'Second-class citizens': Biden was accused of racism against whites

Betsy McCogee, a former New York lieutenant governor, believes the Senate Infrastructure Act passed on Tuesday, August 10, discriminates against white people at every turn. The bill includes grants to install solar or wind technologies and create jobs in areas destroyed by the closure of coal mines or coal-fired power plants. But there is one catch: when contractors bid, the bill states that minority-owned businesses will be selected first. Bad news for white contractors. The publication told about this in more detail. New York Post.

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The same is with the proposals for the bill to improve traffic flow in cities. Contractors and subcontractors are only given priority if they are owned by minorities or women.

“U.S. President Joe Biden's American Rescue Plan Act, passed in March, introduced a pattern of discrimination against white people. He offered debt forgiveness to black farmers, but never to white farmers. Another provision offered billions in aid to minority- and women-owned restaurants, but said struggling restaurant owners who happen to be white men should wait at the back of the line,” McCaughey writes.

She believes that the injustice was obvious. White male farmers and restaurant owners have sued, arguing that the provisions are anti-white and anti-constitutional. In each case, federal judges suspended race-based programs. Recently, there have been reports that the Department of Justice may refuse to write off debt to black farmers because the law is not on the side of the administration.

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McCaughey notes that it is likely that such white discrimination in the infrastructure law will be rejected by federal courts. In 1989, the Supreme Court ruled that the equal protection clause of the Constitution prohibits the government from trying to equalize the score by discriminating against whites and minorities. The judges cautioned against creating a "racial preference patchwork based on statistical generalizations" to correct past injustices. But that's exactly what this infrastructure law does.

Rep. Yvette Clarke, NY, denounces that "our infrastructure is racist" and calls on Congress to pass legislation that "prioritizes the needs of low-income and disadvantaged communities."

“But the truth is, there are also a lot of poor white people and poor, predominantly white communities in this country that could benefit from a bold federal infrastructure initiative. Race and ethnicity should have nothing to do with it. We need to find projects and invest where the economic need is greatest, regardless of race,” said the former lieutenant governor of New York.

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West Virginia has the lowest median income in the country and ranks 46th in internet connectivity. Maine ranks 36th out of 50 in income and 34th in broadband. People in these states could really benefit from federal broadband assistance. Here's the rub: The infrastructure bill tilts the grant scale toward states with large minority and non-English-speaking populations, instead of taking into account only economic need and existing opportunity. Since Maine and West Virginia are 94% white, they will receive less.

“Polls show that Americans prefer to repair roads, bridges, tunnels and airports. They know that good infrastructure promotes economic growth. But they didn’t know that this could be written into law. Under the guise of renewal, the law unfairly treats whites as second-class citizens,” McCaughey concludes.

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