Cori Bush tweeted the following:
"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
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
"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
"Many HBCUs are underfunded, causing more students to have unmet financial need.Black students borrow 25% more at HBCUs than at other colleges and universities."Read on Twitter
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