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?"
For thr tullirr, ( Ini prr said hr
plans to linish thr hook hr is
writing ahoiil Ins Walk and
Koll lor Fife Iransi onlinrnlal
journo) and to r,milinur lohlu
ing and spreading Ins on i am
pusrs at loss thr nation
Ur don't havr to plav thr
loir ol i ii tun am longri hr
said It's timr tin us to start
standing up and making oui
ft tilings hr aril
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