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"Roads are Racist" Really!


We know why blacks are dying at higher rates. Lying MSM calling police "racist". The Ferguson Effect.
Police are not pulling over black drivers anymore, so more defective cars and more drunk/drugged drivers!

Buttigieg points to how roads are 'designed and built' as the reason for racial disparities in road fatalities
https://www.foxnews.com/media/buttigieg-points-roads-designed-built-reason-racial-disparities-road-fatalities

MSNBC host Al Sharpton sat down with Buttigieg and questioned him about his dedication to addressing inequality regarding road fatalities.

"A lot of people don’t understand, even down to road fatalities, it is not equal," Sharpton said.

"It’s something that deserves more attention, which is why I’m working to bring more attention to it. We have a crisis when it comes to roadway fatalities in America. We lose about 40,000 people every year. It’s a level that is comparable to gun violence. And we see a lot of racial disparities. Black and Brown Americans, tribal citizens and rural residents are much more likely to lose their lives whether it’s in a car or as a pedestrian being hit by a car," Buttigieg said.

He continued, "There are a lot of reasons related to discrimination and related to even the ways that roads are designed and built, who has access to a safe street design that has crosswalks and good lighting, who doesn’t have that access that can drive disparities, and we have a responsibility to act on that."

Buttigieg’s appearance on MSNBC also followed more than two dozen Democrats signing a letter to call for reform to "racist traffic enforcement" in the nation’s roadways.

"On our nation’s roads and highways, Black motorists have experienced disproportionate scrutiny and excessive force under the guise of traffic enforcement," the letter read. "As Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation (DOT), we urge you to condemn the status quo of traffic enforcement and develop reforms to reduce racial inequities in traffic stops."

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