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-Great Cultural Revolution
On MLK Day, Yellen says US economy is unfair to Black people
2022-01-17
ATLANTA (AP) — The U.S. economy "has never worked fairly for Black Americans — or, really, for any American of color," Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in a speech delivered Monday, one of many by national leaders acknowledging unmet needs for racial equality on Martin Luther King Day.

Major events for the holiday also included the annual Martin Luther King Jr. service at the slain civil rights leader’s Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, whose senior pastor, U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, was hosting Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and other politicians.

Monday would have been the 93rd birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., who was just 39 when he was assassinated in 1968 while helping sanitation workers strike for better pay and workplace safety in Memphis, Tennessee.

King, who delivered his historic "I Have a Dream" speech while leading the 1963 March on Washington and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964, remains one of the world’s most beloved figures. He considered racial equality inseparable from alleviating poverty and stopping war. His insistence on nonviolent protest continues to influence activists pushing for civil rights and social change.

Yellen referred to King’s famous speech in remarks she recorded for delivery at the Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network breakfast in Washington, noting the financial metaphor he used when describing the founding fathers’ promises of equality.

King said on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial that "America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned." He called it "a bad check, a check which has come back marked insufficient funds. But we refuse to believe the bank of justice is bankrupt!"

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Posted by:Besoeker

#12  Maybe it’s unfair to blacks, I don’t know, I’m not black. I do know the government is unfair to white men.
Posted by: Xyz   2022-01-17 20:16  

#11  Even FACTCHECK.ORG pretty much seems to say TRUMP had a run. The C-19 got him.

An less anyone forgets.... he did this with both the House and Senate trying to screw him over using with FAKE and PHONY Impeachment Evidence.

Plus
"Job Openings — For nearly two years, Trump and the White House boasted that the U.S. had more job openings than workers to fill them. That was the case for 23 straight months from March 2018 through February 2020 — a month before the pandemic lockdown began to swell the ranks of the unemployed."

So was it The Wuhan Virus, congress paying people MORE to sit on their butts than working, or Trumps Mgt.?

Plus ..... If a person were to look at the OBAMA figures, they would note Obama had more Minorities on unemployment.
Maybe the 50+% NON-African part of Obama was Racist?

BTW: if Factchk isn't liberal enough... USA TODAY

Also was citing higher Minority EMPLOYMENT during Trumps Admin. With again a note of a Wuhan Virus causing issues.
Posted by: NN2N1   2022-01-17 17:04  

#10  Never mind the record high minority employment during Trump's administration.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2022-01-17 15:34  

#9  How about quit feeling sorry for yourselves and do something about it. Oh yeah, that may require work.
Posted by: Chris   2022-01-17 15:15  

#8  Watch Mike Rowe's "Dirty Jobs" and ponder Yellen's dribblings...
Posted by: magpie   2022-01-17 14:44  

#7  Clearly there needs to be more black people giving speeches to major Wall Street banks & businesses.
Posted by: Raj   2022-01-17 14:44  

#6  As ZMan said the other day, "Some things just don't work. Fish ice cream would be a good example..."
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-01-17 13:47  

#5  You feed a man a fish a day and Vegans will go crazy.

But what if it were Soylent White where would the Crazy Leftest split the hair on dinning?


Posted by: NN2N1   2022-01-17 13:45  

#4  You feed a man a fish a day they'll never go hungry. You teach a man to fish, some will eventually vote Republican. Now why would the racists institution of Socialist mob want that?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-01-17 12:02  

#3  So is a fatherless home, undisciplined and violent behavior.
Posted by: jack salami   2022-01-17 11:35  

#2  Do your job, you incompetent old hag. When inflation's back in low single digits maybe you can leave your lane.

We Are Ruled By Mendacious Morons
Posted by: Merrick Ferret   2022-01-17 10:49  

#1  The US Economy is extremely fair.

90+% of the time a person just has to get off their Butts to to train up and "EARN IT".

No one white, black, ta, yellow or whatever has a corner on earning $$$$$. True some are filthy right. What how did that happen? Usually Right place, right time having prepare some time prior.

Also please explain to me why so many of our LEGAL immigrants come here. Setup small family businesses and make a good enough living to support a family and get the kids thru College?

Also WHY the sudden abnormally early play of the Race Card by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen? Is it because its MID-TERMS and they need to stir up the usual BLIND mistrust for votes, to maintain power?


BTW:James Earl Ray, who we are told killed MLK, was a Northern Born IL. Democrat. So does anyone care to explain how a small time petty Gas Station robber, suddenly had the skills and exp. acquire multiple Passports, travel US-Canada-Europe and have enough $$$$$ needed to pull it off?

Could it be called Elite DC "assistance"?

Posted by: NN2N1   2022-01-17 10:24  

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