Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris has advocated that disaster assistance be provided to Americans on the basis of “equity.”
“It is our lowest income communities and our communities of color that are most impacted by these extreme conditions and impacted by issues that are not of their own making,” she responded to a question specifically dealing with how the United States should deal with hurricane devastation in the future.
“And so we have to address this in a way that is about giving resources based on equity, understanding that we fight for equality, but we also need to fight for equity, understanding not everybody starts out at the same place. And if we want people to be in an equal place, sometimes we need to take into account those disparities and do that work.”
Kamala: Disaster aid should be distributed based on equity
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) October 1, 2024
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