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The Daily Show: Ears Edition

If You Don't Know, Now You Know - America's Black Farmers

The Daily Show: Ears Edition

iHeartPodcasts and Paramount Podcasts

Comedy, Daily News, News

4.413.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2021

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

From June 2021, right-wing pundits denounce a relief bill for farmers of color, and Trevor unpacks the history of land inequity and racial discrimination faced by Black farmers in the U.S.

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0:00.0

You're listening to Comedy Central.

0:03.0

Now!

0:05.0

The $1.9 trillion relief bill that Joe Biden signed into law earlier this year

0:10.0

had money for everything from COVID vaccines to stimulus checks to a year's subscription to

0:15.7

Biden's only fans.

0:17.8

And it also gave $4 billion in loan forgiveness to black farmers.

0:23.9

Which it turns out not everyone is happy about.

0:27.5

Joe Biden sent billions of dollars to African American farmers in this country purely because

0:32.0

of how they look.

0:33.0

Now, that's illegal.

0:34.6

It's immoral.

0:35.6

It's completely divisive.

0:36.6

It's not a bill for black farmers.

0:39.6

It's a bill against white farmers.

0:41.6

I don't think they understand our business one bit.

0:44.8

Nobody asks you what race you are when you price fertilizer.

0:48.2

White farmers need not apply.

0:49.7

By virtue of the color of their skin, the Democratic Party is becoming the party of reverse

0:55.4

racism.

0:56.4

But farmers are being denied aid solely because of their skin color.

1:02.0

In this country, you do not punish people because they look a certain way because their ancestors

1:08.6

come from a certain place.

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