Essence Mag: Elizabeth Warren tops their "racial scorecard."

[pnwmom]

https://www.essence.com/news/politics/elizabeth-warren-2020-racial-justice-presidential-candidate-scorecard/

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) is known for more than just having a well-thought-out plan for everything; she’s also gained a reputation for meeting Black women at their own tables, allowing them to be her teachers, and listening and evolving as need be.

It makes sense then that Warren scored an A- on the 2020 Racial Justice Presidential Candidate Scorecard, the highest of any candidate in the race. Former Vice President Joe Biden, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii), Andrew Yang, are all at the bottom with President Donald Trump with Fs.

The Center for Urban and Racial Equity created the scorecard to center racial justice and to ensure that the concerns of Black, Latinx, and Indigenous communities are not sidelined. The Racial Justice Presidential Candidate Scorecard “summarizes the presidential candidates’ policy proposals through a racial equity lens across key areas including criminal justice reform, education, health care, voting rights, reparations, environmental justice, immigration, indigenous rights, and policies to close the racial wealth gap,” the center’s website says.

[Fiendish Thingy]

1. WOW! Could this be the breakthrough Warren needs!?!? Nt

[not fooled]

2. She just keeps getting

better and better as a candidate.

[Bettie]

17. She really does

I just keep in mind that she's been counted out before. And she is getting better and better.

[lunasun]

3. Rec

[denem]

4. The linked report gave Biden a D, not and F.

https://urbanandracialequity.org/2020presidentialscorecard/

[pnwmom]

5. Thanks for pointing that out. n/t

[denem]

6. The Essence front page has Biden with an F

which I believe is unfair on any basis, but in this case, unsupported by their own study. Not good; indicative of either bias, carelessness, or both.

[blm]

24. Grades can increase or decrease as campaign goes on.

They score the debates, their policy plans, their public words.

[Frasier Balzov]

32. Biden has opposed reparations.

Warren and Sanders have backed reparations.

[blm]

7. This explains it. The scores evolve with the latest. The first release was Feb 3.

Click on the candidates to learn more about their views and scores. Scores will be updated as candidates’ positions evolve
(Last Update: 2/12/20).

[hangaleft]

9. Yeah, a D is so much better than an F

Actually, it is better. But not by much, especially for a candidate who’s supposedly the odds on choice of the African American community.

I’ve never understood why the guy who went after Anita Hill the way he did would have the support of African Americans.

It’s encouraging (but not surprising) to see that my candidate topped all contenders in this evaluation.

[blm]

21. It is, because it means he's improved over the 10day period.

I like that it registers improvements.

[Garrett78]

25. He had been at 59 but then got a bump.

[tishaLA]

8. She's the only remaining candidate who talks about race

with any kind of fluency. Everyone else sounds like race is a fourth language to them; Sen Warren sounds authentic and approaches racial disparities holistically.

[blm]

15. Thankyou for that observation.

Your ear is strong as ever.

[tulipsandroses]

26. I agree, I was trying to convey that in another thread about what I liked about the candidates

I said that criminal injustice is important, but it is not the only thing important to black folks. I am concerned in this climate that at any given time one of my family members could be pulled over and it go south and then they get caught up in the criminal justice system.I am concerned about all the injustice that happens to black and brown folks. However, I have a lot of other concerns that I think only Sen Warren has adequately addressed. Economic injustice, bias and discrimination in healthcare, not just job creation for minorities but giving them access to be business owners. I can go on, but she hits it out of the park on so many issues.

[blm]

28. Sanders economic policies that you like are based in DECADES

of painstaking research by Elizabeth Warren and other academics.

[tulipsandroses]

30. My apologies, my fingers were typing faster than my brain, I meant Sen Warren. I fixed it.

I have been paying attention to her for some time. I said in that other thread that it was a sight to behold watching her take down the Wells Fargo CEO in that hearing. I know we have a true fighter for economic justice with Sen Warren, because its what she actually believes, not just a talking point.

[blm]

31. Thank you. I jumped in to correct because so many

Sanders supporters accuse Warren of copying Sanders, when, in reality, his policy positions have been informed by her dedicated efforts and that of other academics.

[BeyondGeography]

36. Spot on...her passion is real

The best speech she gave this whole campaign IMO was themed around black women workers at Clark University in Atlanta, and the only attention it got was for being disrupted by RW-funded charter school activists. It was the best speech on race (and not just because it was one of the only ones) given by any candidate this whole cycle. Then it was back to the endless IA/NH events.

The focus on those two overwhelmingly white states really hurt Warren (in addition to a few others who were forced to drop out). Those voters rewarded candidates who play it safe on issue after issue at her expense. It would have been a different story in more diverse states.

[blm]

38. That event was amazing and media completely ignored the significance

of the endorsement as they reported only on the RW charter school disrupters.

[MoonlitKnight]

10. Warren is coming back

Fundraising has been up as well.

[BlueMTexpat]

14. This indeed!

[squirecam]

11. I found some errors in this listing

For example, Booker got a 9/10 on the reparations score because he introduced the senate bill. The survey says that Amy was a co sponsor of the same bill, yet she gets a 7, as does Warren and Sanders, and anyone who merely stated that they would sign the bill.

Yet Gabbard got an 8. I fail to see how Gabbard is better on reparations then the 3 senators.

Some of the other scores are obviously just as subjective.

But congrats to Warren for the highest score.

[BlueMTexpat]

12. I definitely agree with

your point on Gabbard ... and it does seem that Klobuchar should have scored higher on that one because she was a co-sponsor of the bill.

[riversedge]

27. but Gabbard ended up with Trump ---both with an F!!.....................

[blm]

33. She deserves it.

[Garrett78]

34. I certainly agree, but I can't help but wonder why saying things like that about Bloomberg...

...gets one's posts removed. Meanwhile, there's a new post every 5 minutes bashing Sanders and not a single one gets removed.

[muriel_volestrangler]

35. They could do with a "Z" grade for Trump - 4.75 / 100

That's not just at the bottom, it's somewhere down in the Earth's core.

[BlueMTexpat]

37. Thanks for pointing that out, riversedge!

She certainly deserves an F. But even Gabbard ended up with a higher F than He Who Shall Not Be Named, LOL.

I second the proposal of the poster who thought that HWSNBN should receive a "Z." In our alphabet at least, one can go no lower.

[blm]

16. Maybe based on contributions to the debate at the time.

I also noticed that scores can change, so there is the opportunity to increase your score.

[BlueMTexpat]

13. Thanks for posting this!

As you know well, I am a strong and committed Warren supporter.

I have not wafted and will not do so with the varying winds of fortune.

This is just one of the MANY reasons why I support her candidacy.

[loyalsister]

18. Thanks for posting

They used a very thorough process for their evaluation. I love that they made room for opportunities for improvement.

[blm]

20. Yes, that struck me as very fair and very hopeful.

And VERY smart.

[BlueWI]

19. A candidate of substance

if Democrats are ready.

[blm]

22. They should know it by now.

Like anyone else they can get distracted by shiny objects sometimes.

Nevertheless....

[BlueWI]

23. You said it.

Spending more time on what the candidates say and less time on drama would help everyone.

[Faux pas]

29. Kicketty Kickin'