A Word: Taxes, Death, and Trouble

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🗓️ 8 April 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

It’s tax season, a stressful time for millions of Americans. But for many Black Americans, financial issues are complicated year-round by the “Black Tax;” that’s the complex web of structural bias in finance, banking, and housing policy that can make it harder for African Americans to build wealth. On today’s episode of A Word, Jason Johnson is joined by financial advice author Lynnette Khalfani-Cox to discuss the biggest tax and financial hurdles for African Americans, and how to overcome them. Guest: Lynnette Khalfani-Cox, a personal finance expert and author of several books on financial planning and strategy. Podcast production by Sam Kim and Jasmine Ellis You can skip all the ads in A Word by joining Slate Plus. Sign up now at slate.com/awordplus for just $1 for your first month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Jason Johnson, I want to thank you for listening to a word, especially our
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0:27.9	This is a word a podcast from Slate.
0:29.7	I'm your host, Jason Johnson.
0:32.0	It's April, spring is sprung, flowers are blooming, and procrastinators like myself, who've
0:37.2	been planning to get started any minute now on filing their taxes, are running out of
0:42.4	time.
0:43.4	And for African Americans, navigating a tax system that historically has a workforce can
0:47.9	come with extra challenges.
0:50.2	For a lot of middle class black folks, a lot of people who have more complicated affairs,
0:55.4	who may itemize their tax deductions, et cetera, they absolutely should have professional
1:01.0	help.
1:02.0	Surviving the black tax and thriving financially, coming up on a word with me, Jason
1:06.1	Johnson.
1:07.1	Stay with us.
1:17.6	Welcome to a word, a podcast about race and politics, and everything else I'm your host,
1:21.8	Jason Johnson.
1:22.8	It's tax season, a time when many of us are sorting through shoeboxes, receipts, searching
1:28.3	kitchen drawers for forms, and generally freaking out about money management.
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