re: ‘Certainly intimidation’: Louisiana sues EPA for emails of journalists and ‘Cancer Alley’

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Plants and factories were built in/near black communities because white people didn’t want them near their neighborhoods and black had/have no power. Blacks didn’t flock to live near refineries.

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The Exxon Plant in Baton Rouge was built in the early 1900's near the Old Bridge. It is my understanding that that was a mostly white population during that time (I know in the 70's we would go visit my Aunt in what is now North Baton Rouge) and that they built the Plants there because that was near where the workforce (mostly white men coming back from WWI and WWII) were settling. It was the expansion of the city and white flight that left all of the houses in North Baton Rouge open and then the black folks moved in the area because land and rent was cheaper.

If this is the case, then the blacks did, in fact, kind of flock to the area to live near the refineries.

At least, that is what I think happened, someone please correct me if I am wrong.