I’d say it’s related to the “you can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make them drink” idea. At least he wasn’t a stubborn mule - we have lots of those - that won’t even be lead to the water. So maybe that’s the reason for the question you ask . . . you can’t make them drink . . . but I agree that more should be…

Disclaimer: I only saw one statement from Mayor Pete, but what I saw he was saying “black kids haven’t seen [education] work.” Is that untrue? BECAUSE of racism, which gives them fewer school resources and then major challenges when they do graduate, they aren’t seeing it work for them like they see it work for white…