USDA still discriminating against white farmers, watchdog says

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Diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) are still discriminating against white farmers despite a change in administration and the threat of litigation, a civil rights watchdog told the Washington Examiner, amid new whistleblower allegations accusing the agency of offering race-based loan relief under former President Joe Biden.

The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL), a well-known constitutional law litigator, is threatening legal action against the Trump-selected Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins over racially discriminatory programming allegedly still in place at the USDA.

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