The president of Wilberforce University announced during his commencement speech that all of the class’s student debt would be erased
Wilberforce University’s 2021 graduation ceremony Photo: Wilberforce University/ KHOU 11/Youtube It’s tough to give a good commencement speech, one that isn’t trite or packed with pseudo-inspirational Pinterest quotes. However, over the weekend, the 2021 graduating class of Wilberforce University got to hear a genuinely good one. During his commencement speech for the Ohio HBCU, university president Dr. Elfred Anthony Pinkard announced that all of the class’s student debt would be erased.
The announcement came just a few days before President Biden’s address on the 100-year anniversary of the Tulsa massacre, in which he pledged to close the wealth gap between white and Black Americans. However, he was criticized for failing to address the student-loan debt crisis, which disproportionately impacts Black Americans. As NAACP president Derrick Johnson said in response: “You cannot begin to address the racial wealth gap without addressing the student loan debt crisis.
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