amy: noura erakat, thank you for being with us.oura erakat is a palestinian human rights attorney and legal scholar. assistant professor at rutgers university. her latest book "justice for , some: law and the question of palestine." when we come back, south bend mayor pete buttigieg source in the polls in iowa. we look at why some believe the primary system, the order of the states, the top two states, some of the whitest in the country. why some believe the system is racist. stay w with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. juan: as the united states becomes increasingly diverse, and the democratic party even more so, the presidential nomination process remains heavily weighted by two states that are among the whitest in the nation, iowa and n new hampshire. amy: during the first ever presidential forum on environmental justice earlier this month in south carolina, i asked senator elizabeth warren about the issue. senator warren, just 30 seconds left, but speak about racial and breast

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