arrow A view of a statue of urban planner Robert Moses in Babylon, New York on June 22nd. A group of protests rallied last summer to have the statue removed. JUSTIN LANE/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock After Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told news website The Grio in an interview published last week that "there is racism physically built" into some highways, a heated corner of the internet began relitigating the history of highway building and urban planning in the U.S. Buttigieg seemed to be referencing infrastructure projects that divided communities and were tainted with racial bias by those in charge during an interview touting President Joe Biden's jobs and infrastructure proposal.