A group of white Midwestern farmers has filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration for racial discrimination over being banned from a loan forgiveness program offered only to farmers of color, due to the fact that they are ineligible “solely due to their race.”
What are the details?
The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty is representing the plaintiffs from Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Dakota and Ohio in their suit against U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Thomas Vilsack and Farm Service Agency administrator Zach Ducheneaux.
Their complaint argues that a loan program as part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 for “socially disadvantaged” farmers is unconstitutional because it is race-based.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel noted that the program “pays up to 120% of direct or guaranteed farm loan balances for producers who are Black, American Indian or Alaskan native, Hispanic or Latino, and Asian American or Pacific Islander.” But white producers do not qualify.
“Were plaintiffs eligible for the loan forgiveness benefit, they would have the opportunity to make additional investments in their property, expand their farms, purchase equipment and supplies, and otherwise support their families and local communities,” the lawsuit reads. “Because plaintiffs are ineligible to even apply for the program solely due to their race, they have been denied the equal protection of the law and therefore suffered harm.”
The U.S. Department of Agriculture explains on its website the reasoning behind the race-based program, stating:
“USDA recognizes that socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers have faced systemic discrimination with cumulative effects that have, among other consequences, led to a substantial loss in the number of socially disadvantaged producers, reduced the amount of farmland they control, and contributed to a cycle of debt that was exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic.
During the pandemic, socially disadvantaged communities saw a disproportionate amount of COVID-19 infection rates, loss of property, hospitalizations, death, and economic hurt.”
One of the plaintiffs in the suit is Adam Faust, a dairy farmer and double amputee. He told the Journal Sentinel, “There should absolutely be no federal dollars going anywhere just based on race. The economic impact from COVID-19 didn’t hurt any race more than another as far as agriculture goes.”
The AP noted that “minority farmers have maintained for decades that they have been unfairly denied farm loans and other government assistance,” adding that “the USDA in 1999 and 2010 settled lawsuits from Black farmers accusing the agency of discriminating against them.”
Meanwhile you have domestic terrorists running wild in the streets beating innocent people ,looting and destroying private property but they just let them be,wtf happened to this country
Socialist Demoncrats!
Exactly right!!
Can’t you all just hear the Jackboots, with the Brown Shirts coming for us??!
you are correct sir!
The federal government should be held accountable if they were guilty of discriminating against minority farmers for decades. BUT this is a different situation entirely! This “relief act” actually stated, in writing, that ONLY minority farmers could apply and receive these much needed grants. White farmers were excluded solely based on race. This IS racist , discriminatory, and ILLEGAL!! Get ready, SCOTUS. This one is coming your way!!
they did have to pay which is what makes this so crazy… the crazies are running the nuthouse… these farmers will win and i hope its big
It’s not enough to pay a white farmer with tax dollars. The idiots who came up with this scheme need to be held liable. They are all millionaires anyway. Take their money to “settle this debt” to the white man. Let’s call it a redistribution of wealth. (A term the liberals can understand).
It is not just discrimination against farmers, it is in everything they do. As an example, illegals get better treatment that our own homeless citizens. Why is that? Instead of spending 84 million dollars on illegal hotel rooms, they, the government could have built homeless shelters of our citizens. They government lets illegals into our country with no medical exams. God knows how many diseases they are bringing into our country. But the Biden administration just does not care.
Sheila,
IF the SCOTUS continues on it’s current path and COWARDLINESS nothing will happen of any good. We as Americans that built this Great Nation must ACT with non-Valiance unlike the Democrats and their ANTI FA AND BLM
BOYCOTT ALL OF THEM YOU CAN!
DAG BARKLEY’S WALL OF MARXIST SHAME
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Of course it’s illegal as hell – but if the demoncrats are doing it, that doesn’t matter.
Doesn’t feel good does it? This has been done to minority farmers for years so what’s the problem now? White farmers didn’t complain then because it benefited them.
Thats b.s. If you where discriminated against based on your race you should have spoke up. I know a few minority farmers and ranchers that weren’t discriminated against. I also know a few white farmers that didn’t qualify for the same programs. I’m so tired of you people screaming racism every time something doesn’t go your way. Stop, your ruining this country. Work harder and you will be successful. Stand around with your hand out and you’ll be hungry.
black formers did win a suit, and got paid, please don’t make this about all black people (you people) there are more of us hard workers then not … you just don’t hear about up because it does not fit the media profile, discrimination is discrimination no matter who it is against and all forms against all people should stop, when you talk to a man and don’t look at his skin color you then you are just talking to a man …
Michael, I’m afraid it’s too late. The country is already ruined.
@stan washington – FOAD!
COVID RELIEF! What part of that don’t you understand? One word for you. RACIST!!!
Democrats only do this for blacks because they need their votes. But they show their racism of all people even whites. Don’t ever forget it was the democrats that, pushed for Jim Crow laws, founded the KKK, voted against integration and have done absolutely nothing for the African race not even when they had an African American President.
They also voted against reparations legislation (40 Acres and a Mule) after the Civil War!
Any law that specifies any one race is unconstitutional in this country. The democrats are evil in their use of sUch laws to encourage race tensions in this country.
Typical Fascist Democrat stunt. Yell racism at anything a conservative does, and then turn around and show everyone who is the real racist. The racist actions of the Dept of Agriculture in the past have been addressed, then they put themselves in the same position (and in writing) as they were only aimed at another race. The Fascists Democrat Party are so swept up with power, that they will do anything in an attempt to divide the people of the country in their attempts to control them.
The Federal government has been playing the”race game” for a very long time and totally since 1964. Welfare programs for everything from housing to food including breakfast, lunch and even supper and special food programs when schools are out for the summer have been going on for decades. If you can’t afford to raise a child DON’T HAVE A CHILD rather than expecting the other taxpayers to do it for you. Contrary to Hildabeast Clinton it does NOT take a village, it takes honest caring and loving parents who know what they can afford to do. Welfare is “buying votes” by politicians handing out other peoples money.
Why anyone would be surprised that Xi-Jinbiden’s Neo-fascist party would decide to throw money at persons solely on the basis of their race while screaming systemic racism is beyond me.
That is what the entire platform of the democrat party is based on. . .RACISM
Democrats know all about being racist, being the party of the KKK.
“White Cannot Apply” is at the core the very legal definition of Discrimination. It’d be the same type of discrimination if you said “Gays can’t Apply”.
Without being labeled a domestic terrorist for asking such questions, but at what point, or what action must “We the people” reach before diplomacy isn’t considered, and violence (reaction) Is imminent? When I purchase an Ag product, other than no Mexico grown, I don’t wonder if it is Black or white farmer! And now there is “Black owned businesses “ lists, which will now make it easy to actively choose not to support companies woke and supporting BLM. The only group of people I go out of my way NOT to support, is those owned by Democrats! Remember Goya?
Racism is a democrat thing, simple as that.
This just goes to show how corrupt and evil this country has become.
You know…
We were all doing just fine till the assholes in the Dem party started their B.S. I have but one question for everybody… What the hell color do you bleed? Till somebody starts bleeding green with pink polka dots, we should all be just fine. BTW… The next time a Dem brings up the issue of race? Ask them the question above and see what happens. The dem party can only bring up the race issue because that is all they have and all they know. Without it? They are nothing…