I’ve been tagged twice, by Jenny and by Lo.

The rules:
1. Grab the nearest book of 123 pages or more.
2. Open it to page 123.
3.Find the first 5 sentences and write them down.
4.Then invite 5 friends to do the same.
 

“They were being infected at an alarming rate, and the overwhelming majority of black AIDS cases were among black men, not black women. But black men in crisis was an old story, and the idea of black men as victims did not fit into our preconceived image of black men as perpetrators. Every few months, somebody was releasing a disturbing new study about black men who were supposedly unemployed, in prison, abandoning their children, or dropping out of school. America knew that story line well. The down low, however, provided a sexy new vehicle to drive home a more predictable message about AIDS in the black community.”

–Beyond the Down Low: Sex, Lies, and Denial in Black America by Keith Boykin

I know, I love fluff reading. I tag anyone with a winter birthday.