It's time for Barack Obama to get "Out of Control"

I almost never watch network TV anymore. There's only a couple of shows I watch on cable and that's it. So it came as a surprise my opportunity to watch ABC News: 'Out of Control: AIDS in Black America'

Black Americans make up 13 percent of the U.S. population but account for over 50 percent of all new cases of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. That infection rate is eight times the rate of whites. Among women, the numbers are even more shocking%u2014- almost 70 percent of all newly diagnosed HIV-positive women in the United States are black women. Black women are 23 times more likely to be diagnosed with AIDS than white women, with heterosexual contact being the overwhelming method of infection in black America.

I urge you to watch all 6 parts over at You Tube. I have included above part 5, "Failure to Lead". You will be disgusted by the Reverend Jakes. Who shocked me with his cluelessness was Jesse Jackson. He got owned by Terry Moran when he called him on his focus on AIDS in Africa but not in the United States.

It still doesn't get Moran a ghetto pass : I find it incredible to believe that only a white man was available to produce this documentary (which, btw, was started by Peter Jennings). But that's my personal bias and the only flaw I could find on this documentary. It really is powerful and a must see.

Which is why Barak Obama ought to get a clue. He needs to get "Out of Control : AIDS in Black America" as soon as possible.

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