New Orleans Sectional (expires November 17, 2011)

FOR RAND IS LIVE WITH WHY AND WHEN WE COULD SEE SOME ACTION CASEY. WELL GINA, THIS IS AN OLD CONVERSATION WITH NEW LIFE AS RESIDENTS HERE. SAY THIS EXPRESSWAY TORE THROUGH WAS ONCE A VIBRANT BLACK BUSINESS IN RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY NOW, THEY’RE WORKING AND HOPING THAT THE THE NEW PRESIDENT’S NEW INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN WILL ACTUALLY REWRITE THOSE PAST. AMY STELLA GREW UP AND STILL LIVES ON HUMANE STREET A BLOCK OFF OF CLAIBORNE AVENUE. I JUST RECALL AS A CHILD WANTING IT GONE. AS A CHILD, I KNEW INTUITIVELY THAT THIS WAS NOT GOOD FOR COMMUNITY. THAT’S BECAUSE IT WAS CONSTRUCTED THROUGH A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WAS FILLED PRIMARILY WITH BLACK HOMES BUSINESSES AND SERVICES THIS HIGHWAY AT ITS CORE IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF RACIST PLANNING AND IT’S ALSO AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT INFRASTRUCTURE POOR DECISIONS ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE CAN DO TO COMMUNITIES IT CAN STATE COMMUNITIES NOW MORE THAN 50 YEARS LATER. SHE C