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To examine the social, political, and cultural reactions to the HIV/AIDS crisis in African-American communities and understand why organized political mobilization remained subdued despite high infection rates.

October 1, 1999Choice Reviews Online

The boundaries of blackness: AIDS and the breakdown of black politics

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Qualitative analysis reveals restrained political mobilization around HIV/AIDS among African Americans, indicating deep community divisions across class, gender, and sexuality.

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To examine the social, political, and cultural reactions to the HIV/AIDS crisis in African-American communities and understand why organized political mobilization remained subdued despite high infection rates.
Qualitative sociopolitical investigation based on in-depth interviews with political activists, ministers, public officials, and individuals living with AIDS in the United States.
Analysis of public health data, political discourse, and institutional responses to cross-cutting social issues during the late 1990s epidemic.
In 1998, African Americans accounted for more than 55% of all newly diagnosed HIV infections while constituting only 13% of the US population.
The epidemic exacerbated ideological and social divisions along the axes of class, gender, and sexuality, resulting in community fragmentation rather than unified mobilization.
Stigmatization surrounding the disease led established leadership and organizations to limit aggressive political advocacy, which marginalized affected individuals within the broader community.

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A 1999 study studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0f5cb98090e499da5fb779 https://doi.org/10.5860/choice.37-0963

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Qualitative analysis reveals restrained political mobilization around HIV/AIDS among African Americans, indicating deep community divisions across class, gender, and sexuality.

The boundaries of blackness: AIDS and the breakdown of black politics

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