Entrepreneur Andrew Yang got the question staring everybody in the face at Thursday’s Democratic debate : What message does it send to voters that you’re the only nonwhite candidate up on stage?
He answered by invoking economic inequality, explained the barriers it creates to political engagement, and, most impressively, ended with a plug for his signature policy proposal: a universal basic income.
“It’s both an honor and disappointment to be the lone candidate of color on the stage tonight,” said Yang, the first Asian American to run for the Democratic presidential nomination. He added that he remembers people using racial […]
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