Posted on Sunday, 24th August 2008 by Maritzia
“AIDS in America today is a black disease,” says Phill Wilson, founder and CEO of the institute and himself HIV-positive for 20 years. “2006 CDC data tell us that about half of the just over 1 million Americans living with HIV or AIDS are black.” Report from CNN.
So, why are we not seeing this on the front page of every paper. If this many white people had HIV or AIDS, it’s be blasted about everywhere and there would be serious money being devoted to help these individuals. I just happened to be scrolling through some health stories on CNN when I saw the link to this report.
We hear all the time about AIDS in Africa, and that’s an important story. But why do we not hear about the black in our own country whose families are being devastated by this disease? Because they’re black. Who cares what happens to black people, right?
Look, I know that discrimination is alive and well in America. It’s just that sometimes it blindsides me when I’m not expecting *shakes her head sadly”.
This will be going on the top of my list of things to harass my representatives in Congress about. Look out, Rick Larsen, my eye is on you!
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