tea Party and the Republicans. Probably in that order.
Basically, Ms. Sherrod needs to write a book. She is correct. The President and she come from different worlds. His 'story' is somewhat different from the story of racism in the Deep South that occurred with her father. The President's story is more inner city, but, just as victimizing without the violence. There is no doubt to me President Obama was effected by his race, but, he also overcame it in a way from different than Ms. Sherrod has overcome her confrontation of racism in America.
While the stories of racism are important, this one isn't about racism exactly. It is about the way the media has attempted to capture the 'escalated' news cycle because of Twitter and Steve Jobs in order to survive and how that 'frantic' pace has become 'the way of life of politics.'
See, the Right Wing Media can 'get away' with defaming anyone these days so long as they can find a way to CYA and apologize. They don't suffer consequences when everyone involved can then breath a sigh of relief when 'the truth' is FINALLY known. What isn't addressed is that there remains 'a shadow myth' within the 'mind think' of the political theater that was 'spun' by 'Rumpelskitskin' Gold through the 'trauma bond' with media clout.
This story about the Spooners and Ms. Sherrod while endearing is not the 'real story,' nor was it the 'tenor' of the 'culture' before the story was released for 'infotainment.' The story was that the NAACP stated the Tea Party had racist elements and they need to rein in that aspect of their 'focus.'
Well, guess what? This story only proves beyond a shadow of a doubt EXACTLY how racist those elements are, Uncle Tom or no Uncle Tom.
