In the article “American’s Hidden H.I.V Epidemic” by Linda Villarosa we take a look into why the black gay and bisexual men in America have a higher H.I.V rate than any other country. From the beginning of the article we see that some people with HIV are not getting the treatment they need so a guy named Cedric Sturdevant steps in and provides the life and death care that these people need. A rhetorical device that could be used to express the problem happening with HIV and gay black men is logic. In this article, Villarosa provides us with many statistics showing us the real problem. Even thought the southern parts of America holds only 37% of the population, there were 54% of diagnoses of HIV. Most of the cases of HIV are located in a place where the population is lower than the rest of the country. The south is also struggling to get help financially. In 2015 $168 million was used for HIV problems but only $31 million went to the south. the place with the highest HIV population is getting the least money to solve its problems. Only $16 million actually went towards the gay and bisexual men with HIV. We are supporting the biggest group with HIV with the least money and expect the problem to get solves. Another connection that is seen in the article is that the individuals that have HIV are the ones that are unemployed, not educated, do not have opportunities, transportation and get discriminated against. These are flaws that enable the spread and untreated HIV to et around more rapidly. The genre is an informative newspaper article that wants to provide us with the information and statistics about why the community of gay and bisexual men have the highest rate of HIV.
