In today’s warp speed environment with all of it’s attendant political correctness & equality-speak, the consequences for crossing ‘certain lines’ are all too often ignored.
1] African American women account for 64% of new HIV infections among women.
2] In 1999, more African Americans were reported with AIDS than any other racial/ethnic group. Approximately two-thirds (63%) of all women and 42% of all men reported with AIDS in 1999 were African American.
3] African American children represented almost two-thirds of all reported pediatric AIDS cases.
4] In 1999, Hispanics represented 13% of the U.S. population, but accounted for 19% of the total number of new AIDS cases reported that year. Hispanic women represent 18% of estimated new HIV infections among women and Hispanic men represent 20% of estimated new infections among men.
5] In addition to suffering disproportionately from AIDS, African American women are also disproportionately infected with HIV… it is estimated that African American women account for 64% of new HIV infections among women.
6] Gay and bisexual men of all races remain at alarming risk for AIDS.
In fact, risk may again be increasing in some communities, as evidenced by recent outbreaks of sexually transmitted diseases, particularly gonorrhea and syphilis, among Homosexual men.
Source: Center for Disease Control
http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/od/hiv_plan/