Time for Congress to pay black farmers

The CNN opinion article entitled "Time for Congress to pay black farmers" By: CNN Political Analyst, Roland S. Martin on April 27, 2010. Discusses how for years black farmers have been discriminated against and now a $1.15 billion settlement has been reached to pay for past discriminations. The article goes on to talk about how the money was to be paid by March 31, but Congress recessed without acting. And how for years big opportunities were denied from these farmers for years by the government. But now some of the farmers who have been fighting for this legislation have started passing away without ever seeing justice. Martin goes on to say that "the time for talk is over -- it's time to pay up". I think that the farmers should be paid for past injustices because they have been denied the same opportunity as other farmers.

Posted by: Travis Clayton