Why are black people at greater risk of catching HIV?

[Safer]

I have been looking around the internet and researching and everywhere I see it says black people are at higher risk of catching HIV but it doesn't necessarily explain why.

[pussyboy82]

Racism I expect

[ejaculaTe]

This article from the Journal of the American Medical Association discusses some of the reasons.

Community-based organizations step up to confront HIV in southern states.pdf

[Kimberley]

I guess they speak about black men in africa?

[BREEDmeRAW]

nyI don't know the FACTS, but no one does because people are not honest with themselves or others.

I believe most Black Men like the feel of a bare ass rubbing their cocks in and out. Some straight Men may play with a gay guy and then condoms are 50/50 unless otherwise stated. A Top Man might want to use a condom and it's his Right. It is also my Right to ONLY accept bare Cock and I Expect him to  shoot his load DEEP Inside my ass.

This is much more of a Culture feature and not race Specific or any thing. If married many guys don't use Condoms with their wives and so no Condoms around or wife/girl friends will notice if you suddenly have a big box of rubbers.

It is also my duty to Inform a guy that I am a Proud POZ Bareback Cum DUMP and I want his load DEEP Inside my ass.    

[tj87]

Setting aside any cultural aspects, It’s not specifically black men but people in poorer neighbourhoods who are disproportionately at risk of HIV and often these poorer communities are made up of people of colour.

Less public health money spent on STD education in poorer neighbourhoods and poorer schools = higher infection rates and also more stigma. Less public health money also means fewer drives to distribute free condoms. 

Less health screening to identify people with HIV and helping them get affordable treatment means the virus remains transmissible etc.

If you have money or better access to socialised medicine you’re more likely to use condoms of be able to get tested regularly or, when infected, reduce your viral load to make it undetectable.

Without that access, poorer communities - not exclusively black but with significant numbers of people of colour - will always be at greater risk.

 

 

[nekofox]

1 hour ago, tj87 said:

Setting aside any cultural aspects, It’s not specifically black men but people in poorer neighbourhoods who are disproportionately at risk of HIV and often these poorer communities are made up of people of colour.

Less public health money spent on STD education in poorer neighbourhoods and poorer schools = higher infection rates and also more stigma. Less public health money also means fewer drives to distribute free condoms. 

Less health screening to identify people with HIV and helping them get affordable treatment means the virus remains transmissible etc.

If you have money or better access to socialised medicine you’re more likely to use condoms of be able to get tested regularly or, when infected, reduce your viral load to make it undetectable.

Without that access, poorer communities - not exclusively black but with significant numbers of people of colour - will always be at greater risk.

 

 

Perfect summary about why people like myself are at the greater risk range.  I'm right now much more lucky to get the access that I can go for (once I'm able to settle in for my recent move to a new apartment), but the other thing too will be for how many of us really are mentally with different communities in general.  POC are in the higher risk range in general, but that doesn't mean it's just one way from appearance.   I've talked about this in general on some other topics (in the more naughty sections), but also there's the risk as well that some have caught it and don't even know that they're carrying HIV (2 friends of mine caught it from some rando).

[BootmanLA]

10 hours ago, Kimberley said:

I guess they speak about black men in africa?

No, they aren't speaking about Africa.

[Kimberley]

1 minute ago, BootmanLA said:

No, they aren't speaking about Africa.

who are you? please don't react anymore on my post. it is annoying now

[Guest]

21 hours ago, tj87 said:

Setting aside any cultural aspects, It’s not specifically black men but people in poorer neighbourhoods who are disproportionately at risk of HIV and often these poorer communities are made up of people of colour.

Less public health money spent on STD education in poorer neighbourhoods and poorer schools = higher infection rates and also more stigma. Less public health money also means fewer drives to distribute free condoms. 

Less health screening to identify people with HIV and helping them get affordable treatment means the virus remains transmissible etc.

If you have money or better access to socialised medicine you’re more likely to use condoms of be able to get tested regularly or, when infected, reduce your viral load to make it undetectable.

Without that access, poorer communities - not exclusively black but with significant numbers of people of colour - will always be at greater risk.

 

 

These are - as with this problem - often the causes which effect health in certain populations in a negative way.
Poverty leads to illness. 

I am wondering if there might be a physical reason, if the HIV-virus is able to penetrate more easily in someone of African descent and why that might be. 

There are more cases where medical science has overlooked differences resulting in harmful or at least less-then-effective treatments for black people. (Because the research involved only or mostly caucasians). If this is happening here that would be terrible. 

 

Edited November 1, 2021 by Guest

[tj87]

3 hours ago, BareLover666 said:

I am wondering if there might be a physical reason.

 

As far as I'm aware - the current science does not recognise any genetic risk factor for acquiring HIV. The disproportionate impact on racial minorities is directly related to social, economic and demographic factors.

And it isn't just HIV. COVID also disproportionately affected lower-income communities.

Edited November 1, 2021 by tj87

[highcountrybb]

On 10/31/2021 at 7:32 AM, tj87 said:

Setting aside any cultural aspects, It’s not specifically black men but people in poorer neighbourhoods who are disproportionately at risk of HIV and often these poorer communities are made up of people of colour.

Less public health money spent on STD education in poorer neighbourhoods and poorer schools = higher infection rates and also more stigma. Less public health money also means fewer drives to distribute free condoms. 

Less health screening to identify people with HIV and helping them get affordable treatment means the virus remains transmissible etc.

If you have money or better access to socialised medicine you’re more likely to use condoms of be able to get tested regularly or, when infected, reduce your viral load to make it undetectable.

Without that access, poorer communities - not exclusively black but with significant numbers of people of colour - will always be at greater risk.

 

 

This is spot on. Living in the southeast US, the same applies to lower income white, Latino and Native American communities too. Last I checked, Swain County, NC had the highest per capita rate of HIV in my state. It’s predominantly severely low income white and Cherokee.

[BootmanLA]

On 10/31/2021 at 1:39 PM, Kimberley said:

who are you? please don't react anymore on my post. it is annoying now

To quote a commercial that ran extensively on television here in the US a few years back: "That's not how this works. That's not how any of this works."

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[BootmanLA]

On 10/31/2021 at 6:32 AM, tj87 said:

Setting aside any cultural aspects, It’s not specifically black men but people in poorer neighbourhoods who are disproportionately at risk of HIV and often these poorer communities are made up of people of colour.

Less public health money spent on STD education in poorer neighbourhoods and poorer schools = higher infection rates and also more stigma.

While I agree poverty is the key driver - by far  - I think it's unwise to discount the cultural issues that can be involved as well. For instance, in the U.S., a Black person is much more likely to come from a religious tradition that is fundamentalist or evangelical than a White person, and overall is much more likely to come from a family environment that firmly believes in the existence of a God. That background is much more likely to produce "down low" individuals, who are unlikely to readily encounter messages about safer sex (whether by PrEP or condoms).

In other words, the stigma may not be all a product of poverty, but of other cultural factors.

[revemupman]

Lack of access to medical care due to poor finances. Blk men and that includes myself tend to disregard going to get check ups regularly as well. Most men in general just work until they drop sick or dead.