*BLACK FARMERS, RACIAL EQUITY PROGRAMS & THE ATTEMPT TO SUBVERT BLACK REPARATIONS: ROBBERY BY DECEPTION* Don't confuse the USDA Discrimination Financial Assistance Programs as Compensation to Black Farmers who suffered dispossession of farm land & loss farming income due to Racism between 1920 & 1997... Between 1920 & 1997, Black Farmers lost farmland & farm income worth $326 billion today!!! (See data at, https://www.naacpldf.org/case-issue/black-farmers-faq/). The initial Black Farm lawsuit Settlement of $1.25 billion & agreed to by Barak Obama in 2010, was for "African American" farmers alone. But White framers sued, claiming REVERSE discrimination over their exclusion when Congress tried to implement the settlement agreement. The outcome was a victory for these Whites, with Congress including a $2.2 billion in the Inflation Reduction Act, to be awarded under the USAD Discrimination Financial Assistance Program( DFAP) to farmers, ranchers & forest land owners who experienced discrimination prior to January 2021. More specifically , those eligible for DFAP awards include : "Farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners who experienced discrimination by USDA in its farm loan programs prior to January 1, 2021 and/or are currently debtors with assigned or assumed USDA farm loan debt that was the subject of USDA discrimination that occurred prior to January 1, 2021, are eligible for this program.Jan 8, 2024 https://www.usda.gov › us..." Financial assistance was issued under the DFAP during the one-year one-time application process ending July2024, to about 43,000 individual farmers,ranchers & forest land owners in all 50 States. These recipients included over 23,000 individuals who have or had a farming or ranching operation, who are receiving between $10,000 and $500,000 of assistance, with an average of nearly $82,000. Recipients also include over 20,000 individuals who planned to have a farming or ranching operation, but reported they were unable to do so because they couldn’t get a USDA loan. These individuals are receiving between $3,500 and $6,000 of assistance, with an average of $5000. (See, https://22007apply.gov/) Thus, this DFAP was open to Whites & any other Persons who claim Discrimination by the USDA. *Thus, it was/is a RACIAL EQUITY PROGRAM, not Compensation or Reparation to Black Farmers for past discrimination.* Additionally, it is unknown how many of the 43,000 DFAP recipients are African American Farmers or Black Farmers. Nor is it clear what Standards or Criteria is used by the USDA to determine if a DFAP application has merits..., or how many Black applications were denied & for What reasons?? In 1997, more than 20,000 Black Farmers filed the class action lawsuit in Federal Court, but only 15,000 were deemed to have meritorious claims. However, the level of claims of discrimination by Black Farmers were ultimately reached 80,000. How many of these claims had merits were not determined & remain unknown. In 2022, there were 28,723 Black Farmers in the U.S., less than 2% of the 1.9 million total farms in U.S., Whites owning 95% of Farms in the U.S. While we commend the Black Farmers leading the Class Action lawsuit for their dedication & hard work, & the see the 2010 settlement of$1.25 billion as a small victory that provide much needed relief to desperate,hurting & struggle Black Farmers. This is not partial compensation or reparation for past racial Injustice: we reject that the $2.2 billion under the DFAP is awarded to satisfy the initial settlement agreement of $1.25 to Black Farmers, & we further contend that the 80,000 Black Farmer identified with Discrimination claims in connection with the lawsuit are still owed $326 billion in Reparations. This Race-Neutral $2.2 billion Racial Equity Program signed by Joe Biden, as part of the Inflation Reduction Act, to assist all farmers discriminated against prior to January 1,2021, cannot be allowed to terminate or subvert the legitimate claims of 80,000 Black Farmers to Reparations or Reparatory Justice amounting approximately $326billion. Those who advocate for true Black Reparations, must not allow the White Enemy & his Black Collaborators to rob our Black Farmers & Other African American Descendants of Slaves, of our full Reparations due us as victims of Slavery & Racial Discrimination, by setting up racial equity,Weath Gap & Racial Integration programs open to everyone everyone or all other minorities, & which don't specifically target & redress our black injuries & restore all the value- the Land & Income We Blacks have lost. While Racial Equity Program are good & helpful in general, they cannot & must not be set up & allowed to replaced,distorted or undermine genuine & true Black Reparations programs Accordingly, we must distinguish & separate True Black Reparations programs from these other Race- Neutral Programs, to ensure we Blacks are not ROBBED BY DECEPTION of our Full & Just Reparations. Moreover, that $326 billion owed Black Farmers, must still be payed by the U.S. Government to Black Farmers, as part of a the $24-$50Trillon owed Black Americans as Reparations for Slavery, Jim Segregation & Modern Racism. We Black Revolutionaries must demand & accept nothing less. Reparations Yes! Black Power
This is a very indepth look at what happened and what didn't happen for our Black farmers demand for REPARATIONS. At least an hour to read . But tells you everything you need to know !
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