On Wednesday, February 17, Texas Senator Ted Cruz flew out of his home state for Cancun . It was also on February 17th that millions of Texans were suffering from statewide power outages and nonoperational water systems. Those hit hardest were not those who had the resources to, say, book an overnight flight to Mexico. In fact, those most affected were in quite the opposite position. Although people all across the state were without utilities, it was those who were already suffering that got hit the hardest during the storm, as are they the ones who are still reeling from it today. An article from The Guardian states that “critical infrastructure was exempt from the long-term blackouts, benefitting residents in the denser, more affluent areas that usually house those services, and disadvantaging underprivileged communities forced into neighborhoods where those resources are scarce.” This tells us that at the very least that this is a social justice issue, but how do we kn...