\nI\u2019m proud to share with you the Douglass Plan, our proposal for comprehensively and intentionally dismantling racist structures and systems, fueled by an investment of unprecedented scale in the freedom and self-determination of Black Americans: t.co\/J35lpGfAry<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 Pete Buttigieg (@PeteButtigieg) July 11, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n
CNN reports<\/a>: \u2018In the new details of the plan, Buttigieg has proposed: increasing federal funding for historically black colleges and universities, increasing investments in minority-held depositories and mandating 25% of government contracts go to minority owned businesses. The plan would also seek to reduce incarceration by 50% at the state and federal level and abolish private federal prisons, per a release from the Buttigieg campaign.The plan also wants to address \u201cthe underrepresentation of Black Americans in the health workforce and train our existing health workforce to combat bias \u2014 especially racial bias \u2014 when treating patients,\u201d hitting a topic Buttigieg has touched on while stumping on the campaign trail.\u2019<\/p>\n
NPR adds<\/a>: \u201cHis \u2018Douglass Plan\u2019 aims to establish a $10 billion fund for black entrepreneurs over five years, invest $25 billion in historically black colleges, legalize marijuana, expunge past drug convictions, reduce the prison population by half and pass a new Voting Rights Act to further empower the federal government to ensure voting access.\u201d<\/p>\n
Said Buttigieg, rolling out the plan on NPR\u2019s Morning Edition<\/em>: \u201cIf you\u2019re a white candidate, it is twice as important for you to be talking about racial inequity and not just describing the problem \u2014 which is fashionable in politics \u2014 but actually talking about what we\u2019re going to do about it and describing the outcomes we\u2019re trying to solve for.\u201d<\/p>\n
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