Episode 49: The ‘Welfare Queen’ at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
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In this episode, we discuss President Trump's tax returns, his lack of income tax payments, and the revelation that he received $72 million in refunds from the Federal Government. For those reasons, we refer to him as a "welfare queen"--a stereotype that is wrongly applied to Black women even though people like our president defraud the government at levels unaccessible to most residents of this country. We also discuss the disturbingly low level of charges filed in the Breonna Taylor murder case.
Resources:
Baptiste, Nathalie. The Wealthy Are the Real Welfare Queens and Donald Trump Is Their King. Mother Jones. September 28, 2020.
Batchelor, Tom. Trump's Former Accountant Says Tax Returns Show 'He Is Not Who He Pretends To Be.' Newsweek. September 29, 2020.
Levin, Josh. The Welfare Queen. Slate. December 19, 2013.
Packer, ZZ. The Empty Facts of the Breonna Taylor Decision. New Yorker. September 27, 2020.
