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| Jesse Jackson, Liberals Suggest Racism Played A Role In Death Of Ebola Patient by thegoodjoehunt3(m): 10:13pm On Oct 09, 2014 |
[b]"It seems the way we treated the Americans in Georgia and Nebraska is different than the way we treated a victim here in Dallas," Jackson said at the hospital. Jackson was asked by reporters if he thought racism played a role. "I don't want to say that, only because that could become the headline," he said before suggesting racism played a role. "Whether you are white in Atlanta or whether you are white in Nebraska or black in Dallas — we know there's different treatment among blacks in this country." "The use of ZMapp raises the question of privilege," he wrote in an op-ed at the Huffington Post. "Is it only those with better connections to positions of power who will get a fighting chance to receive this experimental drug?" "When Thomas Eric Duncan first became sick and went to the hospital, he was treated with antibiotics and sent home," he added. "Duncan did not receive screening tests for Ebola on this first visit. The question is, why did they not keep him in the hospital for further screening and treatment?" Jackson provided the answer for that as well, and to no one's surprise, it's racism. Jackson informs us that "Duncan has a foreign accent, black skin, and no health insurance." "What role did his lack of privilege play in the treatment he received?" Jackson asked. "He is being treated as a criminal rather than as a patient." Predictably, Twitchy said, liberals on Twitter were quick to also blame racism. Many tweets talked about a "cure," Twitchy said, even though the CDC said there is no FDA-approved treatment for the disease. "You know the black brother was going to pass away," one person said. "Save the missionaries and let the brother die." "I'm not surprised that out of three people treated in the US for ebola, it's the black one who dies," another person added. "Negligence or racism?" http://www.examiner.com/article/jesse-jackson-liberals-suggest-racism-played-role-death-of-ebola-patient [/b] |
| Re: Jesse Jackson, Liberals Suggest Racism Played A Role In Death Of Ebola Patient by Mologi(m): 10:18pm On Oct 09, 2014 |
God.....dey 1 Like |
| Re: Jesse Jackson, Liberals Suggest Racism Played A Role In Death Of Ebola Patient by Tattooboy: 10:58pm On Oct 09, 2014 |
poor America. Thank God we did not get their ZMAPP i wud stil be using my gloves on d streets till nw. 1 Like |
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