Sometimes Family Members Will Ask To Be

In The 1980s, When People Were Just Beginning To Talk About Aids, There Were Just A Few Categories Of Those Who Were At High Risk: Homosexuals, Hemophiliacs, Heroin Addicts, And Haitians. We Were The Only Ones Identified By Nationality.

Creating These Messes That Go From Administration To Administration And Then You Swoop In And Clean Them Up - With That Heroic Delta Force - People Not Realizing That They Were Always There But Doing Different Things Than What We See Them Doing At The Moment.

I Was Able To Not Fold And Go In A Corner Because I Had My Writing As Therapy, But Also As My Tool For Struggle.

Especially Moments When Things Are Very Difficult And Complicated For Me And I Am Still Trying To Grasp What Is Happening And I Am Still Trying To Understand And To Reach Family Back Home.

Toni Cade Bambara Said: “writing Is The Way I Participate In The Struggle.”