Unpacking the racist roots of fat phobia and diet culture
Unpacking the racist roots of fat phobia and diet culture

When it comes to diet culture, not all bodies — and races — are treated equally.In fact, because of the racist origins of fat phobia, Black men and women have been at a disadvantage for centuries.Sabrina Strings, the author of “Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia,” explains that scientists in the late 1900s….concluded health disparities among groups were “the result of cultural deficits within those racial ethnic minority groups”.Rather than coming up with less biased measurements or even recognizing the bias within the research being conducted...most doctors and health experts continue to subscribe to the notion that Black peoples’ health problems are caused by obesity.According to Chrissy King, creator of the #BodyLiberationProject, implicit bias also plays a role in how Black people are treated