Posted on 11/08/2021 7:44:41 PM PST by markomalley
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said on Monday that his agency would use a portion of the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill to address racial inequities in U.S. highway design.
Why it matters: Buttigieg's remarks at a press briefing come amid a broader discussion of racial and socioeconomic disparities in the U.S. and days after Congress passed the long-awaited infrastructure bill.
The program, called "Reconnecting Communities," will focus on the "legacy of highway construction built through communities" and remove or repurpose infrastructure barriers.
Buttigieg reiterated that whether a highway will be removed will be decided on a case-by-case basis, adding that "it's going to vary by community and we have to listen to the community."
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Whenever I say, "I've heard it all" something like this proves me wrong.
So if a highway like RL thornton cuts thru a neighborhood of color like um east Dallas it should be torn down? Yeah, thats a real genius move ButtGiG
Crawl back in your cave Petey. We enjoyed your absence.
Electricity, indoor plumbing, antibiotics, and chimneys are also racist, and should be abolished. Oh, and doors, corrective eyewear, and, of course, organized agriculture.
Somehow we need to get these ding-bats out of office quick!!!
Leftists are insane, mad.
They contaminate everything.
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This is simply idiots throwing away money and bankrupting generations with Debt - for what? Breaking Ground photo Op and Campaign gibberish?
They are sentencing many to poverty filled lives over silly ideals that sound good to 12 yr olds under peer pressure.
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It probably wasn’t racist, but it may have had a disporportionate effect on black communities.
When you’re looking to build a new highway. You look for some of the cheapest land you can acquire to build it.
And that often meant building through poor black communities.
The question is were they paid a fair price? Did they sell voluntarily or pushed out by eminent domain? Did thle highway bring new businesses? Did it bring polution and noise?
I don’t know how you reasonable address some of that. But there were probably poor white areas that suffered the same fate.
These people are certifiably nuts
Liberalism truly is a mental disorder
Is it because asphalt is black?
Is it because asphalt is black?
If God doesn’t rescue us from these ne’er-do-wells, we ain’t seen nothing yet.
He’s showing that he read Robert Caro’s book, and that he knows nothing else about transportation.
Buttgiggity say da roads be racists... Sheeiiit.
These “ universities “ of ours are really indoctrination centers.
Pete Buttgigg is the poster boy.
Roads are not only racist. They are anti-fudgepacker.
Asphalt roads are black and inferior to concrete roads which are white.
I wonder if he is interested in the highway into Blue Balls, Pennsylvania? Never know.
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