Cash Rules Everything Around Me: How Cashless Policies Marginalize Communities of Color For The Movement

On this episode, we are joined by U.S. Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA), the current Assistant Whip of the Democratic Caucus and first vice president of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Representative Khanna discusses how the economy’s move towards cashless and contactless payments, spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic, could further widen the racial wealth gap and lock Black Americans out of the new tech economy.
The hosts for this episode are Clint Odom, NUL Senior Vice President of Policy & Advocacy and Toni Wiley, NUL Director of Advocacy.
From the National Urban League, For The Movement discusses persistent policy, social, and civil rights issues affecting communities of color.


Discussed in this episode:
National Urban League
Black
Black America
African-American
News
Information
Advocacy
Politics
Cashless
Digital economy
Smart phone
Tech companies
Silicon Valley
Immigrant
Obama administration
Nina Turner
Traditional financial institutions
Banking
Commerce
Front-line workers
Working class
Progressive
Racial wealth gap
Cash options
Discrimination
Economic equality
Blacks in Tech
Wealth generation
Payment Choice Act
Cash tax
Touchless
COVID
Rural communities
Vulnerable
Broadband
Privacy
Innovation
Data collection
Internet Bill of Rights
Data manipulation
QAnon
Kamala Harris
Barbara Lee
Karen Bass
Nancy Pelosi
Cedric Richmond
 
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