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"He was going beyond the curriculum and advancing too fast," the teacher informed the mother, making it clear that this was harsh criticism, not praise for a gifted child. The boy was also hounded by classmates because of his mixed race. A small mob of students would follow him home every day, chanting, "Stinking foreigner! Your mother is an American so you must have AIDS!"
From an article in the Boston Globe by Junko Fujita about nonconformity and prejudice in Japan.

At that point I realized that when I first began to comprehend the enormity of what was happening to my community, I anticipated only that we would lose many people. But I did not understand that those of us who remain, that is to say, those of us who will continue to lose and to lose, would also lose our ability to mourn fully. I feel that I have been dehumanized by the sheer quantity of death, so that now I can no longer fully grieve each person-how much I love each one, and how much I miss each one.
From an article "Why I fear the Future" by Sarah Schulman in "Critical Fictions" published by The Dia Foundation, 1991.

"I am getting sicker. Time is running out.... Once AIDS was a hot topic. But now the world is moving on, uncaring, frustrated and bored."
From an article in The New York Times Magazine, Nov. 28, 1993 by the late Jeffrey Schmalz, journalist and activist who died 3 weeks before this article could be published.
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