Posted on 09/08/2014 11:10:02 PM PDT by Steelfish
SEPTEMBER 8, 2014 Psychologist: Minorities Are Obese Because of Racism Are racial microaggressions making you fat? One professor at an N.J. public university thinks so. By Katherine Timpf
A study by Rutgers University Newark claims that minorities are obese because racial microaggressions cause them to eat fast food and avoid exercise.
When you are exposed to negative stereotypes, you may gravitate more toward unhealthy foods as opposed to healthy foods, said Luis Rivera, the experimental social psychologist who conducted the study.
You may have a less positive attitude toward watching your carbs or cutting back on fast food, and toward working out and exercising, he explained.
Rivera said Hispanics who believed negative stereotypes about themselves were three times more likely to be overweight or obese evidence that the obesity comes from believing the stereotypes.
He said that these stereotypes were spread not only through the mass media, but also subconsciously through seemingly harmless social interactions, including so-called microaggressions.
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How come all the best basketballers are tall strong black men then? Maybe it’s because they got of their backsides and exercise!
Orientals are obese?
Uh, excuse me, but isn't this stereotyping, and isn't stereotyping "bad"???
George Bush changed the climate because he didn't like black people.
They also don’t go to national parks because of racism:
National Parks, the new “Racism”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2318352/posts
Yosemite seeks a more diverse visitor base
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2800312/posts
Of course it’s all about Whites being racist...so sick of this.
To the headline: WTF?
“Racial microaggressions?” When I read that, I stopped reading. The Rutgers University researcher as part of his research must have eaten magic mushrooms to hallucinate racial microaggressions in the form of little green elves holding race cards.
At least they put the “Newark” qualifier on Rutgers.
They’ll stop eating at fast food restaurants when the employees make 15 bucks an hour. They won’t be able to afford it and will become triathletes.
The so called professor is looking for relevancy in a shallow pool of stupidity.
Seems like he wasted good money getting his pedigree.
That’s why there’re no fat white people.
And white women curl and color their hair because? (Because women are never satisfied)
Well, no racism, no liberal white guilt.
No liberal white guilt, no EBT and Welfare.
No welfare, folks would have to work or go hungry.
Not saying everyone would end up skinny, but mebbe a few more.
No national parks, but somehow they make it to the casinos on the Indian reservations.
Minorities are obese because they eat a lot of junk food and sit around watching daytime TV.
yeah right.... and I bet the US govt paid for that ‘research’
You forgot Republicans and those evil rich white people.
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