Sorry, white Democratic ladies and gay guy — you’re not ‘diverse’ enough

Published July 19, 2019 4:37pm ET



The second round of the Democratic 2020 primary debates will be again broken up into two nights, both of which will be hosted by CNN. And already, some people are getting anxious about the supposed lack of diversity on one of the two evenings.

The first night will feature candidates who all happen to be white: new age guru Marianne Williamson, Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan, Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke, former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, and former Maryland Rep. John Delaney. All of the nonwhite candidates (Julián Castro, Cory Booker, Kamala Harris, Andrew Yang, Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard) are in the second night lineup.

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