Saturday, October 4, 2014

African immigrants worry about backlash from U.S. Ebola case

Local resident Abdi gestures before speaking to the media about her concerns on the impact of the Ebola crisis on African communities in Dallas By Jon Herskovitz DALLAS (Reuters) - In Dallas and other cities home to large populations of African immigrants, worries are abounding among many that their standing in the United States has been tainted by one Liberian man infected with Ebola being treated in Texas. "Some people around here see us as bringing the disease and that's just not right," said a Liberian who asked to be called Sekou, fearful that he and other West African immigrants are going to face bias in their U.S. home because of the sick man. ...








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