On the second day of the evidentiary hearing held to determine whether Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis should be disqualified from the 2020 election interference case against Donald Trump, her father testified in response to a question about Willis keeping a large amount of money in her home.
An attorney asked John C. Floyd III whether he recalled his daughter stating anything about “having a large savings of cash” when she left the house she owned, video from the testimony shows.
Floyd, a criminal defense lawyer whom Willis testified taught her the importance of having cash available, said to the Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee, “Excuse me, Your Honor, I’m not trying to be racist, OK? But it’s a Black thing.”
Floyd explained that he and other Black people are trained to keep cash on hand, a cultural practice that he had passed down to Willis, who said during her time on the stand that he encouraged her to keep six months of cash available, though she said she didn’t always abide by this.
Is Keeping Cash at Home “a Black Thing,” As Floyd Stated In His Testimony?
Last year, rapper and Georgia native Tauheed K. Epps, also known as 2 Chainz, shared on Instagram that he’d discovered a large bag of rolled-up bills that his late father, who died in 2012, had stashed away in their home’s basement, Atlanta Black Star previously reported.
The cultural practice also appeared in the 1997 comedy-drama “Soul Food,” starring Vivica A. Fox and Vanessa Williams, where the family is aware of a rumor that their matriarch, Big Mama, had a big pile of cash stored somewhere in her home. The rumor turns out to be true, according to the plot.
Black culture experts agree that the practice has been common in Black households based on anecdotal information, as there are no studies that measure just how prevalent the practice is among the Black community.
“I know from my experience, my father,…
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