Radio host Charlamagne tha God pressed GOP presidential primary candidate Nikki Haley about systemic and structural racism in America on his radio show Wednesday.
“When you look at the inequalities in America, in education, you know, homeownership, employment and wealth, health care,” Charlamagne asked the former South Carolina governor during an appearance on “The Breakfast Club.” “Can you admit that America is, systemically and structurally, a racist country?”
“I think culture has a lot to do with it, right?” Haley responded. “But it’s more of — if you look at that, how do you fix it, right?”
The radio host then referred to the Three-Fifths Compromise, ratified in 1787 , which stated three-fifths of a state’s enslaved population would be counted towards its total population in matters of legislative representation and taxation.
“Right, and we made that wrong right, and we’ve got some more rights that we have to do,” Haley said.
Charlamagne then asked Haley again if she thought the U.S. is a racist country, “systemically and structurally.”