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It seems that people, once more, fear what their limited, personal experience allows. I have HIV postive for six years, that I know of, and would appreciate such a housing opportunity if I needed it. I am an Assistant Professor of English, and I make a consistent effort to teach my students that "we" are existing in and are navigating this world together.
When profits matters more than people, when commerce has no heart for compassion, when fear trumps facts, this is what happens.
How exactly will the residence for homeless PWAs destroy the work of rebuilding commerce in the area of the Bronx where the home is planned? Most residences like those require residents to be clean and sober, provide mental health professionals, and are supervised. The snobbery that these NIMBYs (Not In My Back Yard) reveal when they object to progressive social programs makes me want to puke. Stigma is still alive and thriving even in a great city like NY.
There's always some type of excuse from ignorant and selfish people. Mary Lauro is another ignorant fool that is in the group of people that think their neighborhood values will decline because of a homeless shelter, namely and HIV/AIDS shelter. People like Lauro used that line when blacks started moveing to the suburbs.."our property values will decline." I don't see how a homeless shelter to get people off the street would "destroy" their work in getting commerce back!!
Nick
I think that people should not worry about this, it really is not physically effecting them and they should not worry about it. Like others have said...I have been positive for about 3/4 of a year and if I needed it I would greatly appreciate it. People do not understand that some people wether or not that it is HIV or some other disease, some people young/old get shut out from their families and do not know where to turn, and this is a good thing, there really could not be a bad effect from it.
January 11, 2010 • Roseville