Posted on 08/28/2022 12:02:29 PM PDT by grundle
One of Richelle Brooks' dreams is to send her two children to college without taking out any loans. She knows firsthand how taking out a loan to pursue higher education can amount to crippling debt.
"My daughter wants to be an anesthesiologist. My son wants to be a computer engineer. Two little Black kids want this for their future," Brooks, 35, told Insider. "And this country is telling me it's impossible for me to get them there. It's a terrible, hopeless feeling."
Brooks borrowed $203,000 collectively to attend undergrad, graduate, and doctoral studies. And over the years, has accumulated over $30,000 in interest.
"Yeah, $240,000," Brooks said.
In 2020, she decided to politicize her inability to pay back her loans. Apart of the Debt Collective, she joined a group of strikers called the "Biden Jubilee 100," calling on the president to cancel student debt within the early days of being in office.
Brooks' American dream is simple.
"My hope is that if my student loan debt balance is canceled, I can start saving for them and planning for their future," she said. "But I'm also hoping that we can get a free college education so that I don't have to also worry about how to finance their future either."
Living in California as a single mother is financially taxing, she said. She works as a principal in South Los Angeles, a career which she adores, but she often has to have a side hustle to live comfortably.
With the burden of student loan debt, saving money for the future is not a luxury for many Black borrowers.
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The blacks have successfully enslaved the whites.
Which stands to reason that dems don’t need to cheat that much due to the gibsmedat constituency that pervades most demographics of a very large percentage with the exception of white (Caucasian) males (Sorry out there, 63% male Latinos vote dem because they lack cajones) for some odd reason.
If she has a degree in theater arts she’d be qualified to be the PM of Canada! (Trudeau is a former drama teacher.)
Leeches.
“Her inability to pay off her debt is due to her own poor choices, which doesn’t equate to anyone’s problem other than her own.”
Also her running up such a vast quantity of debt in the first place. Didn’t she ever hear of a little thing called a summer job? Being a black female, she had two marks in favor of her in getting one because of affirmative action. With a bit of effort she could’ve gotten a job that might’ve paid as much as 50% of the cost of going to a state school. Also, what about scholarships? With the AA factor included, she probably could’ve scored a fairly good one. And, after all, there is that little thing called the birth control pill, something she never seems to have been concerned with. Let her scratch.
forgiven debt is income in the year given so she still owes 30 percent.
Please tell me her degrees weren’t in something like gender studies or some other field that the only way to get a job is to replace the professor who taught those courses to her.
I wonder how many Eurail passes and summers in Europe the loans paid for?
I used to work with and Engineer who had a PHD and was extremely sharp and he use to say the the PHD after his name meant Post Hole Digger.
"Sure! said Mr. Lo Hoser in front of the Villagio! "What happens in Vegas Stays in Vegas but that should NOT include our hard earned money lost in slots and on the blackjack tables! We came here with the reasonable expectation that we were going to win! Its unfair that we lose anything while here!"
They are not cancelling her debt. They are just changing who has to pay it back from her to the taxpayers.
wy69
When do I get a refund for paying my tuition on time and in full? When do I get a refund for paying our kids’ tuition on time and in full?
Yeah, I am so stupid to not run up debts.
oh my God i am sick of the incessant whining. and i’ll wait for the sjw faction of FR to say this is racist.
In the long run a free education is worth what is paid for it.
Anyone getting that much debt with the limited earning capacity as a Principal should have their head examined. They could work forever…and never pay that off.
Stupid people make stupid decisions. But you KNOW if you failed to call her Doctor, she would call you on it.
Come on, guy. Don’t you know fake nails take priority?
"Yeah, $240,000," Brooks said.
Well, I sure don’t want to pay for some millennial chick’s selfish and poorly thought out decision.
Boo hoo. The enslavement is in your mind. You are highly privileged! You want all those blue collar workers to work harder so you don’t have to pay your debts!
Look at those facial expressions. They scream “entitled.”
Can student loan debtors file for bankruptcy?
Yes –
https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/student-loan-debt-bankruptcy.html
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