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Don T Forget About Aids: Article Analysis

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Date: 10/27/2014
Article: Don’t Forget About Aids http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/28/opinion/elton-john-on-the-unfinished-fight-against-aids.html Author: Elton John
Analysis: HIV activists spending considerable effort dispelling the stigma attached to AIDS as some sort of disease affecting only "sinful" people. As a result, people recognized AIDS as a universal problem, not a gay one. Any attemt of the gay community to push it to the top of the agenda can backfire significantly, as people may start tieing it back to "addicts and homosexuals". Mind it that HIV infection rate (and drug addiction) are far higher among MSM (men who have sex with men), so it is not that the "sinful" criticism is completely unwarranted; in this particularly toxic environment I would think twice about adding more fuel to the fire that burned out. Besides, even from the equality angle the emphasis should be on the stop of STD spread and protected sex in general, and not as a gay issue.

Post #:2
Date: 10/28/2014
Article: Rehearsing for death http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/rehearsing-for-death-a-pre-k-teacher-on-the-trouble-with-lockdown-drills/2014/10/28/4ab456ea-5eb2-11e4-9f3a-7e28799e0549_story.html Author: Launa Hall …show more content…

Unfortunately, I don 't think voters have changed. They continue to vote for parties and candidates for deep-seated emotional reasons.

Post #:8
Date: 10/30/2014
Article: In the land of make-believe, racial diversity is a fantasy. http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/in-the-land-of-make-believe-racial-diversity-is-a-fantasy/2014/10/30/ee206b6c-5b23-11e4-8264-deed989ae9a2_story.html Author: Amina Luqman
Analysis: Not Recommended, I empathize with this parent, but there is no black world. There is no white world. There is just THE world, and its demographics are pretty immutable. When Harry 's color doesn 't matter to anyone, white or black, then the problem is fixed. The author 's son managed to get past it in practice, while the author has only gotten past it in theory. She didn 't seem to feel entirely forthright when explaining that Harry 's color didn 't matter.

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