Is the "Down Low" Theory Racist?

For years, experts have attributed the high rate of HIV among African American women to a behavior that has been called "being on the down low". The basic contention is that African American men have sex with other men then come home to their wives or girlfriends and infect them with HIV, never having told them that they have unprotected sex with other men. In other words they have sex with men on the "down low". Now author Ann Harding makes a case that the down low theory is racist. She also questions whether or not the down low theory interferes with HIV prevention in the African American Community. Read more and decide for yourself.

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