Ex-MSNBC host, podcasters agree Black people shouldn’t have to pay taxes: ‘We have never had any reparations’

Former MSNBC host Tiffany Cross, political advocate Angela Rye and former Democrat politician Andrew Gillum entertained the idea that Black people should be exempt from taxes as reparations on the “Native Land Podcast” Monday. The three discussed actor Terrence Howard reportedly claiming it is “immoral for the United States government to charge taxes to the descendants of slaves” while being ordered to pay $903,115 in back taxes, penalties and interest. While they recognized the unrealistic possibility of such a policy, Cross claimed that “this brother was making a legitimate point.”  She said, “We have never been paid. We have never had any reparations. We’ve never seen the benefits.” Andrew Gillum, Tiffany D. Cross and Angela Rye attend the 2024 iHeartPodcast Awards presented by The Hartford Live at SXSW at Fairmont Palm Park, Fairmont Hotel on March 11, 2024 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Mat Hayward/Getty Images for iHeartRadio) BLACK NEW YORK RESIDENTS SPAR OVER WHO SHOULD RECEIVE REPARATION PAYMENTS “I don’t know how we would make this happen, but I would be completely down for some sort of policy that says, ‘Yes, you are exempt from paying taxes,'” Cross said. Cross also remarked that “when you consider the wealth that...