In America today, there is no such thing as a race-neutral issue. Eventually, everything is defined as white vs black. It's almost like we can't communicate unless someone is being accused of racism.

The case of Ebola patient Thomas Duncan is instructive in this regard. Jesse Jackson and others are raising the issue that if Duncan was white and insured, he would have been treated differently.

Ascribing the incompetence of the Dallas hospital to racism is a stretch. And what of that poor victim of racism, Mr. Duncan? He lied to get into the US, knowingly traveling to this country after being exposed to the virus.

But don't stop Jesse now – he's on a roll:   more at url