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    Pete Buttigieg: Racism Isn’t Something That ‘Happened a Long Time Ago’

    The midwestern mayor was among a handful of 2020 candidates to address the National Association of Black Journalists’ annual convention in Miami today.
    by Saahil Desai Aug 08, 2019 2 minutes
    Source: Rebecca Cook / Reuters

    South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg was ready for the question. It’s one that has dogged the 37-year-old since his long-shot White House bid caught fire in the spring, launching him into the top tier of 2020 Democratic candidates: How does he remedy his near-nonexistent support among black voters?

    Speaking onstage at the National Association of Black Journalists’ convention in Miami, Buttigieg made quick mention of his Douglass Plan,staff writer Vann R. Newkirk II, Craig Melvin of NBC, and Alexi McCammond of , featured three other 2020 hopefuls: Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, and former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld, an old-school New England centrist challenging Donald Trump for the GOP nomination.

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