2 chapters across the catalog
A clip from the Sanford School of Public Policy discusses historical tree-planting campaigns that favored white neighborhoods. The hosts critique modern "woke" narratives that label trees or roads as racist, arguing that while urban development (like the Durham Freeway) did destroy black communities like Hayti, the focus on "racist trees" trivializes deeper structural and psychological issues.
Hayti District, Urban Renewal and the Destruction of Black Business
The Hayti district in Durham, North Carolina, was once a prosperous, self-sufficient black commercial hub supported by unionized tobacco jobs. The hosts discuss how "urban renewal" projects, specifically the construction of the Durham Freeway, destroyed the community by running a highway through its center. This pattern of destroying black business districts via infrastructure projects is identified as a recurring "play" used across America.
