This Is White Privilege

[Asclepias]

Did the white farmers who oppose these funds receive funds in the past that were denied to blacks?

You didnt read his post all the way through. Its says exactly that.

 

[Asclepias]

Why should grants be handed out based on race?

Because they handed out grants before based on race. Dont you know your history?

 

[Batcat]

Thats a bunch of bullshit. White farmers were never discriminated against because they were white you fucking idiot.

That’s only because a white farmer sued to stop this obvious racism from taking effect.

The object is to have a society that treats all people the same and is color blind. It is not to put the blacks on top of the whites for the next 400 years to make up for the past.

White farmer wins temporary halt to program for Black counterparts

White farmers argued that redressing past discrimination against Black farmers violated their rights, an argument backed by former Trump aides.

www.nbcnews.com

WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Florida halted the Biden administration’s new debt-relief program for minority farmers on Wednesday.

Judge Marcia Morales Howard, an appointee of President George W. Bush, temporarily blocked the Agriculture Department from implementing a $4 billion program aimed at helping distressed minority farmers on the basis that it likely violates white farmers' rights to equal protection under the 14th Amendment to the Constitution. That argument was backed by several former aides in the Trump White House.


Howard ordered the Agriculture Department not to issue payments under the program for "socially disadvantaged" farmers until she can rule on the merits of the case. She wrote that the program, which is embedded in President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan law, is "significantly likely" to violate the constitutional rights of the plaintiff, a white farmer named Scott Wynn.

Her order creates a nationwide injunction against the debt-relief program.

 

[IM2]

That’s only because a white farmer sued to stop this obvious racism from taking effect.

The object is to have a society that treats all people the same and is color blind. It is not to put the blacks on top of the whites for the next 400 years to make up for the past.

White farmer wins temporary halt to program for Black counterparts

White farmers argued that redressing past discrimination against Black farmers violated their rights, an argument backed by former Trump aides.

www.nbcnews.com

WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Florida halted the Biden administration’s new debt-relief program for minority farmers on Wednesday.

Judge Marcia Morales Howard, an appointee of President George W. Bush, temporarily blocked the Agriculture Department from implementing a $4 billion program aimed at helping distressed minority farmers on the basis that it likely violates white farmers' rights to equal protection under the 14th Amendment to the Constitution. That argument was backed by several former aides in the Trump White House.


Howard ordered the Agriculture Department not to issue payments under the program for "socially disadvantaged" farmers until she can rule on the merits of the case. She wrote that the program, which is embedded in President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan law, is "significantly likely" to violate the constitutional rights of the plaintiff, a white farmer named Scott Wynn.

Her order creates a nationwide injunction against the debt-relief program.

There was no obvious racism here except from the white farmer who whined about it.

 

[Batcat]

There was no obvious racism here except from the white farmer who whined about it.

There would have been racism if the farmer didn’t whine.

 

[MizMolly]

There was no obvious racism here except from the white farmer who whined about it.

Pointing out racism isn't racism

 

[AZrailwhale]

When you have benefitted from over 100 years of policies excluding blacks and you whine about a policy that tries to level the playing field then a white judge denies the historic racism to stop the program because white farmers scream that's discrimination, well that's white privilege.

White farmers blocked a much-needed federal relief program for Black farmers. The saga proved Black farmers won't overcome racism unless they take their economic future into their own hands.
[email protected] (Cornelius Blanding) 16 hrs ago

This month, in a historic step to redress racism, the United States Department of Agriculture planned to begin issuing $4 billion in debt relief to minority farmers around the country. The move follows a long and ugly record of discrimination, including by the USDA itself.

Depressingly but not surprisingly, a group of white farmers has sued the USDA over the relief program, which was passed as part of the American Rescue Plan back in March. These longtime beneficiaries of systemic racism now claim they are victims of reverse discrimination. On June 10, a US District court issued a temporary restraining order on the USDA's plan while it decides if the agency's program discriminates against white farmers. A judge in Florida also ruled against the program on June 24, throwing the future of the aid further into doubt.

More shocking, though, has been the reaction from banks. Three of the country's biggest banking trade groups are fighting to stop the debt relief. In a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, they issued a barely veiled threat to withhold credit from farmers of color if the USDA moves ahead with the initiative.

The three trade groups - the American Bankers Association, the Independent Community Bankers of America, and the National Rural Lenders Association - collectively represent a huge swath of American financial institutions, including the very ones that spent much of the 20th century denying home and business loans to people of color. Their attack on an effort to correct the effects of their actions shows how acceptable blatant racism remains in America's most powerful institutions.

For years, financial institutions have used discriminatory practices to withhold credit from non-White farmers. The USDA - which plays a central role in farming through loans, grants, insurance, technical help, and other services - has also failed to help Black farms equally, as Vilsack recently acknowledged. As a result, they struggled and shrank as White-owned farms grew. Consider that, in 1920, 14% of the nation's farmers were black. By 2017, fewer than 2% were.

White farmers blocked a much-needed federal relief program for Black farmers. The saga proved Black farmers won't overcome racism unless they take their economic future into their own hands.

Redressing racism from the past by violating current law. That sounds about something you'd advocate.

 

[MizMolly]

When you have benefitted from over 100 years of policies excluding blacks and you whine about a policy that tries to level the playing field then a white judge denies the historic racism to stop the program because white farmers scream that's discrimination, well that's white privilege.

White farmers blocked a much-needed federal relief program for Black farmers. The saga proved Black farmers won't overcome racism unless they take their economic future into their own hands.
[email protected] (Cornelius Blanding) 16 hrs ago

This month, in a historic step to redress racism, the United States Department of Agriculture planned to begin issuing $4 billion in debt relief to minority farmers around the country. The move follows a long and ugly record of discrimination, including by the USDA itself.

Depressingly but not surprisingly, a group of white farmers has sued the USDA over the relief program, which was passed as part of the American Rescue Plan back in March. These longtime beneficiaries of systemic racism now claim they are victims of reverse discrimination. On June 10, a US District court issued a temporary restraining order on the USDA's plan while it decides if the agency's program discriminates against white farmers. A judge in Florida also ruled against the program on June 24, throwing the future of the aid further into doubt.

More shocking, though, has been the reaction from banks. Three of the country's biggest banking trade groups are fighting to stop the debt relief. In a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, they issued a barely veiled threat to withhold credit from farmers of color if the USDA moves ahead with the initiative.

The three trade groups - the American Bankers Association, the Independent Community Bankers of America, and the National Rural Lenders Association - collectively represent a huge swath of American financial institutions, including the very ones that spent much of the 20th century denying home and business loans to people of color. Their attack on an effort to correct the effects of their actions shows how acceptable blatant racism remains in America's most powerful institutions.

For years, financial institutions have used discriminatory practices to withhold credit from non-White farmers. The USDA - which plays a central role in farming through loans, grants, insurance, technical help, and other services - has also failed to help Black farms equally, as Vilsack recently acknowledged. As a result, they struggled and shrank as White-owned farms grew. Consider that, in 1920, 14% of the nation's farmers were black. By 2017, fewer than 2% were.

White farmers blocked a much-needed federal relief program for Black farmers. The saga proved Black farmers won't overcome racism unless they take their economic future into their own hands.

None of us have benefitted anything for over 100 years. Other people in the past may have benefitted, but you don't lump everyone together as if they have.

 

[MizMolly]

If people truly want equal treatment, they should stop expecting preferential treatment.