Presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg on Sunday, the day before the national holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr., spoke out against racial income inequality in America, as the billionaire Democrat outlined an economic proposal aimed at increasing the financial opportunities for black communities across the nation. It would require bias training for police, teachers and federal contractors, and address voter disenfranchisement practices such as ID requirements, poll purging and gerrymandering. THE LATEST FROM FOX NEWS ON THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL RACEThe former New York City mayor said his plan was to build a more equal society. Bloomberg delivered an economic mobility policy speech later Sunday at the Greenwood Cultural Center. Bloomberg also pledged to back a commission to study whether black Americans should receive reparations for slavery.

Source: Fox News January 20, 2020 00:56 UTC