The Interview With David Fair On HBO’s “Eyes On The Prize,” Dealing with AIDS in the Black Community

This is the Audio Podcast interview with David Fair, Deputy Chief at TP4C, regarding his part on the HBO documentary series “Eyes On The Prize,” which is a continuation of the 1980's PBS film; the award-winning documentary series telling the stories of the civil rights movement in the US. The first two series were broadcast in the 80s and covered up to 1985, and the new series will be released next year and pick up from there. The episode begins with an excerpt from the opening sounds of the original Eyes on the Prize series by PBS. I then share a song that I sung to transition into the discussions entitled: “You’re My Brother, you’re my Sister,” as David embodied this need to demonstrate love that does not include color. Here’s a white gay man in the 1980’s who was defying his community! The interview was extremely informative and powerful. He discusses why he was interviewed for the new documentary by the HBO crew recently and talked about his work as a Union Leader and then Spearheading the setting up of funding programs to combat HIV/AIDS IN THE 1980S. We explored how the epidemic speaks to the issue of race & inequality as there were racism within the white gay community towards black gays which didn’t have any agency of such & lack funds to get treatment or access education about HIV/AIDS. He explored how it wasn’t until 1987 that city government in Philadelphia provided funding as most of the available funds were within the white gay community (private funding); Blacks were poor. The interview is available in audio (and video only on the Spotify platform). It was one hour long & we even touched briefly on other topics such as Child Youth & Family in Philadelphia, homelessness & the efficacy of documentary films in purporting truth. In the interview, David said he uses his white privilege to create or effect change in a positive way by working to advance the lives of black and brown people affected by HIV/AIDS in the 1980s when he went from a union leader/organizer to pressing for help to support these vulnerable group to eventually becoming one of the person instrumental and the mastermind behind the setting up of funds and created organizations that are funded to support poor black community that includes those affected by HIV/Aids; and these agencies still exists today. The podcast is free and does not require any subscription to access, but you’re welcome to subscribe for free, Https://anchor.fm/theneoliberal/support, as we celebrate One year July 17th and so as to get updates on our newest shows. The interview will be available on #Anchor #Podvine #RadioPublic #googlepodcasts #AmazonMusic #applepodcasts #Spotify, the #alexa and at renaldocmckenzie.com and theneoliberal.com. The Neoliberal Corporation serving the world today to solve tomorrow’s challenges. The Neoliberal is a not who we are, instead it’s a strategy in society that we study along with other strategies of power. Note from the Interview: Today 1 out of every 7 young black and brown males are affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. And it wasn’t until 1987 that black and brown gay people got any agency to deal with HIV/AIDS, thanks to #philadelphia’s #firstblackmayor. Moreover, Reagan wasn’t providing federal funding to assist black and brown people to fight the disease. And black and brown peoples living with HIV/AIDS were poor and stigmatized more heavily than their white counterparts who were also discriminated against but was said to be racist towards black gay people. The white gay community had money, so that they never needed federal funding but did not care much for black gay people and did not share their funds with black gay people who were poor. This attitude is what defied these vulnerable groups. They are all subjugated and discriminated against but weren’t as united as they still practiced a form of racism and discrimination themselves. We explored these in the interview with David Fair on #theneoliberalround podcast season 3, episode 19