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Ayanna Pressley, one of the “Squad” made remarks suggesting that an individual is not capable of claiming to be “anti-racist” if that person doesn’t support student debt cancellation, according to Fox News.
“You can’t be anti-racist if you’re anti student debt cancellation.”
You can't be anti-racist if you're anti student debt cancellation. https://t.co/Woi5S1rDX2
— Ayanna Pressley (@AyannaPressley) April 12, 2021
“Black and African American college graduates owe an average of $25,000 more in student loan debt than White college graduates.”
Sen. Elizabeth Warren said this ideology is “a matter of racial, economic and generational justice.
Rep. Ro Khanna stated that Biden “can cancel up to $50,000 of student loan debt for the American people with the stroke of a pen.”
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The article shared by Pressley included the stories of multiple people with student loan debts, and said the 45 million Americans who took out student loans hold a cumulative debt of $1.7 trillion.
According to EducationData.org, about 54% of all student debt is owed by “White and Caucasian student borrowers.”
Pressley’s latest eyebrow-raising comment comes as progressives have made the cancellation of student loans one of their top priorities.
Progressive lawmakers have been pushing President Biden to strike away student debt with a stroke of his pen since day one of his presidency.
Recently, many progressives have been pounding the drum for student loan debt to be canceled as Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona looks into the Biden administration’s legal authority to cut the debt.
Last week, Omar thanked her “co-conspirators” Pressley and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., for their “efforts” in pushing for student loan cancellation.
Schumer said he thought that day “would be a great day” for Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to cancel student debt.
