Monday, April 22, 2019

This in the NYT!!-----Should a White Man Be the Face of the Democratic Party in 2020? - The New York Times

Should a White Man Be the Face of the Democratic Party in 2020? - The New York Times
"...Ms. Neal, a dental hygienist, made an agonized face at Mr. Johnson, her boyfriend.
See the source imageWouldn’t something be lost, she asked, if the historically diverse slate of 2020 Democrats was passed over?
“Personally, I’d love to see a woman,” Ms. Neal, also 27, said at the event on Thursday night.
“If people are being catty and holding gender or race against a candidate, it would break my heart.”
As former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. prepares to enter the 2020 race this coming week, Democrats have seen the strong diversity in their field
Interviews with several dozen Democratic voters around the country show how the party, which enjoyed victories in 2018 that were powered by female and nonwhite candidates, is now grappling with two complicated questions about race, gender and politics in the Trump era.
Is a white man the best face for an increasingly diverse Democratic Party in 2020?..."
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