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The $1.9 tril­lion coro­n­avirus stim­u­lus pack­age being pushed by Pres­i­dent Biden puts more than $1 bil­lion toward “social­ly dis­ad­van­taged” farm­ers and relat­ed groups — includ­ing an equi­ty com­mis­sion, agri­cul­tur­al train­ing and oth­er assis­tance to advance racial jus­tice in farming.“Socially dis­ad­van­taged” farm­ers are defined as those who are part of a group that has been dis­crim­i­nat­ed against because of their race or ethnicity.“By deny­ing or delay­ing Black farm­ers the same loans, sub­si­dies and oth­er pay­ments made to white farm­ers, USDA engaged in sys­tem­at­ic racism that led to a dra­mat­ic decline in the num­ber of Black farm­ers. This is not in dis­pute,” John …