Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg rolled out a plan on Thursday that will address racial inequality and systemic racism against black Americans.
Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg rolls out a plan that will address racial inequality and systemic racism against black Americans.
Democratic presidential candidate and Mayor of South Bend, Indiana, Pete Buttigieg speaks to a crowd at the African American Leadership Council on June 6, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia.Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg rolled out a plan on Thursday to address racial inequality and systemic racism against black Americans. The plan was announced as his campaign struggles to earn the support of black voters, which could be key to his winning the Democratic nomination.
The plan also details how Buttigieg would address health disparities in black communities, advocate for criminal justice reform by legalizing marijuana and expunging some past convictions, expand access to voting, eliminate racial gerrymandering and improve housing conditions for black Americans. "I think [the Douglass Plan] does not take the place of the conversation around reparations," he said. "I also support passing H.R. 40. I would sign it, which would create a commission to look at reparations. But I do think that this is also restorative, in the same way that reparations is intended to be."
Buttigieg ranked fifth among the Democratic candidates with 6% of the vote in a Morning Consult poll published on July 9. "My community is in anguish right now because of an officer-involved shooting, a black man, Eric Logan, killed by a white officer," he said. "And I'm not allowed to take sides until the investigation comes back. The officer said he was attacked with a knife, but he didn't have his body camera on. It's a mess. And we're hurting."
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