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RSherman

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3. Black Farmers Sue USDA
Thu Jul 28, 2022, 08:00 AM
Jul 2022
https://apnews.com/article/Battle-for-Black-Farms-e1034c6701f55a3a5362447e0354c4cd

I listened to an interview yesterday with the head of the black farmers' union. USDA would not give them loans. White men sitting on a committee could decide to foreclose on them, then get first dibs on their farms. This guy lost his 47 acres in 1996. They are suing for discrimination by the USDA. They won and are waiting for their $. Then the white farmers sued for reverse discrimination. All disgusting. I have a friend who thinks black people should just get over it because slavery ended a long time ago. Here we are in present times and the racism is very real, blatant, and just goes on and on.

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