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RACIAL EQUITY
firsthand observations and insights
into climate change conditions in
diverse communities offer greater
context to the climate change conversation
and the overall impact on
marginalized neighborhoods.
Disparities in
Disaster Recovery
In Texas, communities of color
and underserved communities endured
the brunt of the snowstorms'
wrath in February 2021, due to aging
infrastructure and a shortage of
essential resources in those areas.
For example, The New York Times
reported that Houston communities
like Acres Homes, a northwest
neighborhood comprising mostly
Black and Latino residents, were
among the first to lose power.
According to the Times, " [r]esearch
has also shown that in Houston
and elsewhere, lower-income,
minority communities tend to live
closer to industrial
San Jose, California; Phoenix; Virginia
Beach, Virginia; and Austin,
Texas.
In October 2018, she was worksites
and be
more exposed to pollution, a concern
as the freezing weather shut
down large refineries and other industrial
sites. Large industrial complexes
tend to release bursts of pollutants
into the air when they shut
down and again when they restart "
(tinyurl.com/4vb25d7z).
" Underserved communities are
less likely or able to prepare and
recover from issues that are related
to natural disasters..., " says Sara
Hensley, city manager for City of
Denton, Texas. Prior to her tenure
at the agency, Hensley served
in park and recreation positions in
ing in Austin when severe rainstorms
struck Central Texas,
causing rivers to overflow, neighborhoods
to flood, and residents
to flee their homes as water levels
rose. Hensley says the hardest hit
areas were rental properties where
many immigrants and people of
color resided. She adds that none
of those tenants who were forced
to evacuate had renter's insurance
nor did they " have the means to
find [housing] alternatives. "
The fact that low-income communities
were already at a disadvantage
due to underinvestment
creates an even greater barrier to
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GRAPHIC COURTESY OF CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

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