tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334418121317915730.post7424249449252807259..comments2023-10-03T09:25:33.934-04:00Comments on Blog the Fifth: Subsidizing the DeadUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334418121317915730.post-83211939589074596242007-07-24T22:24:00.000-04:002007-07-24T22:24:00.000-04:00Interesting. I remembered the lawsuit, but to be ...Interesting. I remembered the lawsuit, but to be honest hadn't followed the issue closely enough. It seems it's <A HREF="http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070702/NEWS/707020317/1001" REL="nofollow">still going on</A>, and that spot of the farm bill you pointed to seems like a step in the right direction.<BR/><BR/>If you come back, wondering whether the departure of <A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/19/AR2006011902935.html" REL="nofollow">Vernon Parker</A> was due to the situation you described.Adminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02690140025855698177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334418121317915730.post-53468779783574442542007-07-24T06:45:00.000-04:002007-07-24T06:45:00.000-04:00The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was to ensure that al...The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was to ensure that all have equal<BR/>rights. The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights in the United<BR/>States Department of Agriculture is an office delegated to enforce<BR/>civil rights laws for the Department. There have been numerous public<BR/>writings about how Black Farmers were treated by USDA and how their civil<BR/>rights complaint processing within the Office of the Assistant<BR/>Secretary for Civil Rights has been mishandled. What is not known by the<BR/>public is how the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights<BR/>mistreats their own employees. Employees are mistreated so badly that some<BR/>have been hospitalized for stress, fired, and treated without dignity and<BR/>respect. If these employees are mistreated, you can imagine how it<BR/>impacts the processing of Black farmers civil rights complaints and<BR/>employee complaints. For that very reason a total of 60 minority employees<BR/>since 2004 to present have either been terminated or forced into<BR/>retirement or detailed to other agencies or lateral to new positions<BR/>in other agencies.<BR/> <BR/>No one has ever gotten to a root cause analysis of why Civil Rights<BR/>management at United States Department of Agriculture Assistant<BR/>Secretary for Civil Rights is so dysfunctional. <BR/> <BR/>Something MUST be done about management within the Office of the<BR/>Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights or else taxpayers will continue to<BR/>make enormous settlement payments for civil rights violations as in the Black Farmers Class Action Lawsuit and these employees will continue to be violated. <BR/><BR/>Farm Bill<BR/>http://agriculture.house.gov/inside/Legislation/110/FB/TitleXI.pdfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com