Cori Bush tweeted the following:
"Student loan debt cancellation WILL change lives, but we must ensure cancellation policies through a lens of racial equity.@POTUS must end the economic hurt and cancel student debt for everyone."Read on Twitter
Here are other recent tweets from Cori Bush:
"Four years after graduation, the average Black borrower has nearly 53,000 in student loan debttwice the amount as white borrowers.Canceling anything less than 30% wont come close to even touching the racial wealth gap."Read on Twitter
"Upon graduation, Black women have the most student debt at $37,600 among women.Four years after graduation, the average Black borrower has nearly $53,000 in student loan debt."Read on Twitter
"Systemic racism and equity in our education system leads to Black borrowers owing 50% more upon graduation than their white peers.Making Black borrowers more likely to accumulate more interest and default on their payments."Read on Twitter
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