How Racism Is Built Into America’s Highways

An episode of the Beyond the Scenes from The Daily Show podcast, hosted by Comedy Central, titled "How Racism Is Built Into America’s Highways" was published on August 1, 2023 and runs 54 minutes.

August 1, 2023 ·54m · Beyond the Scenes from The Daily Show

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President Biden's Infrastructure bill aims to address racism in America's highway design. In this episode, host Roy Wood Jr. sits down with Daily Show writer Randall Otis and ACLU President Deborah Archer to discuss how the initial construction of U.S. highways displaced and destroyed thriving Black communities, the legacy of racist transportation policies, and how to repair and rebuild highways without inflicting additional harm on Black communities. Originally air date: April 5, 2022 Watch the original segment: https://youtu.be/kvDjgFpROVM See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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President Biden's Infrastructure bill aims to address racism in America's highway design. In this episode, host Roy Wood Jr. sits down with Daily Show writer Randall Otis and ACLU President Deborah Archer to discuss how the initial construction of U.S. highways displaced and destroyed thriving Black communities, the legacy of racist transportation policies, and how to repair and rebuild highways without inflicting additional harm on Black communities. Originally air date: April 5, 2022 Watch the original segment: https://youtu.be/kvDjgFpROVM See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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