The black community as a whole does not advance because they are being cherry picked by our law enforcement and funded by the war of drugs to get AA men off the street and into the prison system... they have been permanently disenfranchised. The statistics support this in terms of the percentage of blacks that are stopped without arrest versus with a legitimate charge. Compare this with the statistics for whites. Look at the numbers of black men in our prisons... View the entire speech made by Shirley Sherrod and then make you own conclusions. Her own father was murdered. The murderer was never convicted. She is doing a lot of good work and trying to bring about positive change so this is what she gets for it? She should be given back her job. Why is it so outrageous for victims to have a victim mentality? Maybe when the victimization ends the mentality will end too. When you drive your car, you select "D" to go forward. You select "R" to go backwards. Do the same in the voting booth and maybe things will get better.