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Hard To Get: AIDS In The Workplace |
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Audience:
Adults in the Workplace
Year:
1990
Speech Rate:
154 words/min
Large Words
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This video provides a contemporary message about AIDS in the workplace juxtaposed with black-and-white visuals and music from 1940s and 1950s news reels. It begins by identifying fear of AIDS ("AFRAIDS") as a major epidemic, and then addresses various aspects of this fear: how HIV is and is not transmitted, how to protect oneself from HIV, how HIV transmission differs from transmission of other germs, and the damage done by gossip and stigmatizing people with AIDS. The latter part of the video focuses on the right of people with HIV to work, AIDS as a disability, and human rights laws that prohibit discrimination against people with HIV. Discrimination against people with AIDS is compared to racial discrimination.
The video has a good script that deals with the major issues associated with HIV in the workplace. The use of visuals from old-time news clips has a humorous effect that will be appreciated by some audiences, but others may find it distracting. Although the host of the video is a Black female, the vast majority of people featured in the visuals are White. Consequently, the video may appeal most strongly to White audiences. References to life in New York and New York City's laws concerning AIDS clearly mark it as designed for a New York audience, but it may still be useful in other locations as well. Overall, the video is of high technical quality. |
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