"Because of the lack of education on AIDS, discrimination, fear, panic, and lies surrounded me"
- Ryan White
About this Quote
This quote by Ryan White speaks to the lack of education and understanding of AIDS in the 1980s. At the time, AIDS was a reasonably new and unknown disease, and the lack of education and understanding caused a lot of fear, panic, and discrimination. People were terrified of the unknown and spread lies and misinformation about the illness. This created a hostile environment for those coping with AIDS, like Ryan White, who were typically discriminated against and treated unjustly. The lack of education and understanding of AIDS at the time was a major contributing aspect to the discrimination and fear that surrounded Ryan White and other individuals living with AIDS.
This quote is written / told by Ryan White between December 6, 1971 and April 8, 1990. He was a famous Celebrity from USA.
The author also have 29 other quotes.
"I spent three days a week for 10 years educating myself in the public library, and it's better than college. People should educate themselves - you can get a complete education for no money. At the end of 10 years, I had read every book in the library and I'd written a thousand stories"
