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poverty_finance • 2 years ago

Black woman goes back to school at 52, gets taunted by smug preppy white boys, winds up with over $329k in loans - at 91 years old.

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Black woman goes back to school at 52, gets taunted by smug preppy white boys, winds up with over $329k in loans - at 91 years old.

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poverty_finance • 2 years ago

Loan increased 512% over fourteen years.

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https://www.newyorker.com/news/us-journal/the-aging-student-debtors-of-america

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2 years ago
512% increase is the average for borrowers over 50 y/o from 2004-2018.

Betty Ann personally has a 1136% balance increase overall.

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