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Buttigieg Claims Racism Is ‘Physically Built’ Into U.S. Interstate System
The Daily wire ^
| 10 Apr 2021
| Jon Brown
Posted on 04/11/2021 4:23:44 PM PDT by Rummyfan
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg claimed in a recent interview that racism is “physically built” into parts of the U.S. highway system.
Responding to an allegation from theGrio White House correspondent April Ryan that the interstate system was “built on a racist system” meant “to keep certain groups in and certain groups out,” Buttigieg agreed, saying, “Yeah, often this wasn’t just an act of neglect. Often this was a conscious choice. There is racism physically built into some of our highways, and that’s why the jobs plan has specifically committed to reconnect some of the communities that were divided by these dollars.”
“Well, if you’re in Washington, I’m told that the history of that highway is one that was built at the expense of communities of color in the D.C. area,” Buttigieg continued, according theGrio. “There are stories, and I think Philadelphia and Pittsburgh [and] in New York, Robert Moses famously saw through the construction of a lot of highways.”
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To: Rummyfan
When my Black buddies get rambunctious, I tell them that yes, the Asphalt paving is Black but we put the White stripes on it to hold them down then to make matters worse, the alternate to White markings is Yellow, another way to keep ‘them’ down.
Yes, the concrete is white but the ‘proper name’ for asphalt is Bituminous Concrete or Asphalt Cement.
I am really surprised that ‘Buttplug’ hasn’t changed his name.....
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posted on
04/11/2021 5:24:49 PM PDT
by
xrmusn
(6/98 "Message to GOP "GO FUnd YOURSELF")
To: xrmusn
Uh oh, Jack White is in trouble, for having the band name “White Stripes”
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posted on
04/11/2021 5:25:49 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Rummyfan
Hey Pete - most of us have learned to ignore the irrational, delusional voices in our heads. You should try it sometime...not that hard.
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posted on
04/11/2021 5:28:03 PM PDT
by
DennisR
(Look around - God gives countless clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
To: Rummyfan
He’s happy because he’s always getting rear ended, just not on the roads.
To: Rummyfan; All
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posted on
04/11/2021 5:29:48 PM PDT
by
PGalt
(past peak civilization?)
To: Rummyfan
With their antics they are turning people who are not racists into racists. They are too stupid to see this.
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posted on
04/11/2021 5:31:45 PM PDT
by
KevinB
(''... and to the Banana Republic for which it stands ...")
To: Rummyfan
A drooling dementia patient as President, an deputy cabinet official who is a transvestite and an anal sex fiend as Transpiration sec. We are the laughingstock of the world.
To: boycott
He’s an expert on packing things.
CC
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posted on
04/11/2021 5:40:36 PM PDT
by
Celtic Conservative
(My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
To: Rummyfan
Will he hire black owned companies to rip them up and rebuild them ?
To: Rummyfan
Buttplug’s brain is located in the area of his body where frequent foreign invasions occur and has evidently suffered sufficient trauma as to impair his ability to think rationally.
To: dfwgator
Nice job working Canadiens into this!
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posted on
04/11/2021 6:03:21 PM PDT
by
BraveMan
To: Rummyfan
Like beauty, racism and hate are in the eye of the beholder.
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posted on
04/11/2021 6:03:44 PM PDT
by
Savage Beast
(Many tears will fall as America falls.)
To: Rummyfan
Hey Butti, shut your cock holster.
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posted on
04/11/2021 6:04:16 PM PDT
by
freedomson
(Tagline comment removed by moderator)
To: Celtic Conservative
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posted on
04/11/2021 6:12:30 PM PDT
by
boycott
To: Rummyfan
"Yeah, often this wasn’t just an act of neglect. Often this was a conscious choice. There is racism physically built into some of our highways, and that’s why the jobs plan has specifically committed to reconnect some of the communities that were divided . . . "
And no one asks for him to provide any evidence for this claim.
In my area (Greater Seattle) the two major roads built since my youth were the I-5 freeway through Seattle (north-south), and Highway 405, also north-south through the East side (Bellevue, etc.) I-5 mainly affected downtown and white neighborhoods, and bypassed both the black and Asian communities. Highway 405 went through an area that was mostly a white, rural, farm area at the time. It cut through a dairy farm across the road from my uncle's house.
To: blueplum
"Living next to a freeway or overpass is noisy. And usually means a lot of traffic if you live near an artery. Because of this, housing is cheaper."
Not necessarily. The I-5 freeway passes through central Seattle, and housing on the East side of the freeway is elevated, with a great view of the downtown area of the city, Lake Union, the southern Olympic Mountains, and the sunset. There's a lot of pricey housing along that corridor.
To: Rummyfan
Always talking up racism. You’d almost think they want resentment and division!
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posted on
04/11/2021 6:20:19 PM PDT
by
Buttons12
( )
To: Rummyfan
ROTLFLMFAO!!!
Classic liberal insanity at its finest.....LMAO!!
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posted on
04/11/2021 7:09:04 PM PDT
by
lgjhn23
(Pray for America....)
To: Rummyfan
Creating yet another fake thing for everyone to be afraid of. democrats are criminals.
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posted on
04/11/2021 7:09:51 PM PDT
by
joma89
(Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
To: Rummyfan
I turned on the NBA today and saw racism
I turned on the Masters today and saw racism
It rain today and I saw racism
I watched BET today and saw racism
I looked at a picture of Pete butt plug and saw racism
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posted on
04/11/2021 7:35:36 PM PDT
by
A_Former_Democrat
(#LeaveTheGOP. Pass it on Liberty Valance Time. The point of a gun is the only law they understan)
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