Texas Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett’s Reparations Solution: Tax Exemption for Black Americans | WATCH

*As folks continue waiting for some form of reparations to be made official, Jasmine Crockett, a congresswoman in Texas may have a way for Black Americans and the country as a whole to come out winners overall on the divisive issue: tax breaks. During a recent episode of the Black Lawyers Podcast, the Democratic Representative suggested that one-way reparations could be paid to descendants of slaves via a reprieve from paying taxes for a certain amount of time The tax withheld strategy was among a variety of ways the congresswoman came up with to pay reparations to living relatives of enslaved people. Although her ideas were helpful, Newsweek reports Crockett, a former civil rights and criminal attorney, saw “a celebrity” that voiced the belief that Black people should not have to pay taxes for an undetermined amount of time instead of being given money by a state or the federal government. “One of the things they propose is Black folk not have to pay taxes for a certain amount of time because…that puts money back in your pocket,” Crocket said about her alliance with the celebrity, whom Newsweek was unable to name. “If you do the no-tax thing for people...