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Candidates, right, that they'll get power -- because i mean, we know, as much as black people vote for the democratic party, when they get into power, they don't reciprocate the things that they say that they're going to do all the times they're campaigning. they're going to barber shops and churches and say, hey, we're going to, you know, work for you and we're going to outlaw racism and we're going to, you know, give every black family an extra $500 in their check, then they get into office and they don't do anything, right? and so, black voters, first of all, are becoming -- they're becomin...

Scathing response to comments pete buttigieg made in 2011 about black children and educati education. in a roundtable interview with no people of color present, buttigieg opined that kids in minority neighborhoods haven't seen the education system work and lack role models who can personally testify to the value of education. harriet wrote that buttigieg knowingly failed to address the structural and institutional factors which create education inequality. instead placing the blame on the black community itself, the kind of paul ryanish culture critique. buttigieg to his credit called harriet ...

Somebody who let's say strongly disapproved of comments that i made years ago that somebody had dug up. and so, you know, sometimes we forget, i think especially as we're consuming media, that this is a conversation among human beings. and so, i realize that i was just calling. i thought it was a very healthy conversation. and yes, he is right when he said my opinion, when he says that we've got to look at the structural factors that drive different racial outcomes in our country. >> mayor pete -- sorry about that -- of south bend, mayor and presidential candidate pete buttigieg probably didn'...

Now. he compares it to president obama and where obama built a coalition of young, diverse and progressive voters, buttigieg is older and white and may explain how buttigieg is mocked off the obama track. joining me now author of "what truth sounds like," michael eric dyson. good to see you. buttigieg is having a tough time with an article in "the root" a column about how he just didn't get it coming to black voters. he spoke to that author and the author said that he listened to him and he was able to explain his concerns. buttigieg is a popular candidate in iowa right now. he is a popular ca...

>> well, i think he's got to continue to do the outreach that's a principle to outreach. reaching out to mr. harriet to "the root" after a scathing piece on him. he wasn't defense. he reached out to him in honest conversation seeking to forge better understanding and to explain his position and also understand where he had gone wrong. he'll have a lot more of that to -- ahead of him if he's going to make a way in south carolina. but what's interesting and among black voters more generally. what's interesting is the perception is that even though he's tacking toward the middle he's not had an e...