{"id":365196,"date":"2021-11-11T00:49:55","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T21:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/eric-adams-joins-democrats-decrying-racism-built-into-roads\/"},"modified":"2021-11-11T00:49:55","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T21:49:55","slug":"eric-adams-joins-democrats-decrying-racism-built-into-roads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/eric-adams-joins-democrats-decrying-racism-built-into-roads\/","title":{"rendered":"#Eric Adams joins Democrats decrying racism &#8216;built into&#8217; roads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Eric Adams joins Democrats decrying racism &#8216;built into&#8217; roads<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>New York City Mayor-elect Eric Adams is the latest New York politician to echo Pete Buttigieg\u2019s claim racism was \u201cbuilt into\u201d America\u2019s infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Adams on Wednesday endorsed a concept floated by Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Ritchie Torres the day before to \u201ccap\u201d the Cross-Bronx Expressway.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRacism is built into our infrastructure, and we need to confront and combat it. C<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ing the Cross Bronx Expressway is just the start!\u201d Adams tweeted, echoing the Transportation secretary\u2019s claim on Monday that racism was a \u201csimple reality\u201d since American highways were often \u201cbuilt for the purpose of dividing a white and a black neighborhood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The statement came after the soon-to-be-mayor endorsed the concept during an interview on WNYC\u2019s \u201cThe Brian Lehrer Show.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/infrastructure-racism-eric-adams-05.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Cross Bronx Expressway construction site on 79th Street where a tunnel is being driven beneath Tenth Avenue, also known as Amsterdam Avenue, in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, 16th November 1949.\" class=\"wp-image-20101547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/infrastructure-racism-eric-adams-05.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/infrastructure-racism-eric-adams-05.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/infrastructure-racism-eric-adams-05.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Construction of the Cross Bronx Expressway on Nov. 16, 1949.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Bettmann Archive via Getty Image<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During the interview, Adams noted that outgoing Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. has also suggested capping the Cross-Bronx \u2014 and that his former Deputy Borough President Diana Reyna had suggested capping the BQE.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do need to really roll back the Robert Moses division of our city and reunite neighborhoods and communities, and I love that idea,\u201d Adams said, name-checking the city\u2019s infamous twentieth century development czar.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-wrapper twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yup. Racism is built into our infrastructure, and we need to confront and combat it. Capping the Cross Bronx Expressway is just the start! <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qQ63z5MgGj\">https:\/\/t.co\/qQ63z5MgGj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eric Adams (@ericadamsfornyc) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ericadamsfornyc\/status\/1458523783048933377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cYou cap it. You bring communities together. Green space. There\u2019s some great things we can do with that,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Adams on Wednesday endorsed a concept floated by Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. 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