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Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Authors

Charles W. Hunt

Orginal Publication Date

1994

Journal Title

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Volume

17

Issue

ees/vol17/iss2

First Page

[155]

Last Page

175

Abstract

The AIDS epidemic, first discovered in the United States in 1981, has caused a great deal of speculation with regard to the origins of both the HIV-1 retrovirus and the early pathways for the epidemic itself. The African origins theory is the most widely accepted origin theory for HIV-1 in the West. This theory is based upon six assertions, all of which either lack evidence or, when evidence has been present, these assertions have been contradicted. The African origins theory is unsubstantiated. The African origins theory is based not upon scientific logic but rather upon victim-blaming, the attempt to define "the other" as the cause of disease, and racism.

Rights

Copyright, ​©EES, The National Association for Ethnic Studies, 1994

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