Communities of color have a long road to recovery after Texas winter storm FacebookTwitterEmail 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.”