Joint Center President Quoted in AP on Attempted Firing of Dr. Lisa Cook

Joint Center President Dedrick Asante-Muhammad was quoted in the Associated Press on President Donald Trump’s call to fire Federal Reserve Board of Governors member Dr. Lisa D. Cook.

From the article: “Dedrick Asante-Muhammad, president of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, warned that Cook’s potential ouster threatened the Federal Reserve’s independence, ‘and undermines confidence in the institution at a moment when stability is critically needed,’ and represented a broad side against Black expertise itself. ‘This attack on Dr. Cook is not just about one individual. It raises a larger and urgent question: will Black leadership in America’s most vital institutions be respected and protected, or undermined and delegitimized?'”

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