AIDs Stigma

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This paper discusses the stigma that is associated with AIDS and HIV. It discusses the prejudice and discrimination, anxiety and bias against those suffering from AIDS and HIV. The paper looks at the book "A Neighborhood Divided: Community Resistance to an AIDS Care Facility" written by J. Balin, which relates what happened in a U.S. city in 1988 when the residents first heard that a 42- bed nursing home for people with the AIDs was opening in their neighborhood.

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"Balin decided to study and write about this incidence, especially because of the individuals involved--middleclass lifestyle in a declining urban economy who were dealing with such difficult topics as racism, class inequality, sexuality, the moral responsibilities of the middle class to the poor, and the effectiveness of liberal versus conservative social policies in addressing current urban social problems. She traced the community's political and social development from its founding as a Quaker, and primarily German, colonial village to its current status as an integrated and progressive middle-class urban neighborhood and then followed the events from announcement to opening."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Balin, J. (1999). Neighborhood Divided: Community Resistance to an AIDS Care Facility. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
• Goffman, E. (1963). Stigma. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.

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