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HIV/AIDS infections have been on the increase in New York City's communities of color since the start of the syndrome's crisis.
But initially, most of the funding for prevention and for education programs to combat the disease was directed toward organizations that had little contact with people of color.
Jennifer Flynn of the AIDS Housing Network notes that Latino and black men were the first people of color to show high incidences of HIV/AIDS infections. As early as October 1986, the cumulative incidence of AIDS among blacks and Latinos registered at more than three times the incidence rate for whites. In 1988, the Centers for Disease Control had ...