Racism by Design: The Building of Interstate 81
The United States' interstate highway system is structural racism in action: an intentional government program that damaged Black lives and communities for generations.
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The United States' interstate highway system is structural racism in action: an intentional government program that damaged Black lives and communities for generations.
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Removing Highways to Heal Racial Wrongs 4 hours ago A view of the I-81 freeway in Syracuse, New York, U.S., April 28, 2021. (REUTERS/Zoe Davis) Share share The URL has been copied to your clipboard 0:00 0:04:41 0:00 For more than 50 years, Interstate 81 highway has cut through the Southside neighborhood of Syracuse, a city in northwestern New York State. Smoke from vehicles traveling on the elevated road would fall down to the area where most people are Black and poor. Now, New York State wants to replace that part of the elevated highway with a street-level road. The aim is to connect the ...