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White farmers blast $5bn promised to minority farm-owners in Biden's relief bill as discrimination and 'racism' with Sen. Lindsey Graham claiming it is a form of 'reparations'
- White farmers claim $5billion promised to minority farmers in Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID relief package is a form of discrimination
- They have slammed the Emergency Relief for Farmers of Color Act as 'racism'
- The bill provides $4billion in direct payments to farmers of color
- These payments will cover up to 120 percent of outstanding debt
- The other $1bn provides grants and loans to improve land access for minorities
- White farmers outnumber minority farmers in the US more than 13 times
- Yet minority farmers are receiving 50% of the $10.4 billion total aid offered to farmers of all races in the relief bill
- Senator Lindsey Graham claims the money is 'reparations' and has nothing to do with the COVID-19 relief bill
White farmers have voiced their frustration after President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID relief package this week awarded $5billion to minority farmers while not offering them the same aid.
The Emergency Relief for Farmers of Color Act was introduced to the relief package by Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock in early February to provide immediate financial relief to black, indigenous, and Hispanic farmers.
The bill provides $4billion in direct payments to farmers of color and has allocated $1 billion to address systemic racism at the U.S. Agriculture Department (USAD), providing legal assistance to farmers of color and grants and loans to improve land access for minorities.
The $4billion will provide direct payments of up to 120 percent of a 'socially disadvantaged' farmer or rancher's outstanding debt as of January 1, 2021.
Yet white farmers believe the add-on to the relief package is discriminatory as South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham blasts the money as 'reparations'.
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Senator Lindsey Graham has claimed the money is a form of 'reparations'
Angered white farmers and social media users have also blasted the bill
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The bill was introdcued to the relief package by Senator Raphael Warnock in February
The American Rescue Plan will provide $10.4 billion in total for farmers of all races and farm-related programs, according to CBS, but most of the money is earmarked for debt foregiveness for minority farmers.
Half of the fund is going to them, despite white farmers in the US vastly outnumbering their minority counterparts.
According to the USAD, which last issued figures in 2017, there are 3.2million white farmers in America.
However, there are only 45,500 black farmers, 112,500 Hispanic or Latino farmers, 58,200 American Indian or Alaska Native farmers and 22,000 Asian farmers.
This totals only 238,200 minority farmers who will be in recent of 50 percent of the offered aide.
White farmers outnumber them more than 13 times.
