Topic: Olufemi Taiwo

Urban planning history in West Oakland, including the construction of freeways and BART stations, is being reframed as a history of racial injustice and "diminishment of population." Professor Olufemi Taiwo argues that climate justice and reparations are the same project aimed at changing who faces displacement and disease. The hosts suggest this framing is a "psyop" designed to facilitate property transfers under the guise of social justice.