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This conversation about sustainability has not addressed one of the three pillars of the concept - equity. A recent study by Portland State University and the Communities of Color Coalition illustrates grave disparities in, for instance, health, income, and access to transportation for people of color in Multnomah County. By ignoring this and only focusing on the Portland Metro Area's environmental success we do a major disservice to the most rapidly increasing populations in the region. What could Portland learn from New York as far as addressing inequity and inequality between white folks and people of color?

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