Pigford v. Glickman: 86,000 claims from 39,697 total farmers? This means that the U.S. may be recompensing at least 86,000 African-American farmers for past racial discrimination. But how could that possibly be true if there are only 39,697 African-American farmers in existence nationwide? And if only some subset of them ever applied for loans in
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What is keeping black folks out of this industry?
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NAACP + Education, + long memories of the older generation?
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Black people make up 8 - 12% of the population but in most Urban centers they are 25 - 50% of the population leaving FAR fewer of them in rural farming areas for any kind of work.
Combine that with 1551's idea of who in their right mind would want to go into farming as a career choice (as opposed to it being a family business) and you have your answer.
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"were driven out" might fit better than simply "leave" -- there used to be more black farmers in the past. It is a common family history to have abandon the farm due to the racism in rural areas. My grandfather left specifically becuase of the KKK. We are rare in that we did not sell our land. We still have it but it is not developed at this time.
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After Katrina it seems there were many families who were forced to relocate. I have a friend who firstly took work in North Carolina and later California. She bought a nice piece of property in a more country setting about 35 miles north of California.
That woman, and her family, were harassed as if they were back in the "South" pre 1950s....it was not-so-shocking and rather pathetic to see that these attitudes are still prevalent in rural society. E S P E C I A L L Y, when it's the white youth carrying out the no-good actions.
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