Buttigieg makes new effort to talk race, reach black voters

[crazytown]

8. Pete is making himself a better candidate

and a better Democrat.

What his strongest critics in South Bend agree on is that after he returned to Afghanistan, he spent a lot time listening. One thing he found out was the that the greatest damage to South Bend from his decision to demote the city’s first Black Policy Chief was not how it deepened the racial decide but how it splintered the black community.

Buttigieg’s then made an effort to be responsive to competing community interests rather than looking for an authoritative representative.