The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has found itself on both sides of racially based controversy multiple times since its inception.
Since the unearthing of blog posts written years ago by the bureau’s recently appointed policy director Eric Blankenstein, which used racial slurs and expressed controversial views on the legitimacy of hate-crime reports, the agency has been hit with internal and external calls for the senior leader’s dismissal and the halting of a planned department restructure.
Find out what other points of contention come to mind when considering the various aspects of this matter.