in part, quote, there is no way i can know if he s genuinely interested in engaging black voters. there are an infinite number of candidates who have waded into black barber shops or sashayed into black pulpits to assure us they were on our side when they were only interested in our vote. i am not smart or pregsed enough to know the difference. the whole thing i know is that he is a white man but pete buttigieg listened which is all you can ask a white man to do. that s michael harriot from the root. is that enough? it s not enough. there s a lot that bothered me about the way this ordeal played out. i understand the anger of black americans and black voters and the frustration that comes with time and time again for years seeing yourself blamed for