Kenneth Brown
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First off this is not a troll. It may appear to be one but it is not. I am simply trying to figure this out and have a better understanding. Secondly- I apoligize to any blacks we may have here on the board. This is not your doing and I don't hold it against you. I just have to understand, and if I can't understand then I'm ranting I guess.<br /><br />This deals with aff. action type of business. I am a white male, 30 years old, and grew up with every race. I have a hard time understanding the logic behind the govt. programs. Heres is what it says-<br /><br /><br />The Farm Service Agency (FSA) can make and guarantee loans to socially disadvantaged applicants to buy and operate family-size farms and ranches. Funds specifically for these loans are reserved each year. Non-reserved funds can also be utilized.<br /><br />A socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher is one of a group whose members have been subjected to racial, ethnic, or gender prejudice because of their identity as members of the group without regard to their individual qualities. For purposes of this program, socially disadvantaged groups are women, African Americans, American Indians, Alaskan Natives, Hispanics, and Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.<br /><br /><br />It then goes on to say the following-<br />The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, and marital or family status. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) <br /><br /><br />So if Joe Blow can't pick and choose who he lends money to how can the govt.? They say that they don't discriminate, at least not in some of there programs. As a minority (and yes whites are a minority in Texas) am I not now entitled to these govt. protections that have been offered to the minorites in the past? Whats the difference? By there own admission I am a socially disadvantaged farmer because I am being subjected to racial prejudice because I am a member of a group without regard to my individual qualities. Shouldn't that therefore quailfy me? They single me out and don't allow members of my race to be eligable so that in itself should make me eligable, right?