Veterans Day legislation targets GI Bill racial inequities
“‘This is an opportunity for America to repair an egregious fault,’ said Clyburn of the bill introduced last week. ‘Hopefully, it can also begin to lay a foundation that will help break the cycle of poverty among those people who are the descendants of those who made sacrifices to preserve this democracy.’
Moulton, a Marine veteran who served four tours during the Iraq War, said: ‘There are a lot of Black Americans who are feeling the effects of this injustice today, even though it was originally perpetrated 70 years ago.’
‘I think that restoring GI Bill benefits is one of the greatest racial justice issues of our time,’ he said.
A Senate bill was to be introduced later this month by Sen. Rev. Raphael Warnock of Georgia, the son of a WWII veteran.
‘We’ve all seen how these inequities have trickled down over time,’ Warnock said, adding that the bill ‘represents a major step toward righting this injustice.'”