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Carper C ontinner) from Pago I ,iihI si\ million people were iriiirr lied to their death "Thev sal silent. he said "The t'nited States today sits silent with this disease and the analogs is the same We are es sentinlh allowing millions ot Amerii ans to go to their deaths." Sor let\ ( arpei said sup ports the idea ot people with All)S dv mg m its thought pro i esses and phrases sm h as " AIDS violim" hospice and AIDS is a killer Through his walk .mil presentations he at tempted to change the way so i let\ views the disease "lust hei arise a person is dI agnosed with a terminal ill ness, regardless ol whether it s All )S or cam er or whatever we don't hare to Inn into it Carper said "Our minds are ven powerful healers We can love, and we i an fat e adversits and i hallenge those on a daily basis and tr\ to get society to see it in the same Iight One of the personal goals (’.arper i ited was to "share with people that the only tiling that's stopping them from achieving a dream or a goal that they set m their own lives is themselv es II a person w ith AIDS i an walk across the i onti nent vou should all lie able to do just about anvthing vou want I lis journev howevei was not w 11hont moments ot trustra lion and disi ourngement The times I was at the hot tom ot m\ emotional roller coaster and I just saw no hope, and I tell it was useless. he said that people reads do not 1 are that then denial ssstem was so great that it was easier to he prejudiced and to dis criminate and ostracize Then one ini idenl would oci ur I would tis to keep ms aware ness open at all times that we were rear lung people In speaking to more than 2 I out) Amerir .Ills on Ills )oui lies Carpel said he believes lie has .dreads real lied people and (hanged attitudes around the country I h.ivc w .it( hrd Ihf maiules l.ilimi riv; 111 before nn eves lif -.ini '.Siiiin' people i uiiif m .mil llicv re hostiIf in tearful, .mil I u .ill li llii'in ltM\ f vv lilt if,ns .<ml slinking lht‘\ < miif m Inin li vv ith Ihf ir im ii agen d.i I li.ivc wall lifil AIDS organ izations spring up m Ihf must rur.il p.irts ot Ameriiu I’M A 11 i.i I it ii ms being tuiiiifil .mil fit li.ini ed organizations already m pro* css As .III ,l( IIV 1st tod.IV ( .11 pc I s.iid one ot his goals is to stun ii tat i" thought .mil .a lion m memhers ul the i oiniminitv lh.it do not normally get involved In tile nest live to ten years lie s.iul, 1 million more people will he diagnosed with the ills ease and everv one m tile i onn tr\ will prohahlv know some one w ith All IS "We can t light this war ill ternallv with weapons he said "We can t tight this war w ith prejuilii e and denial and anger We're going to have to start lighting it with intelli genie undersl. Hiding i oinpas sum and love (iarper i lied fear and dis crimination ot persons with AIDS in housing, the work plat e fnniilv and llietltls as a i nntinuing problem, desi ribing them as the ’ Miauls "People think that because sonieliodv is diagnosed with AIDS that we aie bad people and that we are monsters and that is not true lie said "We are people with feelings we can*, and we have the same dreams as everybody else in the world Now what its come down to is that people with AIDS are the si apegoats tor no! having to take a look at out own behavioi patterns Despite disappointment and frustration in not meeting with President Hush not being a I lowed to address the House of Representatives and not raising enough money to pay tor the trip < iarpei said the sense of personal ai i omplishment and the people reached made the trip well worth ii "Ur rc.ii hi'ii Irvels that I had no undrrstandini: ol uhrn wr left hr said I hr rrwards havr hrrtl Hfr.it I’roplr arr now i timing out and l.tlkiux • ilioul thr disrasr ( .upri found thr rrcognition Irom st.itr governors and othrr politii ians rm ntirngmg Ur arr tiring liraril hr said '( )ur ol thr things that trnstratrs tur is that our politi i a I proi rss is moving loo slow hut that S thr wa\ it is Mi Ir.u now on a lot a I Irvrl. is what is going to i ontinur happening lirrr in l .mr ( imnt\ w hat s going to i ontinur happening on i anipus?" 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