How The $1.6 Trillion Student Loan Debt Disproportionately Weighs On Black Women

When the Supreme Court decided to block President Joe Biden’s student loan debt relief plan, it left well educated Black women across the country to bear a heavy financial toll. Black women own a disproportionate amount of the $1.6 trillion federal student debt total, with higher debt averages than any other demographic. These melanated and highly educated Black women have 43% more undergraduate debt than their white women counterparts.

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