SBA program in jeopardy, Ala. Redistricting Stay Denied, VP Celebrates Hip-Hop's 50th
#RolandMartinUnfiltered
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🗓️ 12 September 2023
⏱️ 121 minutes
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9.11.2023 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: SBA program in jeopardy, Ala. Redistricting Stay Denied, VP Celebrates Hip-Hop's 50th
The Small Business Administration's 8(a) Business Development program, meant to open a pipeline to billions in government contracting dollars for historically disadvantaged groups, is the latest victim of the Supreme Court's June decision upending race-conscious college admission. We'll discuss what that means to black business owners.
A panel of federal judges who concluded that Alabama's latest congressional map is unconstitutional just denied the state's effort to pause the ruling while Alabama state officials appealed the decision.
The clock is ticking before U.S. auto workers launch what could be a never-before-seen simultaneous strike against the "Big Three." We'll break down what the United Auto Workers union is demanding.
And I was at the Vice President's 50th Hip-Hop celebration.
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| 0:35.7 | Folks, the Federal Government 8A program is in serious jeopardy after a Tennessee federal judge |
| 0:42.4 | ruled in favor of a white woman who sued the program. |
| 0:46.7 | The federal judge declared the key provisions of the popular federal program is unconstitutional, |
| 0:53.0 | are extending the U.S. Supreme Court's decision |
| 0:55.6 | banning affirmative action in colleges and admissions. The decision is one of the first as a result |
| 1:02.4 | of that affirmative action decision. It throws a major wrench into an SBA program has been around |
| 1:09.1 | for 50 plus years. |
| 1:11.3 | Joining me now, the discusses this is Ron Busby. |
| 1:14.4 | He is the president's CEO of U.S. Black Chambers Inc. also, Damon Hewitt. |
| 1:19.1 | He is the president, executive director, the law is committed for civilized under law. |
| 1:22.8 | And, Damon, this is the thing I kept trying to warn for everybody yet. |
| 1:26.2 | The strategy of Ed Bloom and these conservatives is to attack every program that benefits African-Americans and Latinos. |
| 1:35.3 | We've been about equalizing the playing field. |
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