LateToCult 41,827 Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matangi 3,050 Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 You know what Biden could do by executive order TODAY to immediately cut the black/white wealth gap in half? Cancel all student debt. Black women are the most impacted by the student debt crisis. Let alone follow through with a $2000 check as he had promised. Changing our historical symbols on currency is important, yes. More important though are the material lives of black and brown and impoverished people who are LIVING today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bionic 50,111 Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 QUACK ANDREW JACKSON!!!!! Welcome Ms Tubman Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill 31,812 Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 1 minute ago, Matangi said: You know what Biden could do by executive order TODAY to immediately cut the black/white wealth gap in half? Cancel all student debt. Black women are the most impacted by the student debt crisis. Let alone follow through with a $2000 check as he had promised. Changing our historical symbols on currency is important, yes. More important though are the material lives of black and brown and impoverished people who are LIVING today. Both are possible, and if the 20 bill thing is happening, it doesn't mean cancelling all debt isn't. So, let's just celebrate this minor achievement. Former First Lady of the United States. Now card-carrying member of the Communist Party of China (CPC). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoful 13,304 Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 7 minutes ago, Matangi said: You know what Biden could do by executive order TODAY to immediately cut the black/white wealth gap in half? Cancel all student debt. Black women are the most impacted by the student debt crisis. Let alone follow through with a $2000 check as he had promised. Changing our historical symbols on currency is important, yes. More important though are the material lives of black and brown and impoverished people who are LIVING today. Can he actually cancel all student debt with just an executive order? "My name is Dita, I'll be your Mistress tonight..." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chromatican 4,046 Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 This is a good sign, but a lot of the progress black America has made post-Obama has been symbolic. I am glad we have had a black President, First Lady and Vice President, and Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill is an amazing move, but it is time for concrete action. Reparations are needed, and a serious paradigm shift to how slavery is taught in schools is needed as well. The events of 2016-present have really showed me just how many ignorant or willfully ignorant people in this country are about our racist history. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sister 9,907 Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 It would be nice and looks nice. The future's uncertain and the end is always near. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 37 minutes ago, Matangi said: You know what Biden could do by executive order TODAY to immediately cut the black/white wealth gap in half? Cancel all student debt. Black women are the most impacted by the student debt crisis. Let alone follow through with a $2000 check as he had promised. Changing our historical symbols on currency is important, yes. More important though are the material lives of black and brown and impoverished people who are LIVING today. I think that first suggestion requires congress. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JusKeepBreathin 19,311 Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 39 minutes ago, Matangi said: You know what Biden could do by executive order TODAY to immediately cut the black/white wealth gap in half? Cancel all student debt. Black women are the most impacted by the student debt crisis. Let alone follow through with a $2000 check as he had promised. Changing our historical symbols on currency is important, yes. More important though are the material lives of black and brown and impoverished people who are LIVING today. So this means nothing because he hasn't canceled student debt? Do you know who Andrew Jackson is and what he did? You sound like a person who wants to help black people as long as you get something in return. "Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." -Martin Luther King Jr. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nswain1110 3,127 Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 28 minutes ago, shoful said: Can he actually cancel all student debt with just an executive order? I’m not sure but it’s unlikely given his administration has already made public their plan, which is to propose forgiving $10k of each students loan debt and to push it through the congressional approval process. Follow me on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/natethetrailhunter/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteWitch 720 Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 40 minutes ago, Matangi said: You know what Biden could do by executive order TODAY to immediately cut the black/white wealth gap in half? Cancel all student debt. Black women are the most impacted by the student debt crisis. Let alone follow through with a $2000 check as he had promised. Changing our historical symbols on currency is important, yes. More important though are the material lives of black and brown and impoverished people who are LIVING today. Biden is not necessarily for sure able to cancel student debt via executive order, which is why they are going through Congress for some of these things. Biden does not have power of the purse, the house does Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoful 13,304 Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 10 minutes ago, nswain1110 said: I’m not sure but it’s unlikely given his administration has already made public their plan, which is to propose forgiving $10k of each students loan debt and to push it through the congressional approval process. $10k is still A LOT better than nothing. I hope they push it through very soon. Has anyone in the administration said anything about it since his Inauguration? "My name is Dita, I'll be your Mistress tonight..." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nswain1110 3,127 Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 17 minutes ago, WhiteWitch said: Biden does not have power of the purse, the house does Lololol 😆😂 “Power of the purse” is my new favorite saying! I must now find ways to inject this into my common dialogue. Follow me on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/natethetrailhunter/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy 14,009 Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 1 hour ago, Jill said: Both are possible, and if the 20 bill thing is happening, it doesn't mean cancelling all debt isn't. So, let's just celebrate this minor achievement. Yeah but the point is that how much of an achievement is this vs. an appeasement of the liberal Democrats? It makes them feel happy and not racist but doesn’t materially change conditions. Not saying it isn’t a cool thing to do, but I think we can’t really compare these achievements. One is a matter of policy, the other (this one) a matter of state. I think it’s fine to both celebrate and go “no honey you’re not getting off that easily.” I don’t think OP is *against* this on principle, but more that may we aren’t going to give you big props for the bare minimum when the perfectly reasonable is still outstanding. But I understand people have different approaches to their personal politics as for me, yay! But also I’m broke af so while this is cool and we love celebrating an actual American hero instead of a genocidal monster...I’d also like some other monetary news coming out of the Fed that will help me more lolol and there’s a kind of sus question about the state using the likeness of someone brutally attacked by the state for patriotic purposes but I think that’s more just itching for a fight if you want one. I just want my money lmao Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matangi 3,050 Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 2 minutes ago, Ziggy said: It makes them feel happy and not racist but doesn’t materially change conditions. THE point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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