prostitutes, IV drug users, and
             people of color (O'Hare, et al., 1996; Giblin, 1995 & CASW, 1990). It is significant to mention
             colored populations, as the parts of the world that are most severely effected by AIDS, such as
             countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, South East Asia, and Haiti, are mostly populated by races other
             than Caucasian. As a result, a strong association has been also been made between AIDS and
             The fact that AIDS is associated with already stigmatized groups has two principal effects.
             First and most obvious, is that society's negative attitudes towards the group in question are
             transferred to AIDS and PLWAs. Second, is an amplification of the existing negative feelings that
             society holds towards the groups associated with the disease (CASW, 1990). As a result,
             homosexuals, prostitutes, colored people and other groups associated to HIV infection are not
             only seen as deviant or undesirable, but also as potential
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