"Racism in America Is Endemic": Democratic Candidates Vow to Confront White Supremacy & Legacy of Slavery

During the third Democratic debate Thursday night, the discussion of race and racism got personal for former HUD Secretary Juliin Castro, who brought up last month's El Paso massacre. He said the white gunman who killed 22 people, mostly Latinos, had driven to the border city "to kill people who look like me." Former Texas Congressmember Beto O'Rourke, who is from El Paso, said racism is endemic and foundational of the United States. He mentioned that this year will mark the 400th anniversary of the first enslaved African being brought to America, and promised he would create a slavery reparations commission.