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American history (and the history of many other countries) has lots of open racism. But it doesn't follow that the building of the interstate system was essenti
by pekk 11y ago
American history (and the history of many other countries) has lots of open racism. But it doesn't follow that the building of the interstate system was essentially racist.
- jowiar 11y agoSaying "highways should exist" isn't racist. Saying "highways should exist, and we're going to bulldoze neighborhoods where mostly darker-skinned people live to build them and route them to connect mostly areas where lighter-skinned people live" is racist. And it's what we did.