evidence: EXCLUSIVE: Transportation Secretary Buttigieg acknowledges ‘there is racism physically built into some of our highways’ as Biden touts $2.2 trillion proposal [...] The former transportation secretary highlighted the inherent racism in America’s interstate and highway systems during his time as head of the department. "There is a long history that has not been fully excavated on the interstate system, our airports and different modes of transportation that in one way or another has divided this country," says Foxx. [...] "There is racism physically built into some of our highways, and that’s why the jobs plan has specifically committed to reconnect some of the communities that were divided by these dollars," he says.