In case you were looking for some other black articles on AIDS:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/07/na.../07deaths.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/06/national/06aids.html
About the back to africa comment, I'm sure you know that I would never say that and I think it's shameful someone on here did so I left it in my signature with their name as a reminder.
Regarding my own personal image among NPHC members, well, I'll live but truthfully NPC, NIC, Latino, Latina, Chinese, Fukanese, whatever...everybody misinterprets my love on here.
-Rudey
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Originally posted by AKA_Monet
Hey Rudey,
Honey, you can post whatever, whenever and whereever you want... All over the place... I really have yet to care about that isssue. Because, like you said, it is important to have some level of discussion of these topics, elsewhere... And maybe a few folks who are not Black, actually do care.  
I am still a little peeved about the "Back to Africa" comment though... 
But Tom,
Some folks, just don't care about people in general. Much less care about themselves... All one can say is oh well...
GRhinoUK,
Maybe in your world and reality, you may have never had to see the need for unification between Blacks. That is a current (I'd say in the last 25 years) development. However, during Segregation in the United States, Blacks at all levels (rich vs poor, educated vs uneducated, etc.) all lived side by side. Blacks in the United States had to live in their own communities, see their own doctors and eat in their own tables... They were never allowed to own property or do their own thing... The laws at the time dictated separate and equal conditions until the US Supreme Court dictated that it was unconstitutional in 1954...
That is what made it extremely important so that you can have more commonalities between folks of different ethnic groups... Because for SOME people, if they had it their way, you would not be using the internet today... You would not be able to say these items...
Lemme put it all to you like this: In the majority of the Black community in America, there is this "fear" of sanctioned covert government plots to utterly destroy the Black man--like the "Final Solution" was for Jews. I don't know what is fueling this fear or if it is real or not--'cuz for some people it is the PERCEPTION it--not the actual reality of it...
For Example: Why are there so many "myths" about HIV/AIDS in the Black community??? It was a covert plot by the government--yada, yada, yada... Either way, if Black folks are about 15% of the population in the US, then how come by sheer numbers, 10% are afflicted with HIV/AIDS--even with ALL the capabilities we have in the US--still there is a huge increase of new HIV/AIDS cases in the US Black Community???
That is what most avowed, practicing African American here on GC are talking about with those outside of the group and those African Americans that call us to task and question...
And Lemme say another thing to those Black folks that wonder why other Black folks don't like them... Personally, for me, I understand where you all are coming from... Been there, done that--I say. Because I am older, I have yet to care what other African Americans are saying about me. DAYUM, as my Grandmother said, "They talked about Jesus Christ, they sho are gonna talk about you..." Whether you are "comfortable in your skin that you are in" or not, it still hurts to be called a "sell out" to your face when you are probably being misunderstood for the most part...
But having been ostracized by my own while growing up, I have learned what makes us Black folks tick. It is a matter of watching the conversation and the level of what is coming out of their mouths for you to frame it to get them to where your thinking level is... But that takes several levels of skill and practice... I still have to work on it at my age...
But, why you all get so bashed for your statements in the fact that when you all say them, no matter how correct the statements actually are, you are still SEEN and PERCEIVED just as CRITICAL as those "demeaning" white folks or other races are to us, which make your "allegiances" be called into question... I.e., you are so quick to JUDGE us like Judge Judy when a negro says something, but NEVER when a white boy says something... There you go again, Uncle Thoming on us again--yada, yada, yada...
Nevertheless, the minute another Black persons says that to you, you all shutdown, become hurt and lash out defensively... But does that help your learning and proving your point?
One suggestion is, from my spiritual quest, is to respond in kindness... That is why Rudey doesn't piss me off for some of the things he says--like he can to so many others--'cuz I respond to him with humanity and kindness... The minute he slips up and says something in my opinion questionable--I ask what does he mean and usually, he clarifies it... That is why I respect him...
But, the flaming on here... Is it working? I dunno... Don't much care--especially when you have a mortgage to deal with... However, for kids, it is important... And when you've got young people, you really have to think about the broad implication of your statements... It is liken to not cursing in front of a two year old...
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