Blaming Others: Prejudice, race and worldwide AIDS

By Renée Sabatier with contributions from Tade Aina, Patricia Ardila, Erlinda Bolido, Philippe Engelhard, K.S. Jayaraman, Dave Moyo, Dorothy Kweyu Munyakho, Hikloch Ogola, Seun Orgunseitan, Abib Samb, Moussa Seck, Lazaro Timmo and others.

Research by: Martin Foreman and Marty Radlett
Edited by: Jon Tinker
The Panos Institute / New Society Publishers. Published in association with the Norwegian Red Cross - 1988.


Table Of Contents

Acknowledgements
Further Acknowledgements
Dedication
Copyright / Funding
Chapter ONE: AIDS and Race: Why it matters.
Introduction -- sex and blame -- a global underclass
Chapter TWO: A Disease of Disadvantage
US blacks and hispanics -- Third World most affected -- economic impacts -- the denial syndrome
Chapter THREE: Portraits of Vulnerability
Heroin and Harlem -- US illegals -- Haiti -- Third World prostitutes -- AIDS and apartheid -- an East African trucker
Chapter FOUR: Origins of AIDS, Origins of Blame
The first case: 1959? -- testing old blood -- origins of syphilis -- Haiti blamed first -- not an unnoticed African disease
Chapter FIVE: Green Monkeys and Germ Warfare
Animal origins? -- the monkey virus -- armchair anthropology --why not look in the US? -- genetic engineering?
Chapter SIX: Sex and Race
STDs -- infertility in Africa -- STDs and AIDS -- myths about promiscuity -- prostitution -- the role of genes
Chapter SEVEN: Blame and Counter Blame
Biased Western research? -- media blitz on Africa -- Africa hits back -- fringe racist groups use AIDS -- blame hampers prevention -- what journalists think -- criticism of Panos
Chapter EIGHT: Who Pays the Price of Blame?
Blame goes round the world -- students barred in Belgium, India -- tourism hit -- screening the foreigners
Chapter NINE: Different Peoples, Different Messages
Condoms and zero grazing -- AIDS "doesn't exist" -- progress in Rwanda -- AIDS and the church -- pop songs -- the macho image -- using the grapevines -- the role of PWAs
Chapter TEN: Conclusions
Risk groups and risk activities -- AIDS a misery-seeking missile -- the lessons for development