Farmers Sue Biden Administration Over ‘Racist’ COVID Relief Plan

The Epoch Times ^ | May 7, 2021 | Katabella Roberts

[yoe]

A disabled white farmer has sued President Joe Biden’s administration over his (COVID-19) loan forgiveness program, alleging he can’t participate because he is white.

Adam Faust, a white resident of Chilton, Calumet County in Wisconsin, is one of five Midwestern farmers who filed a lawsuit on April 6 that accuses the federal government of violating their constitutional rights, (Fox 11 reported.)

The other plaintiffs are farmers from Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Dakota, and Ohio who have direct loans with the Farm Service Agency or USDA-backed loans and are “otherwise eligible for the loan-forgiveness program in ARPA, except for the color of their skin,” according to the (lawsuit.)

[snip] The phrase “socially disadvantaged” includes explicit racial classifications, according to the lawsuit, which states that in order to be eligible for ARPA’s debt relief, farmers and ranchers must be black, Native American, Hispanic, Asian American, or a Pacific Islander.

It contends that other farmers—white farmers, for example—are ineligible. (emphasis mine)

[yoe]

This is so obvious...do you suppose these "brown shirts" who write this bilge for Biden, no longer try to hide their Marxist views?

[E. Pluribus Unum]

He should just “identify” as Black.

Problem solved.

[myerson]

It’s ALL in our face and out in the open now. No hiding it, anymore.

[rktman]

Or at least a Pacific islander. 🍍🌴🏄

[Harpotoo]

This is not new and a conglomerate of other white farmers went to court for this already.

[NobleFree]

In oral testimony, Defendant Vilsack stated that the purpose of ARPA’s loan-forgiveness provisions was to respond to the “cumulative impact of discrimination over time” and not to address “specific acts of discrimination.” Defendant Vilsack also testified that aid would be distributed “based on race and ethnicity.”

You can't be any more openly racially discriminatory than that.

[ferret_airlift]

I’m a North Atlantic Islander myself.

[Sooth2222]

Why is it "racist" and not just racist?

It sounds racist, by the definition of the word.

[freedumb2003]

Same thing as Oakland free money program.

[The_Media_never_lie]

Does a recent immigrant from Nigeria also qualify for reparations?

[I want the USA back]

It is racist and illegal. Biden, as the head of the administration, has committed a crime.

[snarkytart]

It’s ALL in our face and out in the open now. No hiding it, anymore.
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yep, and you knew as soon as you heard “covid relief for small business and farmers” you had to know unless you were a protected victim group, you were never seeing a DIME of that money from the feds.

[small farm girl]

ANCESTRY SAYS I AM 3% NIGERIAN!
does that count?

[bigbob]

Joe Biden is a rascist.

[TnTnTn]

C’mon guys , everything EVERYTHING about this regime is racist...

[GnuThere]

Hopefully restaurant owners next.

[Savage Beast]

Do the farmers have "standing"?

Does anyone???

[lurk]

Make them play by their rules.

[TBP]

There is systemic racism.