Democrat Buttigieg unveils plan to fight racism in America
[Reuters]
Reuters•July 11, 2019
By Tim Reid
(Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana - whose campaign has been dogged by accusations of systemic racism in his city as he struggles to gain support from African-American voters - on Thursday announced a plan to battle racial inequality in America.
Buttigieg, who is white and has seen issues of race flare up in South Bend after the fatal shooting of a black man by a white police officer last month, unveiled details of a wide-reaching plan focused on healthcare, education, criminal justice reform and home ownership.
The 37-year-old mayor and combat veteran has been barely registering with black voters in opinion polls tracking the Democratic nominating contest, where 25 men and women are currently vying to become the candidate to take on Republican President Donald Trump in the November 2020 election.
A Reuters/Ipsos poll released last week found no measurable support nationally for Buttigieg among African-Americans. Winning a Democratic nominating contest is extremely difficult without significant support from black voters.
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