ACT Director Amaha Kassa was interviewed on The World, a program of the BBC and Public Radio International, talking about African immigrants, Ebola stigma, and the African Community Defense Project.
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ACT Director Amaha Kassa was interviewed on The World, a program of the BBC and Public Radio International, talking about African immigrants, Ebola stigma, and the African Community Defense Project.
The Liberian government issued a hard-hitting statement condemning blanket stigma against and exclusion of Liberian nationals who do not present any risk of Ebola infection.
Huffington Post covered the launch of the African Defense Project, describing the widespread stigma against African immigrants connected to Ebola panic, the launch of our website and hotline, and concluding "African Immigrants facing Ebola stigma now have somewhere to turn."
Huffington Post covered the launch of the African Defense Project, describing the widespread stigma against African immigrants connected to Ebola panic, the launch of our website and hotline, and concluding "African Immigrants facing Ebola stigma now have somewhere to turn."
A nursing assistant at a Dallas hospice chain was suspended from work after her daughter visited from Kenya- which is on the opposite side of the African continent from the Ebola outbreak.
A teacher in a Louisville, Kentucky Catholic school resigned after a parent panic over Ebola fears kept her from returning to work, despite Kenya being thousands of miles away from any Ebola outbreak. The article also mentions African students being subject to Ebola "jokes" from public school teachers.
In a conversation about the American response to the Ebola outbreak, a panel of political analysts suggest that race-based political fear-mongering along with ignorance and indifference to the African continent have driven Ebola stigma and backlash.