There's been a lot going on. The world of black didn't stop just because I took a mini hiatus from blogging. The insanity continues yet I feel a bit detached and unable to blog about any of it. I know that there is a black couple up in arms about a questionable loss on FOX's new show Million Dollar Money Drop.
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After reading this article, NO ONE can convince me that our nation's recent obsession with race is not a conspiracy. This is all just so ridiculous….
If you click the link above you will see an article entitled Sherrod Story False, which, aside from being slightly well-written, is pure garbage. The author of this trash is Jeff Lord, a former political director for the Reagan White House. It is almost unbelievable that this man, having been in the position that he was once in, could write such absurdity.
If you don't feel like reading Lord's article in full (which I highly suggest you do) I will give you a brief rundown of what it says:
In general, Lord is accusing Shirley Sherrod of lying during her March 2009 NAACP speech. In her speech, Sherrod speaks about a family member, Bobby Hall, who she states was lynched by white sheriff Claude Screws, sometime in the 1940s. Sherrod states that despite the fact that Screws murdered Hall, he was never convicted of murder by his all white jury; he was instead convicted of violating Hall's civil rights. This story, as told by Sherrod, is one of a black man's lynching at the hands of a white sheriff. This story, as explained by Lord, is completely untrue.
According to Lord's research, Bobby Hall was not lynched by Claude Screws---he was BEATEN TO DEATH by Screws and two other unnamed men. Lord's research revealed that Screws was never charged with the lynching of Hall because he never actually hung Hall; he only beat him to an untimely death.
Lord continues his article accusing Sherrod of knowing that Hall was never "lynched" and he further accuses her of embellishing her story for effect sake. He compares her "untrue" story to that of Breitbart posting the edited video of her speech on his blog and FOXNEWS' subsequent posting of that video on their website. As it seems, the purpose of this article is to discredit Sherrod because of course, you can't blame people like Breitbart or FOXNEWS for their misrepresentations of Sherrod if you don't hold Sherrod accountable for her lies.
Well, I guess it would be understandable to check Sherrod just as we have done Breitbart and FOXNEWS, if she deliberately perpetrated a lie as the truth. But she didn't. And how do I know this? Well….
Since Lord decided to do all of that completely irrelevant research (because the point of the matter was that Bobby Hall was murdered and his white murder was never adequately charged), I decided to do some research of my own. I took it upon myself to go to a dictionary and look up the word lynch to see just how untrue Sherrod's story is. And guess what I found? I found that Sherrod's story actually is true. How about that?
According to MerriamWebster.com, lynch (v) is defined as:
To put to death (as by hanging) by a mob action without legal sanction
In addition, according to Dictionary.com, lynch (v) is defined as:
To punish (a person) without legal process or authority, especially by hanging, for a perceived offence or as a act of bigotry
I find it VERY interesting that, while 'hanging' is defined as one example of lynching, neither of the given definitions indicates that as the only form of lynching. Each definition specifies that to lynch is an action of punishment or murder that is committed without legal authority. Interestingly enough, Sherrod's story was that of a black man who was murdered by a white man without legal sanction or retribution, which is the exact definition of lynch.
So, all of the research conducted by Lord is worthless because he never took the time to simply define the word lynch. Had Lord looked in a dictionary before sifting through court cases and whatnot, he could have saved himself a lot of time and a large portion of his dignity. Sometimes it's the simple things that we forget…or rather purposely neglect to mention…..
I'm just saying.
Mz.Jonezy
The sudden attack on black 'reverse racism' and black bigotry fails to end where Geraldo Rivera left off (check this link for more on that).
Shirley Sherrod, a black USDA official has resigned from her position at the request of USDA deputy secretary Tom Vilsack, after it was discovered that Sherrod neglected to fully assist a white man who was in danger of losing his farm---nearly 24 years ago.
After an unresolved debate over whether the NAACP is still relevant since the election of President Barack Obama, the organization has been working hard to prove to America that they are still worth our attention.
Most recently, the NAACP has issued a resolution to denounce the “racist” actions of the tea party movement; actions that they say have overwhelmingly been directed toward President Barack Obama. The tea party has fought back declaring that they are not racist and will not stand for the NAACP’s degradation.
If the NAACP feels that an attack on a group of people’s alleged personal feelings toward the President of the United States or black people in general is going to reassert their relevancy in this country, they are wrong. Whether or not the tea party is a group of racist mongrels is irrelevant when it comes to efforts of the NAACP. A group who was part of the fight for voting rights, equal job opportunities for all Americans, equality in our nation’s schools, etc., should not be concerned with the personal feelings of a small few. While the tea party has gained much coverage in recent news, they have yet to reach a level worthy of the NAACP’s efforts—at least not efforts that will result in little more than just words on paper. Unfortunately, passing a “resolution” relating to the alleged racist actions of the tea party is much like passing a resolution condemning the actions of Red-Neck Johnny from Cheraw, South Carolina because he told his grandson that he doesn’t like Mexicans. It’s pointless.
However, perhaps the NAACP’s planned conversation with BP Representatives about the supposed lack of clean-up jobs offered to minorities will be a success. Who knows…
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