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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Wardaddy, I always learn something from your posts. Well, maybe not always but most of the time.
Never knew about vaginal canal length and protection of the baby. Is that true? Who has them?
Actually, I'm 49. 100 years ago, some extra weight was called 'looking prosperous', and it was considered desirable. After all, it was the wealthy that looked like that.
However, carried to excess, it was always considered ugly...and many of the people waddling our streets and riding in carts inside Wal-Mart would have once been considered freaks from a carnival show.
Fatness is NOT considered a pariah - can't be, since it is more common than thinness.
lol
“Negroid” raced women....narrower birth canal aa well.
i reckon to protect baby from environmentla concerns
God’s way
Thus, paying someone to give them a fat lip. ;)
Who really gives a damn what other people think. People can be thin when they're dead. Screw the conformist society.
Got to wonder if Rush has a low self-esteem and self control? Does his weight make him a loser? I think not. He's probably more motivated than a hundred skinny people and he's got the money to prove it.
The only thing I can figure is that obesity among African-American men must be close to zero.
Well, maybe it depends on where you are. You don’t see the same crowd at a trendy martini bar as you do a walmart or all-you-can-eat buffet.
Perhaps it’s to accomodate...oh, nevermind, I won’t go there.
why is the truth racist?
I get tired of seeing whites act all Oprah or ghetto
on the other hand I like blacks who act "white"
having a negative opinion about a "group" is not racist ...at least not to me if it reflects the reality
JC and I are friends. I was just kidding.
i shoulda known that...i knew you to be a sympathetic sort dear
my bad
;>)
I get tired of seeing whites act all Oprah or ghetto
...is funny, seeing as Oprah pretends to be white. (According to 50 Cent!)
I think they do actually aim for a 12-year-old reading level.
I wondered that, too. Makes no sense. Imaginary? No.
It’s Wal-Mart’s fault?
Actually, I’ve heard they shoot for seventh grade level. That’s fairly close. Of course that’s just the reading level. The material can be more advanced than that. Often today, it’s just insulting to read what they put out.
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