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Originally Posted by Iandefor  I did some research about attitudes towards condoms in the Kisumu area, which has the highest density of people with HIV/AIDS in Kenya and (I think; it's been a while) East Africa. The prevailing attitudes towards condoms there are that they're a "white" thing because most of the people pushing condoms are white, and there's a lot of mistrust of white people over there. |
Odd, that wasn't my experience when I was in Kenya. I sensed that Americans and Europeans are well-liked by the general population. Then again, how you are treated and what people think of you can be different.
Whatever the surface reasons, the underlying reason is primitive ignorance. If they think "its a white thing," that's ignorant. If they think using a condom to save their life is bad because they don't trust white people and white people produce them or hand them out, that is ignorance.
What is the cure for ignorance like this?