2020 candidates talk race in America

White politicians commenting on race, as noted by AP:

• John Hickenlooper described his "shame" that some white people "kind of looked the other way during these lynching incidents."
• Beto O'Rourke admitted he “clearly had advantages” as a white man.
• Elizabeth Warren acknowledged black single mothers struggled more than she did.
• Tim Ryan said he didn't grow up around many black people.
• Pete Buttigieg said "any white candidate needs to show a level of consciousness around issues like white privilege.”
• Kirsten Gillibrand: “I guess I don’t see it that way" when asked whether she'd benefited from white privilege.

Between the lines: "Joe Biden’s presidential bid ... could test whether it’s politically wise for candidates to speak so openly about race," the AP reports.

• "Although he has positioned himself as a champion of racial equality, the former vice president is expected to wage a campaign aimed at winning back the working-class white voters who swung to Trump in 2016."

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