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TexasTowelie

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Mon Dec 5, 2022, 05:24 AM Dec 2022

VA denied benefits for Black veterans at higher rate for decades, lawsuit says - PBS NewsHour



A new lawsuit against the Department of Veterans Affairs alleges decades of discrimination against Black military veterans. To learn more, Geoff Bennett speaks to Conley Monk Jr., a Vietnam War veteran whose VA benefits were denied for nearly 50 years, and Richard Brookshire, an Army veteran who co-founded the Black Veterans Project.
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VA denied benefits for Black veterans at higher rate for decades, lawsuit says - PBS NewsHour (Original Post) TexasTowelie Dec 2022 OP
Time to right these decades old wrongs by compensating the Black vets... brush Dec 2022 #1

brush

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1. Time to right these decades old wrongs by compensating the Black vets...
Mon Dec 5, 2022, 05:49 AM
Dec 2022

and their families for denied benefits for GI bills, housing benefits and and reversing of dishonorable discharges.

Hope this is bought before the Biden admin. He has shown himself to be a fair man regarding social justice issues.

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