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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Plants and factories are built on the riveralong certain locations where the currents aren’t a strain on docking ocean-going ships. (Cut banks vs deposit banks)

The proximity of African Americans is because many plantations once lined the river for the same reason, and many freed slaves settled adjacent to the plantations where they were once enslaved.
The same attributes which made the land valuable for cash crop cultivation also made it ideal for large manufacturing facilities.

It’s not racism. It’s geography. The oldest plants are in the most ideal locations for ships. Many historic plantations were purchased and moved, torn down, or mysteriously “burned” to make way for plant facilities.

Just because something negatively impacts an African American community doesn’t mean it’s rooted in racism.