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Leper colony stigma
There has, historically, been much fear around leprosy and people with the disease have suffered stigma, isolation and social exclusion. Expulsion of individuals infected with leprosy to quarantined areas or special institutions has been the general protocol since ancient times and was the recommended course of action by the Leprosy Conference of Berlin 1897. As a result, the exclusion and quarantining of people infected with leprosy became law, hence leprosy colonies were formed. The inhabitants of these colonies had very little legal recourse in preventing their exclusion and, even after they were treated and cured, many had trouble reintegrating into society.〔HERMANN FELDMEIER, et al. "Perceived social restriction in leprosy-affected inhabitants of a former leprosy colony in Northeast Brazil." Leprosy Review 81, no. 1 (March 2010): 69-78. Academic Search Elite, EBSCOhost (accessed November 27, 2012)〕 Even by the 1960's, when Leprosy was highly treatable and curable, it still resulted in repulsion, and the exclusion of sufferers, by the general populace.〔Feldmeier, 2010〕 As leprosy became curable, the focus of study shifted towards investigating the social aspects of the disease. This has become relevant due to the fact that the disease is making a resurgence and is proving resistant to previous remedies.
== Hawaii ==
Kalaupapa, a small Hawaiian Island was a legally mandated place of banishment for citizens with leprosy. “It became so after 1865, when the Kingdom of Hawaii passed “An Act to Prevent the Spread of Leprosy” and effectively defined people diagnosed with leprosy as criminals. The State of Hawaii did not repeal the law until 1969.”
*2 The historian Carolyn Strange argues that the history of this island with its forced segregation, stigma and death contrasted with its present state as a tourist destination and as a sacred place for Christian pilgrimages which makes this island a symbol for human rights struggles and integration.
*2 By recognizing the issues and the rights of those who were cast as criminals for simply being ill with an infectious disease and segregated against their will, it can aid present society with the future handling of people with infectious diseases; a main theme when discussing the stigmas attached to Leprosy colonies.
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