State and federal racism is alive and well in America, laws be damned. Even though there are federal and state laws against discrimination [1] based on race, the leftists in power don’t seem to care about those laws.
Leftists only care about the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and other federal and state discrimination laws when they pertain to protecting minorities – their voting block. The thing about leftists is that they only want the laws to protect the people they want them to protect. Not everyone.
In an effort to give blacks “reparations” the federal and state governments are going hog wild and bending over backwards to give minorities special privileges not given to whites.
That’s called racism.
In the recent 1.9 trillion “COVID-19 relief bill”, the leftists made sure that black farmers get federal to help them with losses due to the pandemic. They’ll get $5 billion of help in fact.
According to the Business insider, black farmers have faced discrimination when trying to get federal loans and in other areas so now the blacks, hispanics, indigenous and other farmers “of color” will get help from the Federal government through the “Emergency Relief for Farmers of Color Act. [2]“
White is obviously not a color which makes them the only excluded group from the handouts.
Only “socially disadvantaged farmers” and “socially disadvantaged groups” need to apply for the loans, debt forgiveness, training, technical assistance and grants offered by the leftists.
That’s called racism.
In Michigan, we have a Democratic Governor who thinks it’s okay to have a formula based on race [3], income and other social factors in order to determine how the COVID-19 vaccines are distributed.
That’s called racism.
In an effort to push for racial equity, the town of Evanston, north of Chicago, has decided to fund reparations [4] for its black residents by funding things like home ownership assistance. According to the Daily Mail, black residents could get $25,000 for homeownership, home improvement and mortgage assistance.
According to their FAQ, you don’t even have to be a direct descendant of slaves. You only have to be an applicant who is a black or African American person having origins in any of the black racial and ethnic groups of Africa.
That’s called racism.
Pennsylvania is also looking to help blacks and latinos with their mortgage payments [5]. This help would come in the form of distributing the monies from the America Rescue Plan.
That’s called racism.
Government ran by democrats has proven over the years to be racist against whatever race they need to be for votes and power. Things don’t look like they’re going to be changing anytime soon either.