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"Roads are Racist" Really!

posted 2 years ago by Satan2016 (25525)
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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."

[–] itsbananas2024 (1733) 4 months ago

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence MR. ALFRED SHARPTON.

[–] AmeriGirl26 (14379) 4 months ago

You really need to take whatever BS old BUTT-gig says with a grain of salt. He's so dumb he doesn't know his ass from a hole in the ground...unless his bed buddy is in the room.

[–] Jinx (3721) 4 months ago

Yeah, what an idiot . . .who got into Harvard and Cambridge on his own merit.

[–] [deleted] 4 months ago

or because he's a fag, diversity and all that..

[–] Jinx (3721) 4 months ago

Why does that matter? Honestly, does Trump being a man whore have anything to do with his politics?

[–] [deleted] 4 months ago

you said he got into harvard and cambridge off his own merit. something i dont believe.

if he was married to some girl called susan then this fucker was going to community college.

[–] Jinx (3721) 4 months ago

You are an idiot. You think he got into Harvard and Cambridge because he is gay?

[–] [deleted] 4 months ago

so let's pretend there isn't diversity and special quotas for these people...

[–] Jinx (3721) 4 months ago

First of all, he wasn't out when he went to Harvard. He got into Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship.

Second, NO, there isn't diversity and special 'quotas' for Harvard. Racial or diversity quotas for college admissions are, and always have been, illegal. The US Supreme Court rejected affirmative action in university admissions.

[–] [deleted] 4 months ago

it was a diversity hire, you know it and i know it.

just like kamala, the only presidential candidate in history that never debated and never won a primary.

but thats ok, she's black....

[–] Jinx (3721) 4 months ago

I just explained to you that he wasn't out when he went to Harvard or Oxford. You have reading comprehension problems.

[–] [deleted] 4 months ago

how do you know if he was out or not? to be honest just looking at him it's obvious he's a fruit.

if i saw him in the mall i wouldn't need to see his barbara streisand collection in order to know that he's a homo.

so there you go.he people at harvard and cambridge saw it and wanted some diversity.

you're been dishonest by saying otherwise.

[–] Jinx (3721) 4 months ago

I know he wasn't out because I've read his bio, he came out in 2015 while he was serving as South Bend's mayor. He said that he struggled for a decade after leaving Harvard to overcome the fear that being gay was “a career death sentence" Which is a legitimate fear considering there are people like you in this world.

So you can tell if someone's gay just by looking at them? How is that in any way the gay person's fault. That's like hating/making fun of someone with a big nose. It's childish, bully behavior.

[–] [deleted] 4 months ago

let's see, and i know that being a liberal you'll skirt around any question or facts that don't back up your argument and make it about being mean and cruel.

But you see clay aiken on tv and you don't know if he's gay?

you think "oh, i bet he has a wife and 2 kids at home" ?

do ya? go on, say some complete nonsense. like a good little liberal.

[–] Jinx (3721) 4 months ago

Oh should we just completely gloss over you being wrong about Harvard and Oxford accepting Pete because he was gay? Nah, you were WRONG about that weren't you.

You missed my point about looking at someone and knowing that they are gay, I'm not surprised, because you are pretty shallow. My point was that if you are hating on someone because of something they have no control over, you are an asshole.

You were too dimwitted to understand that basic point.

[–] [deleted] 4 months ago

so as predicted you totally ignore how i answer you with logic, you just get offended.

typical liberal, no intelligence, just "i'm offended, that means i win"

what a loser you are.

[–] Jinx (3721) 4 months ago

What 'Logic' lol

You can't even handle a basic conversation and then you claim to have answered with logic? What a clown.

[–] [deleted] 4 months ago

you asked me how i would know if someone is gay or not, without coming out..

i explained to you that there are plenty of gay people who don't need to come out in order to know they are gay. and maybe thats why pete got where he got.

and like predicted you exploded with "you hate them! you hate them!"

so if i see rosie o'donnell, seem how she acts, hairstyle, very masculine and i arrive at the conclusion that she's a lesbian... i hate her? really?

thats how radicalized you people have got, you can't debate anymore, you have no ideas...

when in doubt or have no response, say that everything is "hate" or some "ism"

it's pointless. it's pointless when you're only endgame is "you hate!"

and it's fucking boring.

[–] Jinx (3721) 4 months ago

I did NOT ask you that! Again, you have reading comprehension problems.

[–] [deleted] 4 months ago

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[–] SemiAnimus (2353) 4 months ago

It's an idiotic thing to blame on race. There are definitely some typical disparities in safe road design in some wealthy vs poor areas, however. You're more likely to encounter things like lit crosswalks, spacious bike lanes and safety renovations/updates in wealthy areas than you are in ghettos and broke Midwest towns. I could see a moron presumptuously pulling the race card here but the reality, like most of the things erroneously or cynically attributed to race, is that it's another example of differences in wealth.

[–] nte1igentwon (956) 4 months ago

Look how the powers that be decided to place the interstate system in urban/suburban areas.

[–] [deleted] 4 months ago

Why don't the people who work in the US justice system go after ethnic germanic americans instead of black people?

[–] tb1976 (128) 4 months ago

I think he's had it up the BUTT too many times, if you get what I mean.