{"product_id":"9781449033149","title":"African-Americans and \"AIDS\" (The Untold Story): Why are \"Black People\" still dying of (AIDS) while other Races are not?","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book is a work of non-fiction. It addresses issues surrounding the huge disparity between the African-American ratio of \"Newly\" HIV infection rate when compared to other races.  These are the facts:  Black women are becoming infected with HIV at a rate (24) times greater than that of White women.  Black Youth (13-19) only make up (15%) of the population, yet they make up (73%) of new HIV\/AIDS diagnosis of their age category.  Black men make up (41%) of New HIV infections.  Bi-sexuality accounts for skyrocketting New \"male-to-female\" transmission.  The purpose of this book is to raise \"Awareness!\"  And to stop this deadly trend.  African-Americans and \"AIDS\" is a book that is expressed in the form of a story. The time-line of the story begins in the turbulent decade of the 1960’s. In retrospect, this era marks the precursor for HIV\/AIDS. There were two notable changes that occurred in the mid 1960’s, providing the gateway for the HIV virus to ignite and quickly spread; especially among the younger generation: sexual freedom and illegal drug usage. Not long afterwards, both became epidemics. These two catastrophic epidemics continued to spread and has now reached Generation Y (Born 1981-1995), today's \"Black Youth.\"  And these are the ones most affected by the AIDS crisis today.  Beginning in the 1970s, the transition from a conservative, family-oriented, religious nation soon became a nation of radical, rebellious young citizens that fought against a system that governed its people. This downward spiral began to manifest itself in the form of babies being born out-of-wedlock; a surge in violent crimes, and a substantial increase of young Black men becoming incarcerated. Sexual freedom became standard behavior.  This back-drop of circumstances set the stage to ignite the spread of the HIV virus in Black communities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AuthorHouse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47143124631792,"sku":"9781449033149","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781449033149_p0.jpg?v=1763831175","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781449033149","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}