Rep. Jamaal Bowman has sponsored a bill which, if passed, would pay Black Americans a total of $14 trillion in reparations for slavery. Bowman did allow that the money wouldn’t have to paid out all at once.
U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-Yonkers, said it’s time for the federal government to finally acknowledge the deep, lasting harms suffered by African Americans. He backs federal legislation that would create a $14 trillion reparations program to aid the descendants of enslaved Black people and people of African descent…
There are about 42 million African Americans in the United States, representing 12% of our nation’s population, according to the 2020 census. That means the proposed reparations program could deliver roughly $333,000 per person. Bowman said it could be paid over decades.
“Who says the $14 trillion needs to be paid out in one shot?” said Bowman. “It…
