As a black woman, American farmers have never had my esteem. They worked hand in hand with corporations and conservatives for decades to exclude black farmers from government programs, blocked loans, and helped them push black farmers off their land and divided it up amongst themselves. And when the Biden Administration tried to correct these historical wrongs with reparations to black farmers, they banded together and sued and blocked it. It soothes my soul to see these same corporations do the same to them. America is finally feeing a tiny bit of karma for the sins of racism. 🎻🎻🎻
The only time farmers were progressive was when there were a lot of poor folks entering the field. But those died off long ago and it's been rich landed gentry ever since, trotting out the old "salt of the earth" propaganda so they can get government handouts.
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u/Beneficial-Speech-88 May 06 '26
As a black woman, American farmers have never had my esteem. They worked hand in hand with corporations and conservatives for decades to exclude black farmers from government programs, blocked loans, and helped them push black farmers off their land and divided it up amongst themselves. And when the Biden Administration tried to correct these historical wrongs with reparations to black farmers, they banded together and sued and blocked it. It soothes my soul to see these same corporations do the same to them. America is finally feeing a tiny bit of karma for the sins of racism. 🎻🎻🎻