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Communities of color have a long road to recovery after Texas winter storm
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Communities of color are struggling in the aftermath of Texas winter storm.Lucio Vasquez / Houston Public Media
The event was organized with the Houston Food Pantry to serve cases of water, boxes of cereal, cans of soup, fruit and juice to as many as 1,000 families impacted by the storm.
Already devastated by COVID-19, the winter storm is another blow to Houston’s communities of color. https://t.co/H4LkkvnOF6 Houston Public Media (@HoustonPubMedia) February 22, 2021
“Minority communities are suffering,” said Democratic representative Al Green, as reported by Trovall and Vasquez. “We have to be here to minimize that suffering, and mitigate it, and eliminate it, to be quite honest.”
Racial Inequities Emerge As Houston Recovers From Last Week’s Winter Storm
Already devastated by COVID-19, the winter storm is another blow to Houston’s communities of color.
February 22, 2021, 1:41 PM
People wait in line for food and water at a Houston distribution site organized by U.S. Rep. Al Green on Feb. 22, 2021.
As hundreds of mostly Black and brown Houstonians lined up outside of Bethel s Heavenly Hands food pantry in Southwest Houston Monday, U.S. Rep. Al Green, D-Houston, helped carry supplies into cars for those suffering through the aftermath of last week’s winter storm.
Cases of water, boxes of cereal, cans of soup, fruit, juice the event, organized in conjunction with the Houston Food Pantry, was set up to serve as many as 1,000 families impacted by power outages, burst pipes and other issues that left people without food or water. The majority of the surrounding community is Black and Hispanic, with a median household income well below the U.S. average,