https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/03/08/reparations-black-farmers-stimulus/
It must be nice to be a black farmer right about now.
It must be nice to be a black farmer right about now.
Black farmers will receive $5 billion of the stimulus package
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This is nice. It's about time they gave a lot of money to black farmers. It can't undue all the damage that was done to black farmers but it's a good start.
What about black wall street though? Everybody remember the Tulsa race massacre. I would think all black business should be in line 5 billion. We need to keep the pressure on the Biden admin & congress.
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saturn7
Politics is an EXCHANGE!!!
It's a nice start but the WaPo ain't shyt for labeling this as REPARATIONS. Be careful of the language.
"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."
But others, while acknowledging that the payments would be highly significant, say they do not constitute reparations.
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.”
It's a nice start but the WaPo ain't shyt for labeling this as REPARATIONS. Be careful of the language.
"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."
But others, while acknowledging that the payments would be highly significant, say they do not constitute reparations.
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.”
Even if it was reparations they still would deserve it based on how they have been discriminated against all over the years.
Neo. The Only. The One.
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I remember when they had that black farmer payout under Obama, all kinds of folks that aint never farmed a day in their life was collecting the bag
I wasn't even mad because this country owes us that and more
Why can't they have something specifically for black farmers instead of this retarded people of color bullshyt? They are scared to have something specifically for black farmers.
That's how they fukk us over. Language. Some of you NONREADING motherfukkers that bragging about not reading long posts and articles better start smarting up. Stop cosigning intentional loopholes. You can even see them saying it directly in there...
That's how they fukk us over. Language. Some of you NONREADING motherfukkers that bragging about not reading long posts and articles better start smarting up. Stop cosigning intentional loopholes. You can even see them saying it directly in there...
Neo. The Only. The One.
THE ONE
True. I pay folks like that no mind. Like you said we know he is an agent upset because black farmers are getting that bag. I hope the anger eat a whole in his stomach. Lol
This retard.....
Lets do math, ladies and gentlemen. Who is this other 75% of disadvantage farmers who aren't black? So out of all that money, that 75% will get most of the dough and will be way ahead wealth wise where those disadvantaged black farmers IF the government doesn't fukk them over will be way behind them.
This is not enough. There NEEDS to be a specific policy for black farmers. In fact, policies.
You're a shill that wants to see black people lose.
saturn7
Politics is an EXCHANGE!!!
This was probably in the works earlier and they had to go with it so I can understand why it is not specifically for Black Farmers.
Going forward however, we have to get our politicians to understand that we do need Black/ADOS targeted policies.
This is why we got to stay on the necks of people who misuse the word "Reparations" to describe things that aren't truly Reparations.
