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2021-02-07 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Treasury secretary warns of COVID's lasting toll on Black America

[Aljazeera] United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Friday that economic crises hit people of colour harder and longer, and the current crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic would have a lasting impact on Black Americans unless action was taken.

"During the early days of the pandemic, African Americans were the first to lose their small businesses. They were the first to lose their jobs," Yellen said in a virtual meeting she and Vice President Kamala Harris held with members of Black Chambers of Commerce.
No mention of the burned out shops from BLM ~~mostly peaceful~~ riots?

Posted by Besoeker 2021-02-07 00:52|| || Front Page|| [13 views ] Top

#1 Er huh....The Treasury Secretary promotes COVID vaccine ?

The evidence appears to point to the fact these folks don't want the damn shot, and they might not be the only ones.

Posted by Besoeker 2021-02-07 00:58|| 2021-02-07 00:58|| Front Page Top

#2 "During the early days of the ~~pandemic~~ Floyd Riots, African Americans were the first to lose their small businesses. They were the first to lose their ~~jobs~~ lives."

And during the later days as well-- in fact throughout the entire orgy of violence...

Posted by Spanky White8384 2021-02-07 01:24|| 2021-02-07 01:24|| Front Page Top

#3 They were the first to lose their jobs

And with the minimum pay of 15$/hour, they are not getting these jobs back.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2021-02-07 01:30|| 2021-02-07 01:30|| Front Page Top

#4 Fine. Get the Chinese to pay reparations. Har, har, har...

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-02-07 08:18|| 2021-02-07 08:18|| Front Page Top

#5 Wow, this first female Treasury Secretary is amazing!! /sarc

Posted by Clem 2021-02-07 09:08|| 2021-02-07 09:08|| Front Page Top

#6 the POTUS* Biden has already figured this out: "Learn to Code!"

Posted by magpie 2021-02-07 12:22|| 2021-02-07 12:22|| Front Page Top

#7 Which is why Biden invited the surviving Code Talkers, their sons, daughters and grand children to his inauguration as usurper and chief

Posted by Hoping Formacdes3666 2021-02-07 12:59|| 2021-02-07 12:59|| Front Page Top

#8 Np, in the coming neo-feudal regime, UBI will sustain the 60% of the populace that's reduced to serf status.

Posted by Unerong Panda6646 2021-02-07 14:00|| 2021-02-07 14:00|| Front Page Top

#9 So the chinese designed the Covid-19 virus to target blacks? Is that what she is saying?

Posted by CrazyFool 2021-02-07 15:33|| 2021-02-07 15:33|| Front Page Top

#10 C'mon, High Yell(a)en -- get wit da program, b--ch!
Jus' like AIDS, it was da CIA dat created rona in dey labs and unleashed it on po' black folk

Posted by Hupusons Jones4042 2021-02-07 16:41|| 2021-02-07 16:41|| Front Page Top