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Inflicting white neuroses on nonwhite women
Los Angeles Times ^
| September 21, 2007
| Paul F. Campos
Posted on 09/21/2007 9:49:40 PM PDT by jwalburg
Americans are obsessed with fat because fatness has become a symbol for poverty, downward mobility, nonwhiteness and socially marginal status in general. Fear and hatred of fat has very little to do with the health risks associated with being "overweight" and "obese" (which are wholly imaginary and highly exaggerated
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fat; obesity; poverty; race; stigma; weight
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To: NucSubs
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09/24/2007 4:21:46 PM PDT
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jwalburg
(Knowledge is power. Power corrupts. What does that say about schools?)
To: FearlessFreep
I. AM. BLIND!!!!!!!!!!
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09/24/2007 4:31:26 PM PDT
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LibKill
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