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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is eliminating language that it has used for decades to address groups that have been the targets of past discrimination. In doing so, the USDA is further scaling back its efforts to address a long history of discrimination against Black and other minority farmers. Instead, under the Trump administration , the government is declaring that it has done enough to respond to discrimination. USDA eliminates âsocially disadvantagedâ category According to a July 10 ruling , âThe U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has independently determined that it will no longer employ the race- and sex-based âsocially disadvantagedâ designation to provide increased benefits based on race and sex in the programs at issue in this regulation.â The agencyâs summary statement acknowledges, âThe USDA has faced a long history of litigation stemming from allegations of discrimination in the administration of its farm loan and benefit programs.â However, the statement...