The AIDS Epidemic: Then and Now – w/ Jennifer Brier and Shakita Brown Jones

05/10/19 • 73 min

“Inequality directly affected the scope of the epidemic.” Historian Jennifer Brier and CAARAC founder Shakita Jones discuss the history and structural discrimination surrounding AIDS, and how to approach these difficult conversations in the classroom.

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