As our country confronts our historic--and current--mistreatment of Black and Brown people at the hands of police and the criminal justice system, we should also acknowledge and address the ways that land use, development, and transportation projects have affected these same communities, also in a discriminatory way.
Payne highlights the historical mistreatment of minority communities in transportation projects.
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