‘I’m Italian’: Los Angeles mayoral contender says he’s not white

Republican Rick Caruso corrects debate moderator who referred to him as white by saying he is Italian ... thank you, that's Latin'

The Republican candidate for mayor of Los Angeles, Rick Caruso, faced criticism and mockery after claiming in a debate that he was not white but Latin", because he is Italian American.

He was responding to a question about the racial identity of the two candidates: him and Karen Bass, an African American Democratic congresswoman.