“The younger generation today is the most progressive generation in the history of this country. This generation is more anti-racist, anti-homophobia, anti-sexist, etc, so we were tapping into the idealism of a generation who said, ‘Why can’t we recreate America,” Sanders added.

The senator then went on to explain how the idealism of today’s youth will not be reflected in the standard of living for the average millennial.

“You have people out there who are leaving school deeply in debt, you have people out there who are earning less money than their parents did, people who can’t afford to buy their own first home. So a lot of people are saying, ‘This economy is supposed to be doing great, why are we hurting?’”

The disparity in living between millennials and their parents is one of the major reasons why Sanders believes young people jumped on board with his campaign.

While Sanders has performed well within some Black communities, he admits his campaign must do more to fight for African-Americans.

“What are the issues that are out there that we have to address? You have approximately 40% of African-American workers working for wages lower than $15 an hour, that is a disgrace. We are going to raise the minimum wage to fifteen bucks an hour, which will have a significant impact on the African-American community. We are going to make it much easier for workers to join unions, which will affect everybody, disproportionately the African-American community,” he told Hill and Peppers.

“We’re going to cancel student debt in America by putting a tax on Wall Street speculation, that will, again, affect everyone, disproportionately the African-American community. We are going to do what every other major country does and that is guarantee health care as a human right,” he said.

“We are going to pay attention in a way that no one has ever seen before to environmental degradation, above and beyond climate change. Those kids in the African-American community have more asthma than the population at large because the air that they’re breathing is often very polluted. So I would say that our agenda, which is going to fight institutional racism, is an agenda that will work for the African-American community,” he added.

Then Sanders pivoted to the student debt crisis and revealed his plans to get rid of debt for millions of Americans.

“Within six months, student loan debt will be canceled for 45 million Americans. Now, I’ve been criticized for this, but I think your generation was told you have to go to college, then when they got out of school, many of the jobs were not paying them the kinds of wages that they needed to pay off this debt.”

When asked how Sanders plans to actually eradicate student loan debt for so many people, he explained that he will propose a small tax on Wall Street speculation.

“We are going to ask Wall Street to pay less than one half of one percent in additional taxes to pay public colleges tuition-free and make lower-income students debt-free.”

Sanders’ ideas for the Black community served as the perfect transition for Hill to ask about reparations.

“Do you support policies that are specifically targeted to American descendants of slaves?” Hill asked.

“Absolutely. I’m a cosponsor, along with Cory Booker, on a study on reparations. It’s terribly important to understand the impact of slavery,” Sanders began.