NY law maker Jamaal Bowman says black people in US should get $333K

Lawmaker tabled bill H.R. 414 in 2023 claiming the US has a ‘moral and legal obligation’ to make restitution to the descendants of slaves Bowman believes $14 T should be distributed to black people who make up 12 percent of US population Money could be paid out over five or 10 or 20 years in weekly or monthly checks, according to law maker By Bethan Sexton For Dailymail.Com Published: 12:09 EST, 18 January 2024 | Updated: 12:34 EST, 18 January 2024 A New York lawmaker is calling for every black person in the US to receive $333,000 as reparations for slavery. Jamaal Bowman is among nine backers of federal bill H.R. 414, which states there is a ‘moral and legal obligation’ to make restitution to the descendants of slaves. The legislation would force the government to distribute $14 trillion between almost 42 million black Americans. The figure is based on academics’ estimates of the amount the US benefited from forced labor between 1619 and the end of slavery in 1865, according to the bill. Yonkers representative Bowman, a member of the so-called ‘Squad’ of young controversial Democrats in Congress, also suggested ‘creative’ ways of paying, including staggering the payments over...