Cancer Alley: Plan A is the Only Plan

Into the Mix

Ben & Jerry's and Vox Creative

Documentary, Society & Culture

4.3 • 537 Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

The beautiful stretch of Louisiana where Ms. Sharon Lavigne lives goes by many names: the River Parishes, The Great River Road, The Mississippi River Industrial Corridor, and, worst of all... Cancer Alley. This 85 mile stretch of riverbank houses over 150 petrochemical plants. The majority of these plants neighbor predominantly Black communities, many of which are historical free towns created by formerly enslaved people in the wake of abolition. And now, Ms. Sharon’s schedule is filled with funerals for their descendants, who are falling dangerously ill as the industry chokes out the community. In this three-part series, the evolving harm of environmental racism, and how Ms. Sharon and her neighbors are rising up against it. Learn more about Rise St. James here.

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0:00.0	Go straight back there and I'll show you where the gravesite is.
0:06.0	The silver fence, that's where the gravesite is.
0:10.0	Y'all don't see the fence?
0:12.0	Oh, right there.
0:13.0	To the right.
0:14.0	Uh-huh.
0:15.0	That's where a grave site is.
0:17.0	This is into the Mix, a Ben and Jerry's podcast about joy and justice, produced with Vox Creative.
0:31.0	I'm Ashley C. Ford.
0:33.3	Right there, right there, that's it.
0:36.1	That's right there. Turn right there.
0:40.3	Would you be okay getting out or would you prefer to stay in the car?
0:45.3	I don't. I ain't getting off. Just get out.
0:48.3	Y'all not scared, though?
0:50.3	No.
0:52.3	A few things to know about the air in St. James Parish, Louisiana.
0:57.3	It's muggy and dense.
0:59.3	No surprise there.
1:01.1	But as soon as I climb out of the car with Ms. Sharon Levine, I noticed something else in the air.
1:08.1	That's the I'm on your plant.
1:10.2	You might smell it.
1:11.3	I smell it right now in the air.
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