Posted on 08/17/2022 7:23:15 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Some Black farmers say they are disappointed by a new U.S. agriculture debt relief program that stands to save thousands of farmers from foreclosure, after the plan failed to specifically target minorities as they had hoped.
The program, included in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) signed by U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday, follows an earlier debt relief program that provided aid based on race but ended in a web of litigation after white farmers sued to stop payments.
The new program, which makes farmers eligible for relief based on economic precariousness rather than race, is likely to end that litigation and free up resources allowing the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to help farmers - including those of color - avoid foreclosure.
But it also scales back a Biden administration promise to specifically address systemic racism and heal the USDA's strained relationship with farmers of color by providing targeted debt relief to make amends for past agency discrimination that resulted in them losing billions of dollars worth of land.
Advocates of the race-based program had hoped to continue the legal battles despite steep odds and see the economics-based program as a failure to address the specific injuries of racism.
“It does not even approach a racial equity model that this administration and the USDA has been speaking about since the beginning of its term," said Dãnia Davy, director of land retention and advocacy at the Federation of Southern Cooperatives, which advocates for Black farmers.
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Whining blacks complain about being treated equally.
I’m shocked…
I hate laws that are biased against my race but I sure love laws that are biased in favor of my race!
Gee, maybe we will be “equally” disappointed in this bill to curtail inflation. 🐂💩
I thought they already tried to push through a race based bill and was shut down by the courts for blatant discrimination.
Too bad he didn’t add race again so it would be struck down as unconstitutional and racist again just like the black only farmer giveaway that racist pos President Retard authorized
Do black farmers farm or live on government handouts ?
I have neither patience nor time for negro fragility.
Why would a specific group of farmers need “special help”? Do people not buy their crops because of the group? Does equipment cost more because of their group? What disadvantage do they have?
See Zimbabwe…
I would be embarrassed to admit that. They either don’t know how to farm, or they’re all in on racial goodies, which makes them racist.
It wouldn’t be difficult to find some black farmers who are thankful and who aren’t complaining.
But that wouldn’t stir the pot.
Nor do I. They constantly whine instead of working hard.
Hate to say it, but there’s a farmer down the road that’s of the african american persuasion and all he does is plow his field every year and then let it go fallow.
“They” ... Fortunately, most dark skin people descended from Africans aren’t the whiny “they” we’re talking about. The whiny “they”, however, sure are loud and obnoxious.
See Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe government gave them farms and expected them to OMG Work ,LOL
There... fixed it
“If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t black”
Black farmers matter.
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