‘WHITE PNEUMATIC POWER!’ ThinkProgress: Air is totes racist, you guys

http://twitter.com/#!/hboulware/status/456831487560941568

It’s called ThinkProgress for a reason. They see things we couldn’t even begin to understand. Things like this:

http://twitter.com/#!/JuddLegum/status/456828302062149632

No, really. It’s science!

A study produced by the University of Minnesota concluded that race is a determining factor in who is most affected by air pollution. Specifically, non-white people breathe air that is substantially more polluted than the air that white people breathe.

According to Julian Marshall, who led the University’s research, race outweighed income in regards to who is most affected by poor air quality. When low-income white people were compared to high-income Hispanic people, the latter group experienced higher levels of nitrogen dioxide. Altogether, people of color in the U.S. breath air with 38 percent more nitrogen dioxide in it than their white counterparts, particularly due to power plants and exhaust from vehicles.

 Allllrighty, then.

http://twitter.com/#!/hboulware/status/456831609879031808 http://twitter.com/#!/Matthops82/status/456831746483306497

I'd like to revise my previous statement…

This is officially the dumbest thing I've read all year. twitter.com/JuddLegum/stat…— Matthew (@Matthops82) April 17, 2014

I'd like to revise my previous statement again…

This is officially the dumbest thing I've ever read. twitter.com/JuddLegum/stat…— Matthew (@Matthops82) April 17, 2014

Dumb? Absolutely. But more importantly, it’s a gold mine for mockery:

http://twitter.com/#!/mjrod/status/456833856952233984 http://twitter.com/#!/kankokage/status/456841764012171265 http://twitter.com/#!/flyoverangel/status/456831717181890560

But just in case it isn’t …

http://twitter.com/#!/Miss_Wisconsin/status/456844211849928705

Sounds like a pretty good deal.

http://twitter.com/#!/TheRealBepo/status/456840188149239808 http://twitter.com/#!/RedGalBlueState/status/456831646684430337 http://twitter.com/#!/Will_Antonin/status/456833575422537728

Snort.

http://twitter.com/#!/StovepipeTees/status/456829573955452928 http://twitter.com/#!/BethanyBowra/status/456837711899291650 http://twitter.com/#!/Matthops82/status/456832869042622464 http://twitter.com/#!/sarahrstevenson/status/456836396817215489 http://twitter.com/#!/baldingschemer/status/456832881399050241

Quick! Is Harry Reid available for comment?

http://twitter.com/#!/TheBrandonMorse/status/456835831278231552 http://twitter.com/#!/Aaron_RS/status/456833105525866497 http://twitter.com/#!/NathanWurtzel/status/456835099213197312

Anyone up for a brief musical interlude?

http://twitter.com/#!/SeeTac7/status/456833712852717568

Good stuff.

http://twitter.com/#!/baldingschemer/status/456838199243857920 http://twitter.com/#!/baldingschemer/status/456839345375543298

Hey … that’s true!

Parting prediction:

http://twitter.com/#!/baldingschemer/status/456833860307656704

Ha!

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