People of color, low-income communities hit worst by power outages in Texas winter storm
The people of color, namely Black and Hispanic families, have been hit hardest by the deadly winter storm that caused power outages in freezing cold temperatures.
"Everyone’s out of food and having a hard time getting to the store… it’s just a general mess,” said João Paulo Connolly, the director of housing and community development at the Austin Justice Coalition, as cited in a report by USA Today.
The poor and the people of color were already suffering from the disproportionate impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic when the storm hit the state.
"What you will see, as with Covid-19 and with any disaster, is disproportionate death and negative impacts for those who are most vulnerable among us," said Chauncia Willis, chief executive of the Institute for Diversity and Inclusion in Emergency Management, an Atlanta-based non-profit focused on emergency management and racial justice . "These inequities are easily identifiable before disaster and, of course, they’re rooted in systemic bias, racism and the country's anti-poverty mindset."
Much of Texas is still struggling with historic cold weather, power outages and a shortage of potable water after winter storm Uri swept across 26 states with a mix of freezing temperatures and precipitation.
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