Pete Buttigieg Explains His Agenda For Black Voters

[left-of-center2012]

Pete Buttigieg, a Democratic presidential candidate and the mayor of a small, majority-white city, came to New York this week to appeal to black voters.
"I believe an agenda for black Americans needs to include five things that all of us care about: homeownership, entrepreneurship, education, health and justice," the mayor of South Bend, Ind., told the audience at the National Action Network's conference.

The annual gathering, led by the Rev. Al Sharpton, is a key stop for Democratic presidential candidates. Buttigieg also affirmed to Sharpton that as president, he would sign a bill that would start a study of reparations. Aside from the conference, Buttigieg has recently, like several other candidates, appeared on syndicated radio show The Breakfast Club, which has a majority-black audience, and been interviewed by Ebony magazine.

Buttigieg could face some hurdles on his record on race issues. For example, a 2015 instance surfaced this week of Buttigieg saying "all lives matter," a statement often seen as diminishing the Black Lives Matter movement.

"What I did not understand at that time was that that phrase just early into mid- especially 2015 was coming to be viewed as a sort of counterslogan to Black Lives Matter," Buttigieg said. He later added, "Since learning about how that phrase was being used to push back on that activism, I stopped using it in that context."

In addition, Buttigieg's economic record in South Bend may give some voters pause. One 2017 report found substantial racial economic gaps in the city that mirror those nationwide — much lower black homeownership rates and annual incomes than there are for whites, for example. In an interview with NPR, Buttigieg said that he hopes to alleviate that via an array of initiatives, like boosting minority entrepreneurship.

https://www.npr.org/2019/04/05/710080667/pete-buttigieg-explains-his-agenda-for-black-voters

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

1. I'm really starting to like Mayor Pete.

Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Join the revolution!!!

[pink]

2. I just finished watching Mayor Pete on the Breakfast Club

I have been following him for quite a while and whenever I come across anything about him on youtube, I find myself stalking him. My dream come true would be to see Trump and him in a debate, even in front of MAGA supporters. It would be a bit like watching an orangutan facing off with a very intelligent human.

I know a lot can happen between now and the primaries, but I'd be so disappointed if he misses out on the candidacy.

[Wabbajack_]

3. I didn't like his recent answer on free college

It sounded to me like he was saying he was against it because people who don't go to college would be "subsidizing" those who do.

[left-of-center2012]

4. this?

"... that college graduates earn more than some of the non-college-graduates who would be taxed more
to subsidize a free college scheme."

https://www.educationnext.org/pete-buttigieg-talks-charter-schools-warns-free-college-less-progressive-than-it-sounds/

[CTyankee]

5. My husband and I pay taxes to support public schools and neither of us have children in the

school system. We are in our 70s and retired.

Our view is that society as a whole benefits from public schools (a public "good&quot in having a better educated work force.

This sounds a lot like that old argument...