Talk about HIV/AIDS on HBCU Campuses
How serious is HIV/AIDS on HBCU campus and your community as a whole. People have the myth that HIV/AIDS is not that big of a deal until you get it. Why does it seem that most campuses don't have HIV 101 CLASSES.
Are they afraid that enrollment may go down?
Whay would you do if you found out your roommate was HIV positive, would you change rooms?
How can colleges protect our future assest (That's you)?
In the black community we are so afraid to address those things that can save our lives but here are some facts about blacks and HIV.
The HIV/AIDS infection rate among Black men is 6 times that of white men and the rate among Black women is 16 times that of white women
AIDS now accounts for 1 in 3 deaths among Black men aged 25 to 44
• More children with AIDS are Black than all other race and ethnic groups combined
• Every day in the U.S. about 100 people of color become infected with HIV
• More than two-thirds of all women in the U.S. who are infected with the AIDS virus are Black
• AIDS is the leading cause of death of Blacks, age 25-44
• AIDS is the leading cause of death for Black women
Black women and black men who have s*x with men are at the greatest risk to HIV/AIDS. Black women make up almost 70 percent (7,586 out of 11,859) of all new AIDS cases among women.
Women are not the majority of AIDS cases in America. Men are.
Black men are the most impacted by the epidemic in the U.S.
Figure out a way to talk about the AIDS epidemic among African Americans without demonizing black women or black men.
Talk about the facts and not just the fiction around the disease.
We all should be concerned about black women with HIV and AIDS. But we should also be concerned about black men with HIV and AIDS.
We view black women as innocent victims of AIDS but view black men solely as evil predators who are spreading AIDS.
I caught the HIV virus from a female so who should I be upset with, she's died so should I be upset with with black women? No
It's time to change that dialogue. But in understanding the issues, we have to know the facts and we have to know how to process the information. HIV 101 on HBCU Campuses. We are the leaders of the future we need to lead this fight in our community
Are they afraid that enrollment may go down?
Whay would you do if you found out your roommate was HIV positive, would you change rooms?
How can colleges protect our future assest (That's you)?
In the black community we are so afraid to address those things that can save our lives but here are some facts about blacks and HIV.
The HIV/AIDS infection rate among Black men is 6 times that of white men and the rate among Black women is 16 times that of white women
AIDS now accounts for 1 in 3 deaths among Black men aged 25 to 44
• More children with AIDS are Black than all other race and ethnic groups combined
• Every day in the U.S. about 100 people of color become infected with HIV
• More than two-thirds of all women in the U.S. who are infected with the AIDS virus are Black
• AIDS is the leading cause of death of Blacks, age 25-44
• AIDS is the leading cause of death for Black women
Black women and black men who have s*x with men are at the greatest risk to HIV/AIDS. Black women make up almost 70 percent (7,586 out of 11,859) of all new AIDS cases among women.
Women are not the majority of AIDS cases in America. Men are.
Black men are the most impacted by the epidemic in the U.S.
Figure out a way to talk about the AIDS epidemic among African Americans without demonizing black women or black men.
Talk about the facts and not just the fiction around the disease.
We all should be concerned about black women with HIV and AIDS. But we should also be concerned about black men with HIV and AIDS.
We view black women as innocent victims of AIDS but view black men solely as evil predators who are spreading AIDS.
I caught the HIV virus from a female so who should I be upset with, she's died so should I be upset with with black women? No
It's time to change that dialogue. But in understanding the issues, we have to know the facts and we have to know how to process the information. HIV 101 on HBCU Campuses. We are the leaders of the future we need to lead this fight in our community
The safest way to stay AIDS free is don't mess around. I know to many black people that have died from AIDS. When it hits close to home, it becomes a reality. I lost two cousins and three friends to AIDS. I don't mess around period! Its real!