Friends and colleagues describe him as a man still forming a sensibility about African American issues and culture, a work-in-progress. His campaign angered some African American leaders in South Carolina after at least one was listed as endorsing Buttigieg’s agenda for the black community when they had not. “My best chances, especially growing up, of understanding the black experience were through literature,” Buttigieg said. Aggravated, a young black activist asked him over coffee, “Do you think we live in a colorblind society?”“Of course not,” Buttigieg said he responded. Buttigieg primarily wanted to know whether Sharpton thought African Americans would accept his difference, being a gay candidate, Sharpton said.

Source: Washington Post December 16, 2019 00:11 UTC