[eadmund]

That's just nonsense.

Re. gays, Mr. Reagan signed into law federal outlays of $5.73 billion for AIDS research and treatment and he opposed California Proposition 6, which would have fired public-school teachers for advocating homosexuality.

Re. blacks, his administration did push hard for tough-on-crime measures — measures which were supported by black groups in the 80s. They may or may not have been wise in retrospect, but they were a well-intended attempt to support black communities and black people.

[nappy]

Where does $5.73 billion come from? I searched and found figures in the hundreds of millions [1] along with other evidence of the Reagan administrations indifference to AIDS [2]

[1] https://www.nytimes.com/1985/09/18/us/reagan-defends-financi...

[2] https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2015/11/reagan-administratio...