4M+ Texans have been left w/o power for nearly 2 full days in the midst of an unprecedented snow storm & single-digit temps.
Who's been hit the hardest?
Marginalized communities a.k.a ppl w/disabilities, BIPOC and immigrants.
Let's dive into this 🧵⬇️
washingtonpost.com/national/texas…
Who's been hit the hardest?
Marginalized communities a.k.a ppl w/disabilities, BIPOC and immigrants.
Let's dive into this 🧵⬇️
washingtonpost.com/national/texas…
Ppl w/disabilities are 2-4 times more likely to be injured or killed in a natural disaster, according to @disasterstrat yet they're rarely effectively accommodated in the emergency preparedness plans of gov'ts.
Texas is a blatant example.
Texas is a blatant example.
Folks with disabilities & chronic illnesses need power for assistive devices and heat to prevent severe impairment.
But how is governor @GregAbbott_TX responding to this & more?
By blaming the Green New Deal...🙄
But how is governor @GregAbbott_TX responding to this & more?
By blaming the Green New Deal...🙄
https://twitter.com/Imani_Barbarin/status/1362038846079332354?s=20
Incarcerated folks (yes, primarily Black & brown) are also suffering tremendously.
The already precarious conditions within immigrant detention centers & prisons have been exasperated w/COVID & the extreme weather.
Lives are on the line.
The already precarious conditions within immigrant detention centers & prisons have been exasperated w/COVID & the extreme weather.
Lives are on the line.
https://twitter.com/ScottHech/status/1361710556412018690?s=20
As the @WhiteHouse announced its plans to start processing the cases of migrant families stuck in Mexico under #MPP, their tent encampments were freezing over with no heat or water.
The crisis extends beyond our borders to ppl affected by OUR policies.
abcnews.go.com/International/…
The crisis extends beyond our borders to ppl affected by OUR policies.
abcnews.go.com/International/…
And just like #COVID19 has disproportionally affected Black & brown communities, so to have the freezing temp and lack of infrastructure.
They were the "1st to be hit w/power outages & if history serves as a guide, could be among the last reconnected."
nytimes.com/2021/02/16/cli…
They were the "1st to be hit w/power outages & if history serves as a guide, could be among the last reconnected."
nytimes.com/2021/02/16/cli…
The blatant racial & economic segregation of TX exemplified by the Arctic storm should be a wake-up call for the country.
We must not look away as our gov't abandons lower income/marginalized communities during climate catastrophes.
It isn't the 1st time & it won't be the last.
We must not look away as our gov't abandons lower income/marginalized communities during climate catastrophes.
It isn't the 1st time & it won't be the last.
Community is the one thing that won't let us down.
Please share any local Texas mutual aid funds in the comments below 👇🏾 that folks can donate to & signal boost.
Only by staying #RootedInCommunity will we get through these difficult times.
Please share any local Texas mutual aid funds in the comments below 👇🏾 that folks can donate to & signal boost.
Only by staying #RootedInCommunity will we get through these difficult times.
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