Running while brown: How Julián Castro is navigating white presidential politics

Julián Castro, the former mayor of San Antonio and the former House and Urban Development secretary, announced Jan. 12 that he is a candidate for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. Castro made the announcement in Guadalupe Plaza in the San Antonio neighborhood he grew up in and still lives in.Robin Jerstad for The Texas Tribune
EAST LOS ANGELES — By the time his plane touched down in California at the end of a whirlwind week, Julián Castro had set an early politica