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Senior Biden Admin Official Claims Racism Cost US Economy $16 Trillion

Senior Biden Admin Official Claims Racism Cost US Economy $16 Trillion
Former National Security Adviser Susan Rice listens during the White House Daily Briefing at the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington on March 21, 2014. Alex Wong/Getty Images
Katabella Roberts
Katabella Roberts
4/13/2023|Updated: 4/13/2023
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A senior Biden administration official has claimed that racism alone has caused a $16 trillion deficit in the U.S. economy over the past 20 years.

Susan Rice, director of the United States Domestic Policy Council, made the claim—which she said was specifically racial discrimination against black Americans—at the National Action Network convention on April 12.

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