Biden Cabinet secretary defends race-based COVID aid, citing historical discrimination
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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack defended loan forgiveness for minority farmers in a press briefing Wednesday, citing historical discrimination by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
"I think you have to take you back 20, 30 years when we know for a fact that socially disadvantaged producers were discriminated against by the United States Department of Agriculture. We know this. We have reimbursed people in the past for those acts of discrimination, but we've never absolutely dealt with the cumulative effect," Vilsack said. Vilsack’s comments came in response to a question about a suit from White farmers who say they can’t participate in the loan forgiveness program on account of race.More Related News