Why did the ITA select a site now occupied by the largest percentage of African-American landowners?
The ITA selected the Transpark site on top of several historic African-American communities. The highest percentage concentration of African-Americans lives in the target area. 74 families would be displaced. This kind of social and environmental injustice was discouraged by a 1992 presidential order, but it has not stopped the ITA from believing that these residents can be moved out with fewer outcries than other groups. It is significant to note that when citizens have pointed out this injustice, ITA spokespeople have said they “hate it when people play the race card.
The ITA selected the Transpark site on top of several historic African-American communities. The highest percentage concentration of African-Americans lives in the target area. 74 families would be displaced. This kind of social and environmental injustice was discouraged by a 1992 presidential order, but it has not stopped the ITA from believing that these residents can be moved out with fewer outcries than other groups.
