Black farmers shut out of Trump White House farmers event: ‘Why can’t we be at the table?’

“I certainly asked to be a part of it,” says John Boyd, founder and president of the National Black Farmers Association, which represents tens of thousands of Black farmers.

The longtime activist and farmer, who has repeatedly tried to advocate on behalf of Black farmers with the Department of Agriculture and the White House, tells theGrio he has heard “nothing from this administration.”

He wasn’t just one farmer, he is the President of the Nat’l Black Farmers Association.


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How many African American farmers are there? Did they all come from South Africa?
Is it like a displaced Afrikaans thing?
 
Key word...activists... Some of those just aren't representative of the profession that they claim to represent.... Randy Weingarten is a good example of an activist who doesn't represent the teaching profession in general... If there were a White House Meeting of educators from around the United States she shouldn't be invited... Nor should any of the other union/activist cronies.... I imagine this was A very similar decision...
"Randi" Weingarten (born December 18, 1957 is an American labor leader, attorney, and educator who has served since 2008 as president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), an affiliate of the AFL–CIO. A former president of New York City’s United Federation of Teachers (UFT), she previously worked as the union’s chief negotiator and counsel and taught social studies at Clara Barton High School.She is widely noted as the first openly gay person elected to lead a national American labor union

And top a retired lunch lady
 
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