Biden Backtracks Comments Contrasting Diversity In Black And Latino Communities
4 years, 7 months ago

Biden Backtracks Comments Contrasting Diversity In Black And Latino Communities

NPR  

Biden Backtracks Comments Contrasting Diversity In Black And Latino Communities Enlarge this image toggle caption Mark Makela/Getty Images Mark Makela/Getty Images Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden sought to clear up comments he made earlier this week that suggested the African American community is mostly not diverse. In response to a question from NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro about whether Biden would engage with Cuba if elected president, Biden said yes and went on to contrast the diversity of the country's Latino community with that of the Black community. "By the way, what you all know but most people don't know, unlike the African American community with notable exceptions, the Latino community is an incredibly diverse community with incredibly different attitudes about different things. Sponsor Message Biden said later that day, in a series of tweets, "In no way did I mean to suggest the African American community is a monolith — not by identity, not on issues, not at all."

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Election 2024: Biden courts Latino voters at Las Vegas conference
8 months, 1 week ago

Election 2024: Biden courts Latino voters at Las Vegas conference

Associated Press  

LAS VEGAS — President Joe Biden tested positive for the coronavirus Wednesday while trying to shore up support among disenchanted voters key to his reelection chances, prompting him to cancel a meeting with members of a Latino civil rights organization in the battleground state of Nevada. AP AUDIO: Biden aims to cut through voter disenchantment as he courts Latino voters …

Biden tells Latino voters they’re the reason he defeated Trump in 2020 and says, ‘I need you back’
1 year ago

Biden tells Latino voters they’re the reason he defeated Trump in 2020 and says, ‘I need you back’

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — President Joe Biden on Tuesday personally appealed to Latino voters, saying they’re the reason he defeated Donald Trump in 2020 and urging them to help him do it again in November. Biden said the upcoming election isn’t a referendum on him, but rather a choice between “me and a guy named Trump.” The Democrat highlighted Trump’s derogatory rhetoric …

Analysis: What does Biden’s diverse Cabinet mean for a divided country
4 years, 2 months ago

Analysis: What does Biden’s diverse Cabinet mean for a divided country

CNN  

CNN — When President-elect Joe Biden takes office on January 20, he will inherit a nation that is divided. “We believe that Biden’s Cabinet appointments are just the starting point for a slate of demands that Black people and other people of color have,” said Arisha Hatch, vice president of Color of Change. “There’s a feeling here of a last …

Opinion: What Biden’s cabinet picks really say about diversity
4 years, 3 months ago

Opinion: What Biden’s cabinet picks really say about diversity

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Paul Begala, a Democratic strategist and CNN political commentator, was a political consultant for Bill Clinton’s presidential campaign in 1992 and served as a counselor to Clinton in the White House. CNN — President-elect Joe Biden’s challenge in assembling a cabinet is as complex as any in history. My old boss, President Bill Clinton, promised “a cabinet that …

Biden to critics: My Cabinet will be ‘most diverse’ in US history
4 years, 3 months ago

Biden to critics: My Cabinet will be ‘most diverse’ in US history

Al Jazeera  

Minority groups are upset with Biden’s picks so far and are pressuring him to add diversity to his team. President-elect Joe Biden promised Friday that there will be “significant diversity” in his Cabinet as he faces criticism from minority groups who are not satisfied with his choices so far. “I promise you, it’ll be the single-most diverse Cabinet based on …

Uncle Joe is at it again — but Biden's clumsy comments on race aren't totally wrong
4 years, 7 months ago

Uncle Joe is at it again — but Biden's clumsy comments on race aren't totally wrong

Salon  

Uncle Joe is at it again. But this sense of affinity can also be a trap for a white man like Joe Biden, who gets "too familiar" and then shares impolitic observations at inappropriate times about Black and brown folks and questions of race in America. Some facts in support of Joe Biden's observations about politics and "diversity" in the …

Bernie Sanders' Campaign Could Provide Lessons For Biden Latino Outreach
4 years, 9 months ago

Bernie Sanders' Campaign Could Provide Lessons For Biden Latino Outreach

NPR  

Bernie Sanders' Campaign Could Provide Lessons For Biden Latino Outreach Enlarge this image toggle caption Damian Dovarganes/AP Damian Dovarganes/AP Former Vice President Joe Biden's campaign has been facing pressure from Democratic operatives and activists, worried that his Latino outreach efforts are not enough and potentially a serious liability in the fall election. "I think there's a lot that the Biden …

Biden walks back comment that African-Americans who don't vote for him 'ain't black'
4 years, 10 months ago

Biden walks back comment that African-Americans who don't vote for him 'ain't black'

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Former Vice President Joe …

Opinion: Does Biden take black voters for granted? His latest gaffe makes it seem that way
4 years, 10 months ago

Opinion: Does Biden take black voters for granted? His latest gaffe makes it seem that way

LA Times  

If Joe Biden is counting on African American votes to win the White House in November, he may want to reboot his outreach strategy. — Tim Scott May 22, 2020 Here’s a thought for the Biden campaign committee: bumper stickers that say, “Win this one for the Gaffer!” Biden may have thought he was joking or being edgy, but a …

Biden Pulls Back On 'Cavalier' Remarks About Black Voters
4 years, 10 months ago

Biden Pulls Back On 'Cavalier' Remarks About Black Voters

NPR  

Biden Pulls Back On 'Cavalier' Remarks About Black Voters Enlarge this image toggle caption Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Former Vice President Joe Biden is backtracking on remarks he made on a popular black radio program on Friday that were criticized as questioning the cultural authenticity of black supporters of President Trump. "If you have …

Biden and Sanders both would face stark challenges running against Trump
5 years ago

Biden and Sanders both would face stark challenges running against Trump

LA Times  

If there is one thing essential for Democrats as they look toward taking on President Trump in November, it is a nominee who can drive strong, perhaps historic, turnout, either by reassembling the coalition that twice elected Barack Obama or by mobilizing masses of new voters. “To beat Trump is going to take an all-of-the-above approach, what we saw in …

Debate to highlight vanishing diversity in Democratic field
5 years, 2 months ago

Debate to highlight vanishing diversity in Democratic field

Associated Press  

A half dozen White House hopefuls will gather on a debate stage in Des Moines, Iowa, on Tuesday night at a critical moment in the Democratic primary. I think, ultimately, it is a problem that we don’t have it anymore.” So far, polls have repeatedly shown former Vice President Joe Biden holding a commanding lead among black voters. Each of …

Biden delivers passionate remarks on racism after criticism for 'tone deaf' debate answer
5 years, 6 months ago

Biden delivers passionate remarks on racism after criticism for 'tone deaf' debate answer

Daily Mail  

Joe Biden railed against the 'domestic terrorism' of 'white supremacy' and racism on Sunday, doing his best to bounce back from his largely-condemned Thursday night Democratic Presidential Debate remarks about the legacy of slavery in America. Speaking to the congregation of 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama Sunday morning, Biden was much more direct and pointed with his rhetoric …

Joe Biden says institutional racism in America is ‘white man’s problem’, holds Donald Trump responsible for deepening divide
5 years, 6 months ago

Joe Biden says institutional racism in America is ‘white man’s problem’, holds Donald Trump responsible for deepening divide

Firstpost  

Racism in America is an institutional “white man’s problem visited on people of colour,” former vice president Joe Biden said Tuesday, arguing that the way to attack the issue is to defeat US president Donald Trump and hold him responsible for deepening the nation’s racial divide. Washington: Racism in America is an institutional “white man’s problem visited on people of …

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