'It is a sin and a shame': Exposing Racism in the U.S. Tax Code

[@kevinmccreary341]

I hope no one is shocked. As black people we live in a country that write laws and policies everyday to stop our progress.

[@marilynclarke6092]

@kevinmccreary341, I am not shocked at all. The laws were purposely made against black people. It has been and will always be. Shame? Of course it is, though there will never be any change, that's the shame about it. 👍🏾

[@JahJah021]

Everyday someone of Us is "shocked" for no reason at all!!! We are like Rip Van Winkle, We are fast asleep; We do not began to move until the issue steps onto Our front porch (or steps)...smh

[@feleciagmiller872]

Amen, they are so jealous of black Americans.

[@tavibarnes4376]

That sounds just like welfare to me.

[@ronaldcook3840]

They even charge us more for a simple light bill.

[@charlesmonroe8288]

As an accountant I have done much study in taxation. Personal income tax was suppose to be temporary while we struggled through the Depression. They intentionally kept the tax to keep the general public from ammassing wealth.

[@monopalle5768]

People who don't waste, save money, can own a house and a car..... Like me..... I even smoke weed and play video games, work as a dish washer...... What MORE do you want?

[@enigma1863]

There are multibillionaires soon to be trillionaires by the end of the decade. Taxes don’t seem to be hurting them.

[@marie2511]

​@@enigma1863because they aren't taxed enough. WE are over-taxed

[@MonkeyMind69]

Well said. Taxes aren't "racist", they're "elitist". In the words of E.B. Tucker, when asked why the U.S. Tax code is so convoluted, he said... _"Because it's easier to govern criminals than it is a free people"._

[@africanqueen1655]

@@monopalle5768We want you to grow up. 🤣🤣

[@David-i4n8y]

As a white American I would love to say I'm shocked, but I'm not. I was taught by my parents that we are all the same, but I've noticed since I've been a young child that black people are treated differently from white people. The racial problems in this country are caused by white people. Now let me state this to my white friends. Most of them don't agree, but it is a fact, I have seen it. It is so blatant that at times I'm ashamed of being white.all I can say to my African American brothers and sisters is I'm sorry

[@LyonsM]

And we thank you sista!!!

[@chief-kowi-lowak-fleming]

Trust me it's not all yall fault. It's how this system is designed. This has nothing to do with skin colors. It's about class/ranks/status.

[@bqing87]

No need to apologize. Your acknowledgment of it and speaking with people that don’t understand is more than sufficient.

[@RashadTerrell-cy1re]

⁠​⁠@@chief-kowi-lowak-flemingLIES. This has everything to do with skin color. If there was no such thing as brown skin people but only white skin people, why would classism exist. Everyone would get the same treatment

[@chief-kowi-lowak-fleming]

@@RashadTerrell-cy1re status is the key. Even back in anicent Europe. Look into the term Black. What does it means. It's a negative effect on any group of people. This is why people shouldn't use the term Black. It's a legal term. Go study noir code aka black laws. U going see

[@mboyd988]

Im always amazed at how i can be aware of something for over 20 years but the media is somehow just finding out.

[@tyronejones2553]

True

[@fitzroymarcano4565]

They always knew but only when its brought out publicly then they kinda cover it

[@washitawanu]

Precisely. In fact, over 75 yrs of racist institutions

[@johnashton4776]

Been saying this for years a new type of improved slavery.

[@mistamack5038]

Stuff people been saying they acting like it's new to them smh

[@ez4u2shopllc8]

Also, that is why they are extremely surprised when you obtain something. ..because they are very familiar with the systems and perpetuate them

[@DexterSmithGT]

Right!! They know what is being done systematically both covertly and overtly to hinder our progress.

[@tyronejones2553]

True

[@Lightbodied]

Yes! This is the winning comment.

[@atlpeach6852]

This! This the one!! 💯💯💯💯

[@atlpeach6852]

Also, this is why they have that attitude of “you should be grateful that we allowed you to have xy and z”!🫤

[@user-ub4lk3pf3w]

As a Latina I can tell you first hand if we did not send money and help my grandparents they may not be able to stay in their home. It has been this way for years and my grandfather is a former army medic. There needs to be more done to take care of people in their old age.

[@tnp1047]

Same. I have paid for my mother’s vehicle and renter's insurance, mobile phone and internet service for over a decade, simply because I make slightly more than she at 60K/ year. Not to mention groceries and caregiving through her cancer treatment. None of these things are deductible. Meanwhile, I don't have hobbies, besides reading or working out at home, haven't had cable since 1999 and occasionally paint my own nails to "treat myself" because have never had a manicure and couldn't bring myself to " waste" money that way. As a single person, (Don't even get me started on what certain legislation did for most Black women's chances of forming romantic partnerships.) I can't even declare myself Head of Household. When people ask why I didn't have children by myself, I didn't want to give birth to slaves for the exploited American labor system and Prison Industrial Complex or cannon fodder for the Military Industrial complex.

[@samu3813]

This is exactly the point: more minorities with no generational wealth are more likely to have family members as dependent who are not allowed to be classified as such by the IRS. So you may earn the same money like your white counterpart, but you pay taxes on the amount you are spending on dependents you cannot claim, whereas your white counterpart does not have that same problem. This is not to say that white people don't have generational weather issues or dependents they cannot claim, it is just saying that minorities are disproportionately represented.

[@RevCeleste]

Please note that the Republican party is the only one that is wanting to cut Medicare and Social Security exclamation point the Democratic party wants to increase the cutoff point at which Social Security is no longer paid so that rich people pay social security on all their earnings

[@estebanlara3702]

@@tnp1047 True.

[@silvermainecoons3269]

@@samu3813 well said…

[@chillwill9424]

I am not surprised. In housing, in the work place, in car buying, in loans, in credit. I have to ask before i do anything if the rate is going to be different for me as a black man in this country.

[@CribNotes]

Your rates are different only if you're an impulsive chump at the car dealership and elsewhere. If you can walk away from a deal, you can get a better one.

[@broco6608]

​@@CribNotes Only folks with money can walk away from "deals" that are actually not a deal.

[@CribNotes]

@@broco6608 And people who believe the nonsense you just said get worse deals.

[@zamanto660]

Read the bible, pray to our Father God who is in Heaven and I pray that you win a million lotto ticket and buy land and build a house and stay in the house like T. D Jake's once said and let your house stay built on the Rock. God bless you man. 🌕

[@arletah3080]

Auto insurance as well. I've seen it 1st hand. Some companies use outrageous Underwriting by using your credit score, education level (yes if you didn’t go to college you will pay more and be seen as more of a risk) and occupation to come up with your insurance premium. I highly recommend you ask your insurance agent how they came up with your rate and if they're applying these factors to your premium

[@yarnpower]

We should not be surprised by racism in the tax system since it has infected so much, but it is still disappointing.

[@Lightbodied]

Right.

[@marohan]

Another victimhood myth

[@JKnksrsly]

oh boy. keep your gaze focused on those Walmart working goodwill shopping trump supporters and their racism. it's not the people running the media protecting the world resource owners and billionaires

[@asetkemet2957]

We’re not shocked we just wanted to stop we’re sick of the jealous races trying to hold us back that’s the point

[@Diesel3R]

This reminds me of when Toyota got caught charging higher interest rates to all POC. It went in a straight line from shades of skin Caucasians, Asians, Hispanics, then Black. The difference was marginal like a .1% APR difference but the fact that they do it is insane.

[@queenmommie100]

Who are POC we are not POC we are Hebrews the IsRaelites of the Bible and all others are psalms 83 Confederates wake up if you are copper colored indigenous natives.

[@SaturnStarOfDavid]

Still do that for home loans too.

[@larrycobb5798]

This news segment should have 30 million views. The IRS/Dept of the Treasury is such a corrupt entity. But after we get them straightened out we then need to deal with these CREDIT bureaus that also systematically and financially harm us as well!

[@truthSpeakerNow]

One crazy fact you should know is that the "Credit Bureaus" are NOT part of the federal government. They are just private corporations that record our data. They purposely added the word "Bureau" to trick the general public into thinking they are an entity associated with the federal government.

[@gigiinspired780]

Facts 💯 may God elevate and protect us 🙏🏽

[@marohan]

Yeah. Forcing us to use credit n not cash. They racists as well.

[@TerrySchwanke-z8d]

The tax code needs to be overhauled. The Federal Government takes way too much in taxes from lower class and middle class. They need to cut the taxes in half…. Easily!❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@swimminginthoughts]

Can you believe that about 40% of people pay no taxes at all? Totally not fair.

[@PoliticallyHomeless1]

I guess you’re voting for trump then. Democrats want to tax you more, not less.

[@davedon260]

😂😂😂😂. You guys still don’t get it yet? Only poor people pay tax😂.

[@user-zu5do6ri6r]

​@@swimminginthoughts Why does anyone owe society for being useful to society?

[@margaretsomerville2510]

And increase the amounts paid by the most wealthy and highest profit businesses

[@suemccord2633]

Tax The Rich Tax The Corporations Tax The Mega Church's! Give Social Security a Raise! Those people who worked their whole life deserve it more than any of the above!

[@KendraEMoyer]

The rich don't pay the same rate for flying all over the globe that us po' folk pay for driving. they should pay the same for every gallon of jet fuel that we pay for automobile fuel.@@PoliticallyHomeless1

[@stoppin2look]

Social Security payments should all be equal to each other per person and equal to at least $1 above the poverty level.

[@raptango_na6199]

The top 25% of households by income pay 80% of federal taxes. The bottom half pay just 3%

[@brandon3525]

I say tax the poor... its time THEY pay THEIR fair share!!

[@user-zu5do6ri6r]

Nobody owes society for being useful to society. End income taxes altogether.

[@stoppin2look]

The greediest of the wealthiest benefit the most, including when SS COLA is applied -- those that already get the most money from SS (and need more the least) get the greater increase and those that get the least and need more income get the least.

[@markaddison4642]

Reverse Robin Hood is a segregationist youngling tradition.

[@johngun5338]

This is SO TRUE! Years back when I started making a greatly significant salary, I was audited 3yrs straight! The IRS mail me documents with incorrect data about my taxes and I proved to them it was wrong. How they took the data I sent them and manipulate it! I went back and forth with them for months and they would not budge! I use EVERY loophole I can find now!

[@DwayneSmith-kq9eb]

I'm glad it worked out for you. I'm not asking for myself, but maybe perhaps you can make that information available in paperwork or e-book form. That'll be another revenue source for you while also empowering others in a system that was never created for them. (Just a suggestion) God bless you!

[@TheRunAndGun10]

I agree 100%. To make the tax code equitable none of us should be taxed.

[@danifranc7011]

I swear ! It needs to be removed, but then can you imagine how many more people would try to move to this country , we would calapse

[@osamawilliams9042]

​@@danifranc7011WE ARE COLLAPSING RIGHT NOW!!!!

[@danifranc7011]

@@osamawilliams9042 true

[@bryan805]

“When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination.” - Thomas Sowell

[@rs7656]

MAGA in a nutshell.

[@Swansong-recorders]

I don't trust Republicans that can't even do simple governing let a lone be fair they have proven they are throw backs to the 1950's so I will be voting for President Biden

[@Swansong-recorders]

In the nut shell is where the red's live

[@sean2015]

That's not the narrative the race-baiting Left wants to hear.

[@John-ne4fq]

You know sowell was speaking about black people as the ones getting preferential treatment right? (Affirmative action) LOLL oh the irony

[@elizabethcarrington5819]

It is appalling that Yellen hasn’t acted on this! This kind of crap is endemic. Look at the lasting effects of redlining and white flight. I’m glad you are making this topic available to us. I had no idea the IRS would be doing this.

[@adlucem9845]

when whites move out - white flight = racism when whites move in - gentrification = racism

[@CelsiusOdu]

Yellen is a racist individual.

[@whattowatch7908]

Why would that racist devil fix it?

[@sylvesterjones3694]

It's in control of the Zionists like every other government agency for sure

[@rdred8693]

She wears a small hat.

[@GayleAllen-RINO]

There should be a class taught in school about how to file taxes. There is a big difference between how poor pay taxes.

[@queenmommie100]

Not poor palm colored versus copper colored skin .

[@charb4292]

I was just thinking about this yesterday and talking to my husband about it and I was like "what if" and yes I do believe or wouldn't be surprised that this is happening. Its just something you feel. I had a white friend after she retired tell me how much she was making and she knew that I had been working there long before her, I had many more years of experience, my audits were better than hers, same position and she was making $4 more than me and I was still nowhere near what she was making. And trust me I was doing more and working OT as they offered it. She was mad for me and threaten to go to HR, but of course I asked her not to..... because of course these are things that should not be talked about or disclosed. Its hard not to think something like this could be going on as well, when you're yes seeing your white friends are living better than you! I've never asked how they have what they have or if it was inherited money nevertheless cause it shouldn't matter, I'm sure they have. I'm certainly not jealous, I don't want what they have its a "how can I be where you are too!", I would like that for my family too!!!... I'm working 3x's as hard and it seems like I'm always 10 steps or more behind.

[@ocelevi9738]

I felt this comment in my soul I was top of my company but there where three to four white men that couldn’t hold a candle to me and got paid like if they did my work I drive on ice and throw snow for 5 years now and they only roll when the weather is good i don’t stop but yet they get paid more than me and the account told me when I was on top of the leaderboards to keep my mouth shut about it

[@shirleyb3255]

The white friend wasn't your friend......😕

[@ABLazeofGlory144]

This is going on all over racism is not being called a ni••er anymore it done mutated...

[@tigerkhanshort3053]

@@ocelevi9738 They never compare to us, but they get all that Affirmative money anyway.

[@charb4292]

@@shirleyb3255 she's actually a long time friend I've worked with her for many years and we've socialize outside of work for many years. She retired and we still talk. So, I do consider her a friend. We just never talked about that until the company started a new pay scale and that's when the topic came into play. She wound up googling and bought to me her research on African American women getting paid less. I didn't know she was so invested but she was quiet upset and felt embarrassed that she wasn't aware. But that's just it nobody really wants to know.

[@MajICReiki]

Great find and lets push our elected officials to apply pressures to the Whitehouse, Yellen, and House to correct this obtuse oversight now!

[@Keith-tm6ve]

You don't know any elected officials personally do you. If not , call Jesus.

[@Sista.Abigail]

Thank you so much for your work Professor Brown!!!

[@davidjennings4589]

I know a white revolutionary Marxist who calls everybody “sista” and “bruhthah”; he dreams of revolution. blood in the streets, he wants us all dead, counter revolutionaries, reactionaries, he speaks, in a sardonic way of, “when the revolution come”.

[@williethomas2628]

If they meant right they would have paid reparation. I am 77 and my dad was a sharecropper in Alabama. My dad was told that he had broken even so he left the farm. And that is just part of the story!

[@dunbarf2413]

"How the GI Bill’s Promise Was Denied to a Million Black WWII Veterans" History Channel

[@Imthatguy8797]

The people above my comment just to let you know the recruitment numbers of this year are low because we are done serving those that don’t want to serve us the treatment of veterans in this country is not good .

[@joycesvarvar]

Why isn't this an issue for the Congressional Black Cacaus? It would seem that an issue as crucial as that would be on their agenda. Why are they quiet?

[@auntiemeemaw3885]

​@@joycesvarvarThey probably didn't know either. Now, that it's brought to their attention, they have no excuse.

[@williethomas2628]

@@joycesvarvar you're quiet because all they are concerned about is the lobbyist. All of them needs to go.

[@jerrellwinder6453]

Taxed for earning money, taxed for spending money, taxed for saving money and the worst of all, taxed for earning the so called "American Dream" owning property/house. ????????

[@robertafierro5592]

Its very unfair, for sure..

[@dodgygoose3054]

As Aussie looking on it blows me away how American systems are, it's like they come with racism baked in or the fact they are not periodically updated, but our system is still running on 1913 natural resources royalties for buiness which today's corporations are happily pilfering.

[@Mike-ns1ho]

TRUMP 2024

[@jayslaya9684]

Exactly it is….in America racism is built in to every single institution. It’s called systemic racism and it exist and always has.

[@Mike-ns1ho]

@@jayslaya9684 if that's the case... you do know most big institutions... are liberal ran! 😉

[@stephaniefoster1964]

​​@@Mike-ns1ho like they didn't, also, benefit; they're the ones doing the yte-guilt hand- ringing.😒

[@Mike-ns1ho]

@@stephaniefoster1964 must be why the border is wide open!.

[@Jimaction1]

I'm so tired of this country leaving problems like this unaddressed.

[@scritchfieldmets1223]

Just like Trump said in 2015 when he ran for president, politicians, can change the tax code if they want to. But they won’t, because it would affect all their donors and celebrity donors.

[@SunnyDiegoProduction]

“trump said” yeah I’m gonna take that with a grain of salt… trumpy is the poster child of intergenerational wealth transfer! Plus, when he was president only the wealthy got tax cuts from his administration, so don’t come around here quoting that pea brain! Maybe other poorly educated individuals will believe your BS, not me bud!

[@mustbeheard9834]

Haaa... Really?.. Trump was the very one who when he first stepped into office. Made a tax law that benefitted the top 3% of the United States! This new law added 8 TRILLION $$$ to the deficit. $$8 TRILLION!! And this is who you have the nerve to quote!! Trump lies and gives lip service but doesn't do what he says he will do! Trump has been proven to be a big liar and I don't believe a word he says!! And in this case, I was right!!!

[@yvettetoms5460]

He could change it as well but didn't 😂

[@lloydpotts9004]

@@yvettetoms5460 the president himself can't change anything with money he can only sign bills submitted to him by the senate and congress read the laws of what a president is able to do and not do

[@timothysiler5722]

​@yvettetoms5460 Trump couldn't have done it because the President doesn't make the laws. The Congress makes the laws. The Executive branch enforces the laws and also can pass or veto new laws.

[@realcomedyperrycoalmon9407]

The racism is not just in the tax codes, it is also in their procedures. Whenever there is anything to interpret against someone black, they will do it, many times breaking the law to do it. The problem with the IRS is you have many southerners on board there and they were aware before they got the job that they were going to go after black people. We need to calculate theoney lost and reaprations need to be paid.

[@ocelevi9738]

Amen

[@anmettecane5690]

What procedures are you referring to?

[@tigerkhanshort3053]

I am not surprise. They are racist in everything else, why not that too.

[@DexterSmithGT]

That is so true. In many arenas throughout the country, people with nefarious motives oftentimes take positions knowing full well they are agents working to target and scrutinize blacks.

[@derodge]

There's nothing you can do. The people who did this are long gone and they got away with it. The only thing you can do is protect the future.

[@cromulus5853]

We will never be treated fairly and equally.

[@Sbudre]

Thank you for this reporting.

[@daydreamerz]

I'd like to know the rationale behind having a different tax code for households with single-earner vs dissimilar two-earners vs similar two-earners. They all support a family. If it's not racism or classism, what else could it be?

[@dhc]

From the way she explained it, I’m guessing it has something to do with how things like head of household and dependents works. Regardless, it been found to be unfair and needs to be fixed.

[@KMilaB-n7d]

🎯

[@dorleecollins4971]

QUOTE!!! "“The Only Thing Necessary for the Triumph of EVIL is for GOOD Men to do Nothing.” - Edmund Burke. E. Dorlee Collins

[@harshadtrivedi9345]

Its a Shocking Revealation ! Thank you Dorothy Brown .

[@tyronejones2553]

Why??? Just knowing how this country was formed and built it should've been a given not a shock situation 😔

[@tguf456]

​​@@tyronejones2553This guy just had his eyes opened. Why are you being an a-hole to him. He didn't need to watch this video and become informed but he chose to do this. Don't hate on your allies.

[@CribNotes]

I don't think Dorothy Brown understands the difference between racism and classism.

[@CribNotes]

@@tyronejones2553 I'm going to guess you have a disgruntled teenager's understanding about how this country was formed and built.

[@gaylehay2323]

@@CribNotesclearly…neither do you…but something tells me your ignorance isn’t quite so “innocent”…you probably believe nothing is about race…until you think you’re being negatively impacted by…”reverse” racism…something that absolutely does NOT exist…btw…classism does NOT trump racism… classism may affect many, but racism does NOT affect EVERYONE the same way…whites are affected by classism but NOT racism…non white(who are not Asian mainly) are affected by BOTH…there is NONE so blind as he who WILL not see…what you “think” an educated Black Woman knows is telling a lot about you, imho…

[@carlanthony1640]

File separately not jointly. If you have children decide which parent will get the most benefit from claiming them. You have to figure out how to play the game inside the law that is written so broadly that it can be done. The Haves" do it all the time while the "Have Nots" play by the rulebook given them. I used to ask any accountant I used one question, "Are you a crook?" I wanted to know if they had the ability to legally take every single penny from the government and represent me if I got audited. If they said yes, I hired them. It doesn't matter how the system is rigged if you know how to play. Knowledge is power.

[@Tseeker12]

This has been impacting my wife and I for so long now, after they take so much taxes from us we still owe them at the end of the year. I truly believe they are working with tax preparers to do this evil…

[@Abigail_Carfax]

This is so very true and is appalling!

[@decarlolopez5661]

When we speak to the differences and advantages others are provided, we are even told by our own people that we have the same opportunities.. 🙃

[@TheKathybarth]

A brave pioneer in an unfair and glutted system!

[@phillylifer]

Wow. A real segment about something that matters on MSNBC. Who would have thunk it?

[@calvin8677]

There's so much racism, I don't wanna leave the house

[@615GuitarSlinger]

Thats only because msm has brainwashed you into believing that nonsense

[@jmb3608]

Your sarcasm falls flat.

[@calvin8677]

@@jmb3608 you just get on your knees for democrats lies

[@danifranc7011]

​@@jmb3608exactly

[@DexterSmithGT]

I know!! It is truly scary how the cards are stacked against us as african americans.

[@freedom-not-oppression]

Go with the Maths, the numbers don't lie.

[@curtkeisler7623]

I'm white. This imbalance in the tax code affects me and many of my friends and family too. I hope you fix it for everyone.

[@adlucem9845]

uncle karen

[@mariejane1567]

well maybe we shouldn't wait on blacks to fight to fix everything....others should help too

[@teishahickman2108]

So if the problem effects you why don't you think the solution would also? Most stuff in this country that disproportionately effects Black People also effects many lower income White People. The problem is many lower income White People are so afraid Black People will get something they won't and some are so blinded by hatred they fight against the fixes that will benefit them too. Tell your people to chill and maybe something would get done.

[@arshiealjohns931]

Everything the fix for black people always benefits everyone else

[@danifranc7011]

If it affects you imagine how it affects minorities three times as much

[@TheEaglady]

This explains why whenever I get my taxes done, it just doesn't add up. Thank you for this segment.

[@WanderingSage24]

In my last audit, they said I claimed several credits that I've never claimed before, and the irs worker claims the audits are random. I call bs

[@MsAchampion]

Some people just will not let us have a better quality of life. That's what thia all boils down to. 😢

[@TrekCannon]

The caucazoids would call this info woke😂😂

[@marohan]

🗑 🚮 she gets paid to push race disparities

[@RebekahCurielAlessi]

So important to shine a light on such things as this, of course we want progress, liberation and well being for all Americans!! 🇺🇸 ⚖️

[@negloblaxon7616]

"All Americans" means keep "African Americans" at the bottom. You aren't righteous. Intersectionals love trying to maintain White Supremacy. And do it blatantly.

[@Brick_Squared]

It is NO coincidence that the wealth disparities exist. This is yet another example why.

[@rachest]

They give it to us at every turn

[@marohan]

Always crying

[@richyp64]

Thank you Dorothy Brown for exposing more wyt privilege. I'm definitely going to share this with my coworkers next week when I attend my DEI training class. 💙💙

[@bidenhasdementia8657]

Uugh

[@pilot8220]

​@@SockPuppetAcctYou're a sheep

[@ronbillay3929]

Ha, good sarcasm.

[@keepingit8797]

DEI (Democrat Enraged Indoctrination).

[@crptnite]

Again, it's not "white privilege" 🙄 stop making the problem worse. It's poverty discrimination. Plain and simple. Yes, a higher percentage of black people experience poverty than white people. But the discrimination is based on the pay gap, not skin color. Assuming one is privileged simply because their skin is white, or that one has been discriminated against simply because their skin is black, helps no one and only makes the problem worse. We need to stop letting them pit us against each other so we can join forces and fight back. Intergenerational wealth? i know far more families of color with intergenerational wealth, where i come from, than white families. Some of us were raised in families/communities where intergenerational debt is all that we inherit, no matter how hard we work.

[@mauricepeppers4684]

Institutional racism is a real thing

[@branevans3705]

Data and science can be so helpful. I don't understand why our political system/government doesn't rely on it more.

[@JudyStroyer-bk6fb]

Because they can't tell the whole story

[@jlighter1]

Judy is right, data is good to have, but it’s only as good as the methodology used to gather it and the person interpreting it. Separately, though: “There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” - Isaac Asimov

[@dodgygoose3054]

The same reason that politicians don't need qualifications or psych evaluations which is required of our military who politicians are put in control of ..... just think about that for a second & then include Trump in that thought.

[@tnp1047]

Because spreading false information/narratives such as that of the "welfare queen" have proven to be more effective at helping to maintain the status quo.

[@derrikoates2318]

It is not an accident. take the case of guns. For the longest it was ILLEGAL to collect data.

[@terrencesmith3969]

Thank you soooo very much for this. This have been a long time issue for me and my taxation affairs specifically with IRS. Its like there's no one (black or truly african american or indigenous) is knowledgeable or empowered enough to shine a light on this SERIOUS issue. Thanks for the light ❤

[@jamesmitchell2134]

REPERATIONS NOW‼️🤬

[@marohan]

Get a job mookie

[@smithsmith7640]

@@marohan, you want to buy heroin junky?

[@believensee8621]

She is making clear the treasury dept needs to be accountable. That's right!

[@jhill6033]

It's a wonder that blacks have seen the progress that we have over time considering the amount of effort put into holding us back in every sector of life. This is no doubt calculated and deliberate.

[@SunfloweryLove]

I'm married without children and I am never excited about tax time. Lately we always owe more money. How?

[@Dani-qh6ho]

I know exactly how you feel. Taxes have been killing us the last couple of years. You work hard and make more money to try to live a better life only for it to be taken away. 😢

[@silverperryhobart6560]

Everyone does better when everyone does better. We'd have far fewer people living in abject poverty and a much lower crime rate if everyone had equal access to health care, healthy food, living wages, unionized employment, etc.. Life would be better for EVERYONE! That's what "a more perfect union " means! Until this happens... We will never be living up to our own democratic principles and perceived exceptionalism.

[@flyingmethods5434]

Sue the IRS

[@damali-karlawhittaker6462]

IRS OWES REPARATIONS/FULL REFUND TO ALL BLACK PEOPLE OVER TAXES SINCE IT WAS CREATED BY THE FEDERAL/STATE GOVERNMENT!!!🤬🤔🤑🤔🙂

[@dalemartin9955]

When will we learn that this system will never work for people it was meant to use. The formula for equality, what you do to one side of the equation you do to the other simple fight right

[@loriannrichardson7644]

It was disappointing to learn of this tax disparity, but even more discouraging to learn that Yellen is dragging her feet in addressing it. 😒

[@dianasmickle8065]

My white coworker told me she’s getting more pay than I was and she didn’t have a license and I did and they were paying her more than I was getting and I resigned the job but I didn’t tell them why I find another excuse. I just resigned they were begging me to stay and I said no they even said oh we are gonna have a new pay increase I said, keep it.

[@WindySpring252]

There were different articles on IRS auditing Blacks more than other tax payers. One I referencing is NY Times, Sept 2023. Seems to be buried

[@damali-karlawhittaker6462]

Bipartisan Congress policies. IRS SHOULD BE AUDITED BY SENATORS/REPRESENTATIVE CONGRESSMAN.

[@marcusdarden1535]

I just came to the comments to see how many people would dismiss this as not racism.

[@Harris.Ann.Margaret]

Professor Tricia Rose has conducted important research on systemic racism and its impacts on black Americans that is complementary to Brown's work.

[@marohan]

🗑 🚮

[@nerseey67]

It just never ends!!!

[@michelegreshan1539]

Revealing the truth. Is the new norm💯💯💯💯💯

[@theresadavidsson7959]

Black people can't seem to have a break anywhere. 😢

[@irishpatriciadesiree]

Thank you for making us aware! We want this done!

[@michaelparks7177_BritOz]

In it together!✊

[@victorbarkley7785]

Hello America, please ask Janet Yellen to stop treasury exceptionalism now!!!

[@joshk.6246]

@msnbc Please give credit to your guest host in the description. Took me a bit to find who this man is. I enjoyed him hosting and he also rocks an epic beard. Give @CFColemanjr a show or something.

[@jagbrit3723]

Glad I am not the only fanboy who kept staring at the beard, and those wonderful specs, with his perfectly chocolate skin. Okay, enough gheyness for the day. Thanks for the name. Revealing report indeed.

[@veronicaconnolly3612]

There is no law that states we even need to pay taxes. And if im wrong id like to see it

[@lindajolly935]

Thank you for revealing this problem! 💕🙏🏽

[@jimmyboyd8212]

🇺🇲WHITE WASHING 4 WHITE PEOPLE ONLY🇺🇲 As with: Until these rogue cops 👮‍♂️ police 👮‍♀️are not allowed to resign, suffer the same as victims they punish, lose pensions, punishment for perjury, benefits, retirement, not allowed Police Union privileges, rewards, Law enforcement associations favors, not allowed their Decendents (spouse: life time spousal: financial support and iinsurance; children: education tuition support and benefits), ordered to pay restitution for their rogue actions, and serve long-term prison sentences and penalties. WE the PEOPLE will not receive Justice. 'Law and Order, Order and Law'. It's TO SERVE AND PROTECT - not - serve yourselves and protect your own interests by any means necessary.

[@washitawanu]

They got to go

[@carissalove3053]

I know this is correct due to it was certain years I ran into quite a few blacks that owed taxes. Not like a couple of hundred but tens of thousands. I said to myself this is weird. I looked at fellow coworkers who were able to live in places I wasn’t and thought that was weird until I found out from a friend in HR that other people make around 20,000 more than a black person. The system itself has racism so interwoven in it that sometimes people can’t see it because they have accepted that this is normal for blacks to be treated that way.

[@michellenorris8471]

This is really very shocking!!!! A full independent inquiry should begin immediately!! Please email or write to your government representative to request this, it takes 2 minutes, thank you.

[@dr.rickbooty]

Not shocking. Expected.

[@theresagomez2605]

The White House doesn't care. Don't expect Joey to tell Janet to fix anything.

[@mystar3869]

Yet government still allows this to happen

[@robertwalker8453]

She is so right. There are quite a few of my colleagues and friends who got a monetary gift or gift of land or property from their parents or grandparents that they parlayed into a tangible benefit. I don’t begrudge them at all. I want to be able to do the same for my children. I think that this rift does fall along racial lines but this more of a class issue. What is more disturbing is the fact that there is a financial infrastructure in place that does reinforce being financially marginalized often it does follow racial lines but remember that current construct of race exists to discourage people of common interest from allying to disrupt the status quo.

[@prolific1518]

The current system was designed as a race issue and over time has morphed into a class issue. So now whites can say "there are poor whites too so it's not racism."

[@TahitianTreatt]

We should also talk about how people of color in america, whom arent born and raised black americans, send most of their money out of the usa, via remittances, yet they still take advantage of all the tax breaks that should go to those who invest in the usa economy

[@DebberaThompson]

It is a good look at taxes and race for ALL people of color. We need white Americans to help support these tax change because people of color are not listen to.

[@otrebla8944]

Largely, whyte ppl are in support of unfairness.

[@kelvinmorris1991]

That’s the problem: people only listen when a white person says something

[@lloydpotts9004]

I'm white and I pay a crap ton in taxes and still owe a ton when I file and I don't make $100'000 a year

[@jnubianbeauty9389]

​@lloydpotts9004, you have a horrible accountant

[@tatriceshipp9139]

​@@lloydpotts9004Well like they said you have a horrible tax preparer😂

[@GanonCoates-b6c]

I've known this for a long time, but had no way to prove it. As a single black lady, I have been audited so many times and this year is the first time I've had a job making over 30,000. Every audit on me has concluded that I owe over 800.00. Once it was over 3,000. But yet Trump can only owe 700.00. Make it make sense. Of course not having dependents works you!against you.

[@Rmby5759]

Thank you for the video and commentary

[@afuamckinney5748]

Is there a individual solution to fix our deductions on W4 without having to wait for the government that can be suggested?

[@seanb9821]

Sister, I think we will be best served by learning the tax coded ourselves.....its truly vy design that they (govt) takes much more than they need....and a "return" has been normalized smh

[@Dblbogey22]

At least 1 or 2 Americans won’t be able to sleep tonight after listening to this.

[@Himmmeyqfjcs]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@wildwaning9427]

Obadiah

[@puddincup9879]

At least one racist would say that.

[@peacefreedom4930]

Class action lawsuit against the United States Government

[@rochieking9084]

Reparations ASAP! We been saying this while other races are push up.

[@MrsDayAllDay]

What if ALL BLACK AMERICANS REFUSED TO PAY TAXES ALL AT ONCE? Let’s make OUR PRESENCE FELT FINALLY!!!

[@barbarazeigler5284]

My father ALWAYS taught me this FACT❗️ I NEVER BELIEVED OTHERWISE. 😢

[@Ohm71]

As the gop say.... No racism in this country. Period.

[@sean2015]

The GOP do not say that. They there is no SYSTEMIC racism. There is racism however, and it’s from DemoKKKrats. The party of the KKK.

[@annmarieknapp]

That was sarcasm right?

[@Ohm71]

@@annmarieknapp I am sorry to say that those words really come from gopsers. Just take a look at miss Haley, and she is not in any way different from her pack. They all claim that racism is a hallucination. They even go so far as to say slavery was probably a good thing, since those black heathens learned a trade. I truly am sorry for your countrys psychosis. But, yes it was sarcasm aswell.

[@musiklovers3189]

🤨

[@sean2015]

There is definitely racism in this country, and it’s mostly from Liberal Democrats.

[@gregoryallen0001]

this was very interesting.. fresh ty❤

[@princeamirg]

There's absolutely no reason black America's should be paying taxes in Amerikkka. Talk about taxation without representation .

[@dorthymcbride3384]

I love and respect Ms. BROWN! SHE KNOWS THE TRUTH!!!

[@jmb3608]

Incredible!

[@timc7312]

What happened to the racist bridge they were talking about a year or 2 ago

[@mactastic144]

We have them in New York. The reason they're low was to prevent people of color from the city from going to beaches on Long Island using public transit.

[@Donald-z8h]

Democrats are working sooo hard!

[@user-zu5do6ri6r]

​@@mactastic144 No, it was to keep poor people out. Color never mattered.

[@monicarust2383]

Fascinating and sickening.😡

[@JustinOldman-y4h]

But you liberals love the IRS 🤡 😂

[@eric2500]

My family elders worked their way out of poverty in the Depression by war plant work, college, teaching and other union work, military service, starting a business, getting good loan rates. They left us downpayment money for the house we own. They had some Black co workers who had ALMOST the same experiences. Not quite. Yes, we are White.

[@newtrollaccount384]

So what?

[@dr.rickbooty]

A Black person isn't getting a good loan rate, especially in that era. Discrimination wasn't even hidden then. A university could outright deny a Black person and tell them negros were not allowed on campus.

[@schillermesidor1]

This interview is truly a national treasure, and I extend my gratitude to MSNBC and Dorothy for making it possible. "Sharing such valuable information."