Business grant for Black women slammed as 'racially exclusionary' in federal court ruling

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The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily blocked the Fearless Fund's Strivers Grant Contest which awarded funding to businesses that are owned by Black women.

Black voters from Democrat-run communities share their top concerns ahead of midterms, including the impact crime has had on their small businesses.temporarily blocked a grant program that prioritized funding businesses owned by Black women.

The order reversed a ruling last week by U.S. District Judge Thomas W. Thrash, who last week declined to grant a request by the American Alliance for Equal Rights to block the program. "The members of the American Alliance for Equal Rights are gratified that the 11th Circuit has recognized the likelihood that the Fearless Strivers Grant Contest is illegal," American Alliance for Equal Rights founder and conservative activist Edward Blum said in a statement provided to Fox News Digital."We look forward to the final resolution of this lawsuit.

However, Judge Charles R. Wilson, the lone vote against blocking the fund on the panel, wrote in his dissent that it was a"

 

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