In the article "Racism, Poverty, and Other Truths about Sex: Race, Class, and HIV Risk among Latino Gay Men," the main target are those of latino persuasion that participate in unprotected sexual acts with other men of latino persuasion. This can be viewed as a racial approach, but statisitcs provide support for the thoughts on this targeted group. It is identified that "interpersonal experiences of racial discrimination lead to low self-esteem, a perception of low personal control, and increased fatalism about the inevitability of HIV infection," causing latino gay men to be less careful because of the automatic conviction due to their race and sexual preferences. Due to the race of the latino gay men, social groups as well as economic groups are created. These have an influence on the contraction of the HIV virus as well. By being at the certain economic levels and being organized in these social situations, there are choices made effecting the risk of contracting the HIV virus. They discuss the idea that there is discrimination experienced when testing and identifying the HIv virus, but these indivuals also "actively make choices, construct meaning, and shape situations in ways which create enhanced risk for HIV infection," supporting that those of certain groups place themselves in these high risk situations. Discrimination is indeed involved in the risk of contracting the HIV virus, but the social situations are by choice and increase the risk for many of these minorities. This is true in the manner that sexual orientation may not be a personally chosen preference, but those with which they associate themselves with can cause an increase or decrease in the risk of contracting this virus.