Friday, December 02, 2005

Black Women and AIDS

In the early 1990’s I took the place of State Rep. Penny Pullen (R-Park Ridge) on a panel discussing the HIV/AIDS for a pilot of a TV talk show.

The hostess was the recently-retired president of Planned Parenthood, Fay Waddleton.

The only other panel member I can remember was Kristine Gebbie, who had served on President Ronald Reagan’s AIDS/HIV panel with Penny. Gebbie was the head of public health in Washington (having served earlier in the same position in Oregon). She later because President Bill Clinton’s AIDS Czar. (She and Penny basically wrote the commission’s report, which has stood the test of time.)

I am reminded of this because Chicago Tribune columnist Dawn Turner Trice, a black woman, has a Wednesday column on the black women and AIDS.

“Who is most at risk?” was the gist of the question I was called upon to answer in the WBBM television studio.

My answer was “black women.”

The audience erupted in protest. One black woman stood up and screamed at me at the top of her lungs.

For the rest of the story, click McHenry County Blog.

5 comments:

Anonymous,  11:20 AM  

Isn't there a posting limit? Why do we have to wade through one guy's stuff all day?

Anonymous,  11:25 AM  

What is the point of Cal's post? Is he screaming "I was right"? Or is it just a cheap hit at African-Americans?
Dawn Turner Rice had a point when she wrote, and offered a solution.
In typical Cal fashion, he just offered what amounts to an insult.
No wonder that Illinois Republicans get zero percent of the African American vote.
Keep up the good work, Cal. Illinois Democrats thank you.

Cal Skinner 11:45 AM  

Gee, I thought my posts were among the shortest.

Anonymous,  1:20 PM  

Illinoize posting guidelines:

* For now, at least, try to limit your posts to a couple-few a week. We have a lot of bloggers invited and it could get way out of hand.

Anonymous,  12:29 AM  

Cal Skinner was right, AIDS has become so politicized some honest statements and possible helps are not discussed. The homosexual political community, and the media have not been responsible in putting some blame on attitudes and behaviours. Statistically Skinner was right.

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