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Missouri U.S. Rep Cori Bush: "Four years after graduation, the average Black borrower has nearly 53,000 in student loan debttwice..."

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Cori Bush tweeted the following:

"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."
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Here are other recent tweets from Cori Bush:

"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."
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"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."
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"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."
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