Countering JD Vance’s “Disgraceful, Deplorable” Jab at Black Farmers

In a current CBS Information interview, Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance charged that the Biden administration was favoring Black farmers over white farmers in federal coverage. That got here days after the US Division of Agriculture started distributing greater than $2 billion in reduction to Black and different marginalized farmers who suffered historic discrimination from the company. On at this time’s episode of A Phrase, Jason Johnson is joined by John Boyd, Jr., a household farmer and the president of the Nationwide Black Farmers Affiliation. They talk about Vance’s allegations, the lengthy street to the discrimination settlement, and the continued work of preserving African American farming communities.

Visitor: John Boyd Jr., founder, and president of the Nationwide Black Farmers Affiliation

Podcast manufacturing by Kristie Taiwo-Makanjuola

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