The act, introduced by Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock, will provide $4billion in direct payments of up to 120 per cent of a "socially disadvantaged" farmer's outstanding debt as of January 1.
A further $1billion has been allocated for the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide grants, college scholarships and more for minority growers.
White farmers' fury over Biden's 'racist' relief bill that gives $5bn to black & Hispanic farm-owners & nothing to them (the-sun.com)
I wonder how many farmer friends of Warnock took out massive loans towards the end of the year. The dems love setting up graft machines. Keeps the deep state happy.
Pretty sure that's unconstitutional and will get challenged, but the fact that they actually put it in there and Biden signed it tells you how interested they are in uniting anything. Unequal treatment always causes division. Warnock is a good Marxist, and he knows exactly the effect this will have.
Newly Uncovered Writings show more Evidence of Warnock's Support for Marxist Ideology by Reagan McCarthy (townhall.com)
Thanks again, Georgia.
Whites sure do bitch when they don't get welfare but they say nothing when only whites get da welfarez...
“We are one more important step closer to bringing emergency debt relief to Black, Native American and other Farmers of Color in this country,” John Boyd Jr., president of the National Black Farmers Association, said in a statement. “Generations of discriminatory behavior by the U.S. Department of Agriculture has contributed to significant economic differences between white farmers and farmers of color that directly impact their access to credit. Sec. 1005 and Sec. 1006 of H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 will help address the ongoing effects of discrimination by reducing the risk of foreclosure and increasing access to credit.”
Black agriculturalists
have faced challenges throughout U.S. history, even after the Civil War and the formal end to slavery. The amount of farmland owned and/or operated by Black farmers is but a fraction of what it was 100 years ago, and many Black farmers struggle for equity at farmers markets and on supermarket shelves. There has long been barriers for this community to “land ownership, capacity to scale, access to labor, capital, and markets,” said Richard Morris, Urban Agriculture Collective Farm and Foodroots Program Director at Cultivate Charlottesville. “Black farmers are hampered at every step of the way due to systemic discrimination.”
The Emergency Relief for Farmers of Color Act comes at a time when other efforts are being made to address the racist history of the USDA and other organizations that crippled advancements of Black farmers. Recently, U.S. Sen. Cory Booker reintroduced his
Justice for Black Farmers Act, which seeks to “address the history of discrimination against Black farmers and ranchers, to require reforms within the Department of Agriculture to prevent future discrimination, and for other purposes.” Though the bill stalled when originally introduced late last fall, the reintroduction has a broader number sponsors, including Warnock.
Warnock spearheaded the inclusion of the Emergency Relief for Farmers of Color Act, which provides debt relief for Black farmers and other farmers of color.
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