HIV/AIDS is a leading killer in the African-American Community not only because of the rate at which African-American people engage in sexual activities and participate in the drug culture but also because they are not using preventative measures which are available to them.

Ten years ago, you could turned on T.V. at anytime and you would hear a report on AIDS. Why now is the disease such a dirty word? Especially since it’s claiming so many lives in the black community.

The character Lynn from the popular television show Girlfriends caught my attention on this issue. Years ago on an episode she made an AIDS documentary. The first lines in the film captures the reality of too many African-Americans.

“You are dying. Black women are dying. And AIDS is their Killer.”