Amer­i­ca owes black women ‘every­thing,’ Rep. Jas­mine Crock­ett rants over July 4 week­end

Con­tro­ver­sial and out­spo­ken out­go­ing Rep. Jas­mine Crock­ett, D‑Texas, is fac­ing online back­lash after com­ments she made over the Inde­pen­dence Day week­end reveal­ing what she thinks the Unit­ed States owes Black women.“When it comes to answer­ing the ques­tion of what Amer­i­ca owes black women, the answer is every­thing,” the Texas con­gress­woman said dur­ing an inter­view at the Essence Fes­ti­val of Black Cul­ture, which was held in New Orleans over the Fourth of July hol­i­day weekend.“When we think about the sac­ri­fices that black women have made, from the moment we were stolen from our home­lands and trans­port­ed into this coun­try, to the fact that black women con­tin­ue to stand as the back­bone — specif­i­cal­ly of the Demo­c­ra­t­ic Par­ty — we kno …