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How People of Color Inside the Buttigieg Campaign Sought to Be Heard
NY Times ^ | January 28, 2002 | Reid J. Epstein

Posted on 01/30/2020 9:17:31 AM PST by C19fan

In early December, more than 100 members of Pete Buttigieg’s presidential campaign staff gathered at the South Bend City Church a mile from headquarters for a mandatory half-day retreat about diversity and inclusion. Less than two months remained before the start of voting, a time when most campaigns are focused full-time on politics.

Buttigieg advisers say the retreat was part of an ongoing effort to foster a progressive culture that empowered employees of color. For some of these staff members, however, the workplace itself was a problem, and working for a candidate with so little support from black and Hispanic voters had become demoralizing.

In interviews, current and former staff members of color said they believed that senior Buttigieg officials didn’t listen to their concerns and ideas about the campaign. One said there was a daily “emotional weight” on people of color who felt they were employed in order to help the campaign meet its ambitious diversity targets. Some Hispanic employees said managers asked them to translate text even if they didn’t speak Spanish, making them feel disrespected.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections; US: Delaware; US: Indiana; US: Massachusetts; US: Vermont
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LMAO!!! Buttigieg hoisted on Race Conscious Intersectionality crap.
1 posted on 01/30/2020 9:17:31 AM PST by C19fan
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To: C19fan

That filthy little creep disgusts me.


2 posted on 01/30/2020 9:18:42 AM PST by Westbrook
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To: C19fan

This is just the Times carrying Biden’s water for him.


3 posted on 01/30/2020 9:21:22 AM PST by circlecity
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Dems nominate that dude
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Trump
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GOP finally wins back the black male vote


4 posted on 01/30/2020 9:25:58 AM PST by ReaganGeneration2
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To: circlecity

To them Biden is the best candidate to run

To us, he is the best candidate they can run

Because, he is actually a worse candidate then Hillary, if you can believe that

He has a ton of baggage and the gaffes alone will sink him

Its like IBM Watson vs a broken abacus


5 posted on 01/30/2020 9:26:53 AM PST by Trump.Deplorable
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To: C19fan

How would the muzzie world like dealing with a gay leader?

Would they throw him off a building when he goes there?


6 posted on 01/30/2020 9:28:59 AM PST by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself.)
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To: C19fan

People of Color Inside the Buttigieg Campaign


7 posted on 01/30/2020 9:29:13 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (BLACK LIVES MAGA)
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One said there was a daily “emotional weight” on people of color who felt they were employed in order to help the campaign meet its ambitious diversity targets. Some Hispanic employees said managers asked them to translate text even if they didn’t speak Spanish, making them feel disrespected.

"Don't worry, the ballerina will be my running mate just to make sure the ticket has a good average age. I'll bring the Wogs! Petette will bring the drag queen promenade and lots of money!"

Creepy Joe Biden: Image Gallery (List View) | Know Your Meme

8 posted on 01/30/2020 9:31:39 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: C19fan

NYT can’t find any big lies today apparently. Things are slow.


9 posted on 01/30/2020 9:32:14 AM PST by Luke21
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To them Biden is the best candidate to run

I listened to Biden's most recent campaign speech. It was painful. As much as I want to see the democrats lose, I felt sorry for the man as he lost track of what he was saying multiple times and misspoke even more often. I don't think he will make it to January 20, 2021 coherent enough to take the Oath of Office.

10 posted on 01/30/2020 9:34:16 AM PST by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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I know, I always want to call the elder abuse hotline

“Hello, I see this old dementia stricken man on TV, he has no idea what he is doing and no idea what he is talking about, his relatives are forcing him to run for president so they can use his office to make deals and enrich themselves”


11 posted on 01/30/2020 9:37:39 AM PST by Trump.Deplorable
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To: C19fan

His faggotry apparently wasn’t enough for the SJWs.


12 posted on 01/30/2020 9:44:33 AM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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For some of these staff members, however, the workplace itself was a problem, and working for a candidate with so little support from black and Hispanic voters had become demoralizing.

LOL. Its as if Bull Connor himself is running. How can the Dems let this racist Buttigeig even be on the stage with them????

13 posted on 01/30/2020 9:47:34 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: C19fan

What if it was White people wanting to be heard?


14 posted on 01/30/2020 9:53:46 AM PST by dljordan
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I don't think he will make it to January 20, 2021 coherent enough to take the Oath of Office

I think he'll attend and watch Donald Trump retake his oath of office.

15 posted on 01/30/2020 9:58:08 AM PST by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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“...and the gaffes alone will sink him”

I’d like to believe that but look at his record when he ran for President in ‘08, when he was VP and now that he’s running again. There’s a virtual library of creepy and ridiculous statements out there. We’ve all heard ‘em and they been recited on FR many times.

But really, what do we hear from the MSM? Nothing. You know (as I do) if a Republican made comments like that, he’d have been driven off a long time ago. The MSM will continue to run cover for him.


16 posted on 01/30/2020 10:08:39 AM PST by MplsSteve
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To: Westbrook; Pollster1

Buttig disgusts me too.
Biden Warren Sanders disgust me even more.

I don’t feel sorry for Biden
I feel bad for that truck driver Joe smeared. And the trucker’s family.


17 posted on 01/30/2020 10:09:52 AM PST by campaignPete R-CT (Committee to Re-Elect the President ( CREEP ))
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One said there was a daily “emotional weight” on people of color who felt they were employed in order to help the campaign meet its ambitious diversity targets.

Forking idiots. This happens by force all over the country every day! What do they think the entire purpose of their beloved Affirmative Action is?!?!

18 posted on 01/30/2020 10:13:31 AM PST by workerbee (America finally has an American president again.)
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“Some Hispanic employees said managers asked them to translate text even if they didn’t speak Spanish...”

Hell, that’s easy.

“Vote-o por Buttplug-o, si? Buttplug-o muy bueno presidente.”

Pay me.


19 posted on 01/30/2020 10:54:12 AM PST by Boogieman
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How People of Color Inside the Buttigieg . . .

EEK EEK

I got this far and had to stop.


20 posted on 01/30/2020 11:02:10 AM PST by Scrambler Bob (This is not /s. It is just as viable as any MSM 'information', maybe more so!)
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