So a handful of Black farmers are rightfully getting what's owed.the only other major party voted NO on it..
Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina took issue with a proposed $5 billion fund for debt repayment that would benefit historically disenfranchised Black farmers in the $1.9 trillion coronavirus stimulus package, calling it “reparations.”
Graham, a Republican, criticized what he called the Democratic “wish list” in the stimulus deal in an interview with Fox News on Tuesday.
“Let me give you an example of something that really bothers me. In this bill, if you’re a farmer, your loan will be forgiven up to 120% of your loan ... if you’re socially disadvantaged, if you’re African American, some other minority. But if you’re [a] white person, if you’re a white woman, no forgiveness. That’s reparations. What does that have to do with COVID?” Graham asked.
but hey
won't hear a word from @xfactor or @KingTaharqa or @Soul On Ice or @VAiz4hustlaz
you guys said nothing would happen for anyone who voted for the democrats... you said people voted without demands and that both parties are the same...So a handful of Black farmers are rightfully getting what's owed.
That's great. For them.
For you Bidets, this will be a talking point that you will now hang your dunce caps upon unfortunately.
Us: wheres the package that includes all FBA.
Yall: bUt HeZ baILEd outZ 20Fo FAHmerZ, WHat MoREZ Do YaLLz wantsZ
Of the $10.4 billion in the American Rescue Plan that will support agriculture, approximately half would go to disadvantaged farmers, according to estimates from the Farm Bureau, an industry organization. About a quarter of disadvantaged farmers are Black. The money would provide debt relief as well as grants, training, education and other forms of assistance aimed at acquiring land.you guys said nothing would happen for anyone who voted for the democrats... you said people voted without demands and that both parties are the same...
again
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1. black farmers benefit regardless you can't deny that.Of the $10.4 billion in the American Rescue Plan that will support agriculture, approximately half would go to disadvantaged farmers, according to estimates from the Farm Bureau, an industry organization. About a quarter of disadvantaged farmers are Black. The money would provide debt relief as well as grants, training, education and other forms of assistance aimed at acquiring land.
Of the 3.4 million farmers in the United States today, only 45,000 are Black, according to the USDA, down from 1 million a century ago
Its important to read the fine print. This bill isn't for "black farmers" Its for disenfranchised farmers and some happen to be black. This is akin to the code words like minority and people of color.
William Darity, a professor of public policy at Duke University who has studied reparations extensively, says that a $5 billion allocation is a “pittance,” at most 2 percent of the lost wealth, and that it does not constitute reparations.
“The best estimates I have seen of the economic loss to Black farmers due to USDA policies and overall processes of land appropriation by Whites has been between $250 and $350 billion. This is approximately 10 percent of total Black wealth in the U.S., about $2.5 trillion,” he said. “The notion that this approaches a program of reparations is nonsense. Reparations for Black American descendants of slavery must be designed to eliminate the gulf in Black and White wealth.”
Also
This is not the first time the federal government has attempted to compensate Black farmers for decades of marginalization and systematic discrimination. Known as Pigford I and II, two class-action lawsuits against the USDA paid out $2.3 billion to Black farmers who alleged racial discrimination in the department’s allocation of farm loans and assistance beginning in 1983.
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The Pigford settlements, however, did not make Black farmers whole, according to McCurty.
“Only 4.8 percent of Pigford I settlement went to debt relief. The vast majority of Black farmers were left with unconscionable debt and no legal recourse to save their land,” McCurty said
So yes the title sounds good but it looks like more of the same bullshit to me
Oh and lets not compare it to this
American Rescue Plan to be largest investment in Native programs in history
The American Rescue Plan, the $1.9 trillion economic stimulus package proposed by President Joe Biden, includes more than $31.2 billion for Native communities — the largest investment in Native programs in history with money for tribal governments, the Indian Health Service, housing, Native...www.nhonews.com
31 billion to Native Americans
@Soul On Ice @geechiedan
You know one group I don't mind receiving 31 Bil in aid is Native Americans. As for this relief in the act, I'll let this guy speak for himself.Of the $10.4 billion in the American Rescue Plan that will support agriculture, approximately half would go to disadvantaged farmers, according to estimates from the Farm Bureau, an industry organization. About a quarter of disadvantaged farmers are Black. The money would provide debt relief as well as grants, training, education and other forms of assistance aimed at acquiring land.
Of the 3.4 million farmers in the United States today, only 45,000 are Black, according to the USDA, down from 1 million a century ago
Its important to read the fine print. This bill isn't for "black farmers" Its for disenfranchised farmers and some happen to be black. This is akin to the code words like minority and people of color.
William Darity, a professor of public policy at Duke University who has studied reparations extensively, says that a $5 billion allocation is a “pittance,” at most 2 percent of the lost wealth, and that it does not constitute reparations.
“The best estimates I have seen of the economic loss to Black farmers due to USDA policies and overall processes of land appropriation by Whites has been between $250 and $350 billion. This is approximately 10 percent of total Black wealth in the U.S., about $2.5 trillion,” he said. “The notion that this approaches a program of reparations is nonsense. Reparations for Black American descendants of slavery must be designed to eliminate the gulf in Black and White wealth.”
Also
This is not the first time the federal government has attempted to compensate Black farmers for decades of marginalization and systematic discrimination. Known as Pigford I and II, two class-action lawsuits against the USDA paid out $2.3 billion to Black farmers who alleged racial discrimination in the department’s allocation of farm loans and assistance beginning in 1983.
AD
The Pigford settlements, however, did not make Black farmers whole, according to McCurty.
“Only 4.8 percent of Pigford I settlement went to debt relief. The vast majority of Black farmers were left with unconscionable debt and no legal recourse to save their land,” McCurty said
So yes the title sounds good but it looks like more of the same bullshit to me
Oh and lets not compare it to this
American Rescue Plan to be largest investment in Native programs in history
The American Rescue Plan, the $1.9 trillion economic stimulus package proposed by President Joe Biden, includes more than $31.2 billion for Native communities — the largest investment in Native programs in history with money for tribal governments, the Indian Health Service, housing, Native...
31 billion to Native Americans
@Soul On Ice @geechiedan
1) we don't know if they will benefit yet..it remains to be seen.
anything for anyone else you act like its a done deal
I dunno...how many times did the US take their land make a promise break it and take more land??
Well obviously because in the article it states how the USDA has a history of not paying when they are supposed toanything for anyone else you act like its a done deal....anything for black people you say it remains to be seen..c'mon dude.
I dunno...how many times did the US take their land make a promise break it and take more land??
Don’t you know when you’re being gaslighted?
Where does my statement infer that I believed McConnell in the first place? His moves are not new to me.
They’re also on ignore.
I already responded for themthe only other major party voted NO on it..
Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina took issue with a proposed $5 billion fund for debt repayment that would benefit historically disenfranchised Black farmers in the $1.9 trillion coronavirus stimulus package, calling it “reparations.”
Graham, a Republican, criticized what he called the Democratic “wish list” in the stimulus deal in an interview with Fox News on Tuesday.
“Let me give you an example of something that really bothers me. In this bill, if you’re a farmer, your loan will be forgiven up to 120% of your loan ... if you’re socially disadvantaged, if you’re African American, some other minority. But if you’re [a] white person, if you’re a white woman, no forgiveness. That’s reparations. What does that have to do with COVID?” Graham asked.
but hey
won't hear a word from @xfactor or @KingTaharqa or @Soul On Ice or @VAiz4hustlaz
The same Democrat party that voted no against raising the federal minimum wage that would raise like 15m Black people out of abject poverty?you guys said nothing would happen for anyone who voted for the democrats... you said people voted without demands and that both parties are the same...
again
If they could see the overall picture they wouldn't be arguing over democrat vs republican as if both aren't apart of the same racist ass system
Yeah I peeped that homie. Unlike @geechiedanOf the $10.4 billion in the American Rescue Plan that will support agriculture, approximately half would go to disadvantaged farmers, according to estimates from the Farm Bureau, an industry organization. About a quarter of disadvantaged farmers are Black. The money would provide debt relief as well as grants, training, education and other forms of assistance aimed at acquiring land.
Of the 3.4 million farmers in the United States today, only 45,000 are Black, according to the USDA, down from 1 million a century ago
Its important to read the fine print. This bill isn't for "black farmers" Its for disenfranchised farmers and some happen to be black. This is akin to the code words like minority and people of color.
William Darity, a professor of public policy at Duke University who has studied reparations extensively, says that a $5 billion allocation is a “pittance,” at most 2 percent of the lost wealth, and that it does not constitute reparations.
“The best estimates I have seen of the economic loss to Black farmers due to USDA policies and overall processes of land appropriation by Whites has been between $250 and $350 billion. This is approximately 10 percent of total Black wealth in the U.S., about $2.5 trillion,” he said. “The notion that this approaches a program of reparations is nonsense. Reparations for Black American descendants of slavery must be designed to eliminate the gulf in Black and White wealth.”
Also
This is not the first time the federal government has attempted to compensate Black farmers for decades of marginalization and systematic discrimination. Known as Pigford I and II, two class-action lawsuits against the USDA paid out $2.3 billion to Black farmers who alleged racial discrimination in the department’s allocation of farm loans and assistance beginning in 1983.
AD
The Pigford settlements, however, did not make Black farmers whole, according to McCurty.
“Only 4.8 percent of Pigford I settlement went to debt relief. The vast majority of Black farmers were left with unconscionable debt and no legal recourse to save their land,” McCurty said
So yes the title sounds good but it looks like more of the same bullshit to me
Oh and lets not compare it to this
American Rescue Plan to be largest investment in Native programs in history
The American Rescue Plan, the $1.9 trillion economic stimulus package proposed by President Joe Biden, includes more than $31.2 billion for Native communities — the largest investment in Native programs in history with money for tribal governments, the Indian Health Service, housing, Native...
31 billion to Native Americans
@Soul On Ice @geechiedan
the big picture is I see only ONE party even wrestling with those issues... you show me another party that has members fighting and arguing in camp over the issues you stated or lockstep in favor of it and I'll vote for them instead....
Shut up. The minimum wage will be taken up again.
