Texas College Rejects Nigerian Applicants, Citing Ebola

[Earth_First]

A small, two-year college in Texas sent at least two Nigerian students rejection letters saying they were not "accepting international students from countries with confirmed Ebola cases."

The story came to light when Idris Ayodeji Bello, a Nigerian activist and entrepreneur, tweeted a copy of a letter apparently sent by Navarro College to one of his friends.

Bloomberg, who spoke to Bello, reports:

"Issuing a blanket ban on foreign applicants from countries with confirmed Ebola cases is akin to 'racism against Nigerians and discriminating against individuals based on ignorance and misinformation,' says Bello. He's not the only one to think so: the school's rejection letters have become the subject of much ridicule on Twitter.

"Navarro College needs to educate itself on how not to act in an epidemic, says Bello, who has a master's in global health science from Oxford University. 'What if a school from New York or Boston started rejecting students from Texas? You don't discriminate in epidemics—you inform, you educate, so people are more aware of what they should do,' he adds. 'I hope other institutions learn from this.''

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/10/15/356466757/texas-college-rejects-nigerian-applicants-citing-ebola?utm_medium=RSS

[kestrel91316]

1. Ignorant jackasses. Nigeria is free of Ebola. More than 42 days have passed since the last case.

[JI7]

2. didn't nigeria stop ebola ?

[Lee-Lee]

5. How? Nt

[JI7]

3. what is frustrating is the media gives more attention to pundits like republican politicians

instead of doctors and other medical professionals. i noticed a few of the actual medical experts who are brought on would make a comment about funding for health care.

this is what we should be discussing.

[Crunchy Frog]

4. Reccing to humiliate the idiot college. n/t