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LA Times blames white drivers for polluting the air breathed by ‘people of color’

A few days back, writer Sammy Roth wrote a piece in the L.A. Times about a new form of racism in LA.

Roth cited a study from the University of Southern California that states the following:

Decades of racially-motivated freeway infrastructure planning and residential segregation shape today’s disparities in who produces vehicular air pollution and who is exposed to it, but opportunities exist for urban planning and transport policy to mitigate this injustice.

[L.A. residents] who drive more tend to be exposed to less air pollution — and Angelenos who drive less tend to be exposed to more pollution.

It’s a function of the racism that shaped this city and its suburbs, and continues to influence our daily lives — and a stark reminder of the need for climate solutions that benefit everyone.

The study is titled “Local Inequities in the Relative Production of and Exposure to Vehicular Air Pollution in Los Angeles” — and was authored by Professor Geoff Boeing.

Roth revealed that Boeing told him, “[I]t largely comes down to the shameful history of Los Angeles County’s low-income communities of color being torn apart to make way for freeways — a history that has been extensively documented by The Times.”

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