Second Texas nurse has Ebola

A second Texas nurse who had contracted Ebola flew on a commercial flight from Ohio to Texas with a slight temperature the day before she was diagnosed, health officials said on Wednesday, raising new concerns about U.S. efforts to control the disease.

Chances that other passengers on the plane were infected were very low, but the nurse should not have been traveling on the flight, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Thomas Frieden told reporters.

The woman, Amber Vinson, 29, was isolated immediately after reporting a fever on Tuesday, Texas Department of State Health Services officials said. She had treated Liberian patient Thomas Eric Duncan, who died of Ebola and was the first patient diagnosed with the virus in the United States.

Read more: New Texas nurse with Ebola had slight fever on airliner

Some blame racism, but could anger be the cause of Eric Duncan's death?

In the days following the death of Eric Duncan due to Ebola, many have questioned whether his race played a role in how he was treated while in the hospital. Many have pointed out how white patients were given experimental drugs or blood transfusions from recovered Ebola patients as evidence that racism may have played a part in Duncan's death.

My question is could it be something other than racism. Could it be that doctors and nurses were angry at Duncan for coming back into the United States knowing that he may be sick and thus endangering them all? Could they have reacted to that fact consciously or more likely subconsciously and not treated Duncan as well as they could have?

I know that those in the medical field are professionals and claim to adhere to high ethical standards but they are human. And like with have recently with police officers high standards doesn't stop them from doing wrong. So do you think that anger may have played more a role than racism in Eric Duncan's death, or that he was just treated too late?

Sen. Rand Paul talks to black leaders in Ferguson.

After meeting with NAACP leaders in Ferguson, Missouri, Sen. Rand Paul told CNN's Wolf Blitzer that the Republicans Party's biggest mistake in recent decades has been not reaching out to African-American voters. Watch that segment of the interview below:

Raven Symone has the right to self identify however she chooses

In an interview with Oprah former Cosby kid Raven Symone, set black twitter and other social media ablaze when she said that she didn't want to be called anything but American. Unsurprisingly black people went crazy! There was the usual responses of her being self hating or being in denial. To put it simply a lot of hate was thrown her way.

In my opinion that hate thrown her way was unwarranted for one simple reason. Raven Symone has the right to self identify however she chooses. The same way that those of us that self identify as African American or black have the right to do that also. I wonder how many realize that but questioning her right to call herself nothing but American, they are being as intolerant and ignorant as those who have a problem with black people African American? You know those idiots on Facebook and Twitter who believe that someone self identifying as African American is somehow racist.

You can't ask one group of people who are ignorant or racist not to question how you self identify and then turn around and exhibit the same behavior yourself. That's the height of hypocrisy.

Just because a former Cosby Kid doesn't want to be called black or African American in no way invalidates or minimizes those that wish to self identify by those terms. She has made a choice and that's that. People need to get over that. With issues like the death of Michael Brown, lack of quality education, financial inequities, etc I think that there are much more important things to worry about.

If you prefer the term African American then use it and leave Raven Symone alone, she is not hurting you.

George Cook AfricanAmericanReports.com, proud African American.

Black Lady Describes How Speaking Properly Shouldn't Be Viewed As "Talking White"

A young black woman posted a video on LiveLeak in which she explained why talking properly should not be viewed as "talking white." She makes a whole lot of sense and her message should be heard by all. Listen to her message below: