Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, who nearly a decade ago claimed that lower rates of educational achievement among minorities from poor neighbourhoods stemmed from a lack of role models, on Tuesday walked back the remarks after being labelled “a lying motherfucker” in a searing op-ed. Mpi43/MediaPunch/MediaPunch/IPx Pete Buttgieg“You’re motivated because you believe that at the end of your education, there is a reward; there’s a stable life; there’s a job,” he said. “And there are a lot of kids ― especially [in] the lower-income, minority neighborhoods, who literally just haven’t seen it work. “Occasionally someone would invariably fall in the ditch,” he wrote. “It wasn’t because they didn’t see someone cross successfully, it was because the banks of that ditch was slippery and muddy when it rained.”

Source: Huffington Post November 27, 2019 20:03 UTC