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A Racist Hurricane?! ‘Harvey poised to disproportionately impact blacks in Texas’

DailyKos website: 'Texas has one of the largest black populations in the country. And they live concentrated in the areas that are predicted to be hardest hit...Black Texans are scattered around the areas most likely to be impacted by Hurricane Harvey...In short, this hurricane is going to do incredible damage to the areas where black people live and many aren’t in positions to evacuate or financially withstand the impact.'


By: Marc Morano - Climate DepotAugust 25, 2017 6:28 PM with 0 comments

Via: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/1693142
By Kelly Macias 
Friday Aug 25, 2017 · 1:35 PM EDT
Black Texans are scattered around the areas most likely to be impacted by Hurricane Harvey.
Southeast Texas and the coastal bend regions of the state are expected to be the hardest hit. While Hispanics make up about 40 percent of the state’s population, Texas has one of the largest black populations in the country.  And they live concentrated in the areas that are predicted to be hardest hit. For example, several counties have already been declared a state of disaster by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott.

In a statement released at 4:30 Wednesday, Abbott announced that he had preemptively declared a state of disaster for Aransas, Austin, Bee, Calhoun, Chambers, Colorado, Brazoria, DeWitt, Fayette, Fort Bend, Galveston, Goliad, Gonzales, Harris, Jackson, Jefferson, Jim Wells, Karnes, Kleberg, Lavaca, Liberty, Live Oak, Matagorda, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio, Victoria, Waller, Wharton and Wilson counties.

Jefferson County is 34 percent black. Other counties, like Harris, Galveston, Jasper, Colorado have black populations between 13-20 percent. Collectively, black people are the most populous minority in Southeast Texas though they are scattered around. This demographic data is important because it tells the story of who is likely to be impacted. In short, this hurricane is going to do incredible damage to the areas where black people live and many aren’t in positions to evacuate or financially withstand the impact.

For example, much of the black female population in Texas age 55 and over resides in Harris and Dallas counties, but many are also living in rural areas. Seniors are disproportionately impacted by hurricanes. They often live in areas vulnerable to storms and flooding, have difficulty with transportation and can be socially isolated. As an example, over half the people who died during Hurricane Katrina were 65 or older—they drowned or had other medical conditions that caused their deaths after becoming trapped in their homes.

Noteworthy also is the high percentage of people in poverty [in Texas] who are African American women, especially single parents. Of the 24% of African Americans below poverty level, single mothers make up 65%.

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Also see: Leftist Daily Kos: Hurricane Harvey Is Racist – By HANK BERRIEN – There is a famous joke about how the media would report God telling them the world was about to end, with (pick a newspaper) writing, “God says world to end tomorrow; women and minorities hardest hit.” Guess what? It’s not a joke any more. A well-known leftist website, rather than focus on the general damage that will eventuate from Hurricane Harvey as it hits the Texas coast, focused its rhetorical efforts on the selectivity of the hurricane in targeting the black population of Texas…The racist nature of hurricanes. Who knew how they ignore white folks?’

 

 


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