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2020 Hopeful Buttigieg Pitches Plan to Fight Systemic Racism

Associated Press

   CHICAGO - Looking to improve his standing with black voters, Democratic
   presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg pitched a plan Tuesday to tackle
   "systemic racism" he said exists in housing, health care, education,
   policing and other aspects of American life.

   The 37-year-old mayor of South Bend, Indiana, told a predominantly
   black audience at a Chicago meeting of Rainbow PUSH, the Rev. Jesse
   Jackson's civil rights organization, that his plan includes providing
   more opportunity for minority businesses, strengthening voting rights
   and reforming the criminal justice system.

   He said he would cut incarceration numbers in half by legalizing
   marijuana and eliminating prison time for simple drug possession. He
   wants to restore voting rights for some 6 million Americans with felony
   convictions and supports "bold and meaningful action" on reparations
   for the descendants of slaves.