More air time for race and gender issues in Democratic debate
- 9 years ago
Racial justice and gender equality, issues important to a large and increasingly vocal bloc of the national electorate, finally made it to the presidential debate stage in Tuesday's face-off between the candidates for Democratic nomination.
Black Lives Matter, the national movement that has drawn attention to the deaths of unarmed African Americans at the hands of law enforcement, was mentioned briefly in the first Republican debate in August and not at all in the second one last month.
But those issues, along with references to support for paid family leave, protecting LBGT rights and extending such benefits as health care and in-state tuition to undocumented immigrants, came up many times during Tuesday's 2 1/2 hour discussion on CNN.
Black Lives Matter, the national movement that has drawn attention to the deaths of unarmed African Americans at the hands of law enforcement, was mentioned briefly in the first Republican debate in August and not at all in the second one last month.
But those issues, along with references to support for paid family leave, protecting LBGT rights and extending such benefits as health care and in-state tuition to undocumented immigrants, came up many times during Tuesday's 2 1/2 hour discussion on CNN.