Obama Gives Discriminated Hispanic, Women Farmers $1.3 Billion


Last Updated: Fri, 07/22/2011 - 2:59pm




A year after giving black farmers $1.25 billion to settle discrimination allegations against the government, the Obama Administration is promoting another huge minority cash giveaway for Hispanic and women farmers.

It’s part of the president’s continued efforts to write a new chapter for civil rights and resolve all allegations of past discrimination in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), according to an agency announcement issued this week. Women and Hispanics who feel the government discriminated against them when seeking USDA farm loans are encouraged to apply for cash to make up for Uncle Sam’s wrongdoing.

In all, the agency is allocating $1.33 billion in “compensationâ€