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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Treasury secretary warns of COVID's lasting toll on Black America
2021-02-07
[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?
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Posted by:Besoeker

#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  

#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  

#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  

#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  

#6  the POTUS* Biden has already figured this out: "Learn to Code!"
Posted by: magpie   2021-02-07 12:22  

#5  Wow, this first female Treasury Secretary is amazing!! /sarc
Posted by: Clem   2021-02-07 09:08  

#4  Fine. Get the Chinese to pay reparations. Har, har, har...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2021-02-07 08:18  

#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  

#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  

#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  

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