Don't go expecting gratitude

Black people were offended that Red Cross volunteers running the Astrodome facility in Houston wore latex gloves.

Red Cross Reacts to Criticism : Washington Post via Boston Globe

Everyone in New York wears latex gloves where the have physical contact with people or food -- police and fire, all kinds of health care workers, food vendors. People among the public wear latex gloves for no apparent reason except that they want to.

You have to wonder if the Washington Post's anonymous black people would have been offended if the Red Cross volunteers were not wearing latex gloves -- as it would be indicative of indifference to spreading disease.