{"id":1873881,"date":"2023-03-10T11:27:27","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T16:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/finding-racism-everywhere-la-times-bashed-for-claiming-white-drivers-polluting-air-of-people-of-color\/"},"modified":"2023-03-10T11:39:39","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T16:39:39","slug":"finding-racism-everywhere-la-times-bashed-for-claiming-white-drivers-polluting-air-of-people-of-color","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/finding-racism-everywhere-la-times-bashed-for-claiming-white-drivers-polluting-air-of-people-of-color\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Finding Racism Everywhere\u2019: LA Times Bashed For Claiming \u2018White Drivers\u2019 Polluting Air Of \u2018People of Color\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffinding-racism-everywhere-la-times-bashed-for-claiming-white-drivers-polluting-air-of-people-of-color%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1873881&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p> According to the Los Angeles Times, the University of Southern California researchers found that white people drive more and have caused harm to people of color.<\/p>\n<p>The USC study, entitled, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/osf.io\/preprints\/socarxiv\/wd92j\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Noopener noopener\">Local Inequities in the Relative Production of and Exposure to Vehicular Air Pollution in Los Angeles<\/a>,&#8221; It is stated in the abstract that &#8220;growing knowledge of racial injustice in exposure levels&#8221; Existed in Los Angeles County, and this &#8220;tracts whose residents drive less are exposed to more air pollution, as are tracts with a less-White population.&#8221; Study blamed &#8220;decades of racially-motivated freeway infrastructure planning and residential segregation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;White drivers are polluting the air breathed by L.A.&#8217;s people of color,&#8221; The LA Times had the same opinion.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">L.A.&#8217;s residents of color are being polluted by white drivers<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1cBp2TTay6\">https:\/\/t.co\/1cBp2TTay6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Los Angeles Times (@latimes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/latimes\/status\/1633840062160072707?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The study was incited &#8220;environmental justice,&#8221; writing, &#8220;The political and planning decisions behind transport infrastructure placement impact environmental justice today through vehicular air pollution,&#8221; &#8220;Decades of racist planning decisions in Los Angeles have contributed to today&#8217;s injustices in transport, health, and environmental quality,&#8221; And &#8220;non-White and poor communities are disproportionately burdened with excess pollution.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The authors of the study proposed invasive measures towards presumably white, wealthy neighborhoods. &#8220;legalizing the construction of denser and more affordable housing in less-polluted, exclusive neighborhoods could reduce exposure disparities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles Times contributor <a href=\"https:\/\/da4bd556-a640-40f2-8bbd-1cac6cd53dcd\/v\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Write<\/a> guiltily, &#8220;I couldn&#8217;t help but consider my own complicity&#8221; After reading the study, I saluted its perspective and added, &#8220;It may sound like a paradox, but it&#8217;s not. It&#8217;s a function of the racism that shaped this city and its suburbs, and continues to influence our daily lives \u2014 and a stark reminder of the need for climate solutions that benefit everyone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve benefited from the region&#8217;s sordid history as well,&#8221; He opined.<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles is home to many wealthy white residents. The coast is cleaner than the inland areas where there is smog.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter \u2018s &#8220;Community Notes&#8221; Initially, the Times claimed was false. &#8220;This claim is false. This assumption is based on research that those who drive more tend to be exposed to less air pollution while those who drive less tend to be exposed to more pollution. L.A. population is 48.4% Hispanic\/Latino, 28.1% White only (not Hispanic).&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Twitter is calling you &#8220;fake news,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/latimes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@latimes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HXLoS0bd3V\">pic.twitter.com\/HXLoS0bd3V<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Beatrice Cardenas (@RealBetyCardens) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealBetyCardens\/status\/1633982261271085056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 10, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Times was criticised for tweeting:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This has become like old timey, nonsensical racism at this point\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimRunsHisMouth\/status\/1633886264700092432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Race baiting is for simpletons.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rita Panahi (@RitaPanahi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RitaPanahi\/status\/1633943575456264194?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If *Finding Racism Everywhere* was an Olympic sport, this LA Times article would be heavily favored to win the gold medal \ud83c\udfc5 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bqIsuB70WE\">pic.twitter.com\/bqIsuB70WE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joel M. Petlin (@Joelmpetlin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Joelmpetlin\/status\/1633946354287362048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bravo to the author! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sammy_Roth?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Sammy_Roth<\/a>. You managed to create the most racist and stupid piece of 2023!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nick Short \u200e\u200e (@PoliticalShort) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PoliticalShort\/status\/1633953160342523904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8220;From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/finding-racism-everywhere-la-times-bashed-for-claiming-white-drivers-polluting-air-of-people-of-color\">\u2018Finding Racism Everywhere&#8217;: LA Times Bashed For Claiming \u2018White Drivers&#8217; Polluting Air Of \u2018People of Color&#8217;<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the Los Angeles Times, the University of Southern California researchers found that white people drive more and have caused harm to people of color. The USC study, entitled, &#8220;Local Inequities in the Relative Production of and Exposure to Vehicular Air Pollution in Los Angeles,&#8221; It is stated in the abstract that &#8220;growing knowledge &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":1891162,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[6229,14001,10035,9712,10774,14226,6799,4370,12150,5243,4126,3765],"class_list":["post-1873881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-air","tag-bashed","tag-claiming","tag-color","tag-drivers","tag-everywhere","tag-finding","tag-people","tag-polluting","tag-racism","tag-times","tag-white"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1873881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1873881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1873881\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1891162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1873881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1873881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1873881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}