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The US Federal government's Paycheck Protection Program, or PPP, doled out hundreds of billions of dollars to businesses. The PPP's goal was to assist businesses during the nearly inevitable slowdowns due to the coronavirus pandemic. But according to Business Insider, many minority-owned businesses were left waiting for funds until the final weeks of the program. Many of our businesses were being turned down in the first and second round of funding. That caused application fatigue and frustration. Ron Busby President, US Black Chambers The Center For Responsible Lending says minority-owned businesses support 8.7 million jobs with an annual total payroll of $280 billion.
Boston, Sep 9 (EFE/EPA).- Hundred of peopel on Wednesday gathered in Boston for a rally to call for an end of systemic racism in the US.The group Mass Action Against Police Brutality is calling for Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker to assign a special prosecutor to reopen all past cases of police brutality and for an end to racism in a march of solidarity with the family of Jacob Blake. (Camera: CJ GUNTHER).SHOT LIST: RALLY FOR THE END OF RACISM IN BOSTON, MASSCHUSETTS, US.
The UN's human rights chief urges countries to confront the legacy of slavery and colonialism and to make reparations. Addressing an urgent debate on racism and police brutality called at the UN Human Rights Council, Michelle Bachelet says countries "need to make amends for centuries of violence and discrimination, including through formal apologies, truth-telling processes and reparations in various forms." IMAGES
Addressing an urgent debate on racism and police brutality called at the UN Human Rights Council, Michelle Bachelet criticises the "gratuitous brutality" on display in the killing of George Floyd in the United States, warning that it has "come to symbolise the systemic racism that harms millions of people of African descent". IMAGES
Washington DC, Jun 10 (EFE/EPA).- Hundreds of people have gathered in areas near the White House in Washington DC on Wednesday to continue their protests against systemic racism and police brutality against the African American community.(Camera: EDWIN RAMIREZ). SHOT LIST: PROTESTS NEAR THE WHITE HOUSE IN WASHINGTON DC, US.
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