Essay About Educational Value And African American Black Males

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This article is about African American black males who are living on the down low. In the article it states that African American represent 12 percent of the population but represent more that half of newly reported cases of HIV/AIDS in America. The infection occurs and is spread through bisexual black men and they then spread it to African American females who are 19 times more likely to contract the HIV/AIDS virus than white woman. The reason why African Americans account for more than half of the newly reported HIV/AIDS cases is because bisexual black males are having unprotected sex with men and then conceal the fact and go on to have unprotected sex with women. The article tales about how white America share the same prejudice against males on the down low, for example, the former governor of New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey and how he can out of the closet on national T.V. to show that white males go through the same thing and exposing their wives to HIV/AIDS. Some of the reasons why gay or bisexual black males are afraid to “come out of the closet” than whites is because of the fact they black already face discrimination and are reluctant to take on an added burden of homophobia. They feel that if they come out of the closet” that they will be treated differently or hated by the members of their church or the family members. In the article the a picture of the book cover On The Down Low: a journey though the lives of “straight” black men who sleep with men written by J.L. King who also is a black male living on the down low and risked exposing the virus to his wife. The educational value I got of this article is that, African Americans have to be well informed about the HIV/AIDS virus, and black males who are living on the down low who are having unprotected sex with men need to tell the woman the they are having unprotected sex with that they are on the down low. Research says that if you are going to have sex, protected or unprotected