When race-baiting backfires: The Shirley Sherrod teachable moment

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by Eddie Louis Harris - Jul. 21, 2010

Additional facts have come to light since the release of this video. Conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart intentionally edited the video to misrepresent Ms. Sherrod's message. She actually told the audience at the NAACP Freedom Fund Dinner how she was able to overcome her personal bias and help the white farmer, Roger Spooner, and his wife to save their farm. Spooner's wife Eloise told CNN that Sherrod was "getting in there and doing all she could do to help us."

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