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

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 Twitter: @reprokhanna @rokhanna Instagram: @reprokhanna @rokhannausa Website:

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Cash Rules Everything Around Me: How Cashless Policies Marginalize Communities of Color is an episode from For The Movement by National Urban League.

This episode is 21:37 long.

This episode was published on Dec 7, 2020.

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