Originally Posted by Yorkiemom1  I have no doubt they believe they were discrimminated against. That was getting very evident from the beginning of this disaster. That is the very part of the "denial" excuse that wont wash. Racism does exist, but it is certainly not in every single encounter between two different races, which is what is always the "go to" call. The "race card" is getting real dog eared and tattered, and hopefully, the kids growing up today, will not be so quick to throw it down at any and every opportunity where they are not happy with an outcome, and they feel the race card provides them with advantages, in roads, and opportunities not provided equally to everyone, just because of their race. The family started talking about "discrimination" when they were quarantined. They had food delivered, and they had other necessities delivered, clean linens, clothes, etc. They were moved to a gated community, in a upper class neighborhood, where they had a washing machine so they could wash clothes and sheets....they were provided for at a level of living standards they were not familiar with. That home was donated by someone that had compassion for these peoples plight...no discrimination there. Food continued to be delivered. The kids were provided with lap tops so they could continue with their school work. This did not cost them a single dime....certainly no discrimination there. There was no discrimination involved in any aspect of this family's encounter with anyone outside of the immediate family. There is not a State in the Union that has ever had to deal with ebola. There were no protocols for this disease and how to deal with it. I hope the family is not whipped into some kind of "racial discrimination, now we gonna get you" behavior. They need to sleeve the race card and understand the situation for exactly what it is. I think everyone needs to be commended for everything that was done correctly, "on the fly", to help this family and the patient, instead of criticized and accused of racial descrimination. This was all uncharted territory all these people were suddenly thrown in, and they handled it extremely well....as evident by no progression or further contamination of anyone else in the family, in spite of the kids that were sent to school (after they were told to remain in their apartment and not go out), and all the inadvertant contacts the unsuspecting public had with the terribly ill patient. The learning curve was met very quickly in dealing with this patient and his disease and his family, and I guess, in spite of that, it is inevitable because the man happened to be black and he died, racial discrimination is yet again the bugle call. While it is expected, it is so unfair to so many people that tried so hard to help this man and provide for his family.....I suppose they do not deserve any credit for all they did. It will be very interesting to see what course transpires when the family is cleared and can come out of quarantine. I wonder if they will expect to continue to live in that loaned home, keeping the lap top computers, continuing to have supplies provided free of charge,etc.......lets watch where that all ends up. Lets see what has to be done, what hoops they have to jump through, to prevent these people that have gone above and beyond any obligation they have to this family, to keep them from being called racists. |