Cori Bush tweeted the following:
"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
Here are other recent tweets from Cori Bush:
"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"Read on Twitter
"For Black & brown communities, college degrees are marketed as solutions to escaping poverty. Student loan debt punishes Black borrowers for pursuing education through predatory loans & compounding interest. on how the student loan debt crisis is a racial justice issue:"Read on Twitter
"Student debt cancellation would transform lives.Tell @POTUS what student loan debt cancellation means to you:"Read on Twitter
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