I grew up in a neighborhood that was enveloped by smog so thick that it left soot on the cars and peeled the paint off your house. Not sure what all of this is

I grew up in a neighborhood that was enveloped by smog so thick that it left soot on the cars and peeled the paint off your house. Not sure what all of this is about, but there is a lot of destruction done to the "Anglo Saxon" you refer to. Look no further than your nearest ghetto or factory town.