“Illegal land sales, land theft, loan bias, document forgery, collusion and conspiracy continue to drive farmers out of business. But the agency has also caused major hardships to minority customers by not providing the same lending options that it provides to their White counterparts. There has been recorded testimonials from Black farmers that accuse agency reps of the USDA of bluntly calling them racial slurs and told the farmers that they didn’t meet qualifications simply because of the tone of their skin. The Washington Post article goes on to state that, “between 1982 and 1992, the number of Black farmers in the United States dropped by 43 percent, from 33,250 to 18,816.”
Posted on: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 15:53:33 +0000
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