Louisiana: Whites Win Right to Secede from Blacks Creating Whites Only Town

Rev.Cambeul · Tue 30 Apr 2024

White Louisiana residents win right to form their own city and split from poorer black neighborhoods in landmark court ruling after a 10-year battle

* St George will have 86,000 residents across a 60-square-mile area
* Critics of the new city say the plan is 'racist' and will create a 'white enclave'
* Baton Rouge residents fear move will be economically devastating for their city

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13362499/louisiana-st-george-supreme-court-ruling.html

Excerpt: Wealthy white Baton Rouge residents have won a decade-long court battle to split from poorer neighborhoods and form their own city with plans for better schools and less crime.

The Louisiana Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the new City of St George could move forward with incorporation, splitting off from the rest of Baton Rouge.

St George will have 86,000 residents across a 60-square-mile area in the southeast of East Baton Rouge Parish and will have its own Mayor and city council.

Supporters of the new city say that the existing city-parish government is poorly run, with high crime rates and bad schools.

Opponents say the movement is 'racist' and will create a 'white enclave' as it separates a wealthy area of the city from the majority Black city and school district.

Critics of the St. George proposal argue that it would create a poor, black, and urban Baton Rouge and a wealthy, white, and suburban St. George.

Posting on Facebook, resident Sarah Stelly wrote: 'St George reeks of class division, it's quickly becoming the new worst type of bigotry.'

Another resident, Paul Brady, wrote: 'The segregationist won. I'm no longer a citizen of Baton Rouge. I now live in the white enclave of St George.'