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Research says that white women will reach pay equality by the year 2055. Black women won't get there until 2119.

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Twelve years after starting college, the white female borrower has paid off 72% of her loan balance. Over the same time period, the typical Black female borrower's balance has grown by 13%.

Twelve years after starting college, the white female borrower has paid off 72% of her loan balance. Over the same time period, the typical Black female borrower's balance has grown by 13%, according to a Demos study of debt.   

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