Sentences with phrase «communities of color due»

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Both low - income neighborhoods and communities of color suffer more health risks due to environmental pollution than their more privileged counterparts.

The councilman's «New Deal» agenda includes a plan for youth employment, which Williams said would require an additional $ 100 million out of the city's $ 85.6 billion budget; free mental health counseling in communities of color, due to the stigmatization of mental health in those communities; free SAT prep classes and community college tuition; and further expanding the city's Crisis Management System.

People with low incomes, patients of color, people in rural areas, and the LGBTQ community — who are more likely to rely on public health programs due to discriminatory and racist public policies — would take the brunt, depriving many of anywhere to go for basic care.

Due in part to discriminatory social policies such as redlining, children of color are more likely than white children to live in areas that can not afford the abatement programs necessary to address lead in their communities.