Black farmers across the nation are suing the Biden administration over the $4 billion debt relief program that was promised to them but never delivered
The program aimed to help farmers of color, but white farmers sued and claimed they were being discriminated against
A judge last year agreed with the white farmers and blocked the money from going through, leading to the administration proposing a new plan
The new plan offers far less money to black farmers and aims to appease white farmers by also offering debt relief to them
Black farmers are taking the federal government to court after the Biden administration watered down a proposed $4 billion debt relief program aimed at helping people of color in the agriculture industry.
The farmers have not received the relief package after nearly 18 months of waiting as the money was stalled in courts due to white farmers complaining the debt relief infringes on their constitutional rights.
John Boyd, president of the National Black Farmers Association and a plaintiff in the class action lawsuit, said ‘they broke their promise to black farmers and other farmers of color.’