“They approved my line of credit in less than 30 days,” Williams said. Chairwoman Waters congratulated Williams Chicken on persevering despite what she described as discriminatory behavior. “This does not happen to white businesspeople, particularly ones that have been customers of the bank for years,” she said. “I know that we can’t run the banks. But I also know that we’ve got to figure out how to deal with racism, discrimination and exclusion.” Late Tuesday, WFAA reached out to Chase, which issued a statement. “We are committed to help grow Black- and Latinx-owned small businesses in Dallas and beyond,” Chase Bank’s Greg Hassell said in a statement. “We are taking action to increase lending and technical assistance to businesses in Black and Latinx communities by providing an additional 15,000 loans to small businesses in majority- Black and Latinx communities, up to $2 billion (and) spending an additional $750 million with Black