Racialized social system and HIV infection: the case of African Americans
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy
ISSN: 0144-333X
Article publication date: 1 May 2002
Abstract
Analyses how HIV/AIDS has affected African Americans, who are acknowledged as a vulnerable racialized group, along with Puerto Ricans. Defines the term of racialized social system as a society where part of the stratification system is designed to reank people based on their racial classification. Sheds light on AIDS and ethnicity through copious use of figures and tables. Summarizes that there is little control over tehir own community economics for African Americans, legitimately, as HIV runs riot. Urges a race‐conscious approach to the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
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Citation
Lemelle, A.J. (2002), "Racialized social system and HIV infection: the case of African Americans", International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Vol. 22 No. 4/5/6, pp. 133-158. https://doi.org/10.1108/01443330210790049
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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