"Wrap It Up" Has Failed The Black Community

Argues The Cultural Strategist, a black moderate-conservative blogger: "The theory was that if the campaign could attract popular entertainers and athletes of the day to put forth the message to wear a condom or 'wrap it up' prior to having sex then the bond that these people have with our impressionable youth would have them to express more consciousness about the risks prior to engaging in sexual behavior. The popular mandate of 'No Judgmentalism' required that no pronouncements be made about who, how many nor the context in which sexual engagements took place, just that a prophylactic barrier be placed between you and your sex partner. Everyone is happy. Trade a micrometer of muted tactile stimulation that allowed you to 'keep your own body fluids to yourself' in exchange for an AIDS free life.

Years later we see that 'Wrap It Up' has failed. The HIV infection rate is pandemic within the Black communities. Metropolitan areas with high rates of African Americans are also blinking red on the AIDs warning map. Baltimore, Washington DC, Atlanta, New York City - all are infection hot spots.When the community activists are given voice to speak about the issue typically the first thing they run to is the 'race card'.

You might hear them say 'if this rate of HIV infection was present among White women a national alarm would be sounded'. This tried and true technique of racial shaming toward the government to have it step in to rescue their failed agenda invites the government in to the same bedrooms that they were once told to stay out of. When it comes to war and petroleum we so often hear the charge that 'our leaders have failed to ask us to SACRIFICE during our emergency'. Somehow this same philosophy of sacrifice, denying yourself from your selfish desires for the sake of a greater good was not included in the planning of 'Wrap It Up'."