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Minorities Are Obese Because of.........................Racism
Posted on 9/24/14 at 5:10 pm
Posted on 9/24/14 at 5:10 pm
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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.
quote:
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.
“There are more subtle ways in conversations and interactions with others,” he said. “Although people don’t say explicitly ‘you are A, you are B,’ there are ways in which those messages are communicated,. It could be teachers. It could be your parents. It could be your friends.”
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Posted on 9/24/14 at 5:11 pm to Dire Wolf
Holy shite, that burger looks amazing.
Posted on 9/24/14 at 5:11 pm to Dire Wolf
quote:
Minorities Are Obese Because of.........................Racism
Well yeah
Posted on 9/24/14 at 5:12 pm to Dire Wolf
I hereby revoke my white privilege so that minorities may be healthy. Mea culpa, please forgive me, oh Lord.
This post was edited on 9/24/14 at 5:14 pm
Posted on 9/24/14 at 5:13 pm to SabiDojo
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Holy shite, that burger looks amazing.
Posted on 9/24/14 at 5:14 pm to burdman
I'm black and my daughter is obese...well, not really, I just named her O'Bese. Isn't it pretty?
Posted on 9/24/14 at 5:14 pm to Dire Wolf
Or maybe, just maybe, could it be because their culture leads to eating a lot of unhealthy food all the time?
Nah, can't be something that logical now could it. Clearly it's because of racism.
Nah, can't be something that logical now could it. Clearly it's because of racism.
Posted on 9/24/14 at 5:15 pm to Dire Wolf
quote:whoever thought up this one is a fricking genius
microaggressions
Posted on 9/24/14 at 5:15 pm to SabiDojo
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Holy shite, that burger looks amazing
It really does.
Posted on 9/24/14 at 5:15 pm to Dire Wolf
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racial microaggressions
eta; damn kafka beat me to it
This post was edited on 9/24/14 at 5:16 pm
Posted on 9/24/14 at 5:15 pm to lsunurse
You just proved that the study is correct. Now I want a pizza, and my French-American ethnicity blames you.
Posted on 9/24/14 at 5:16 pm to Dire Wolf
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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.
or believing stereotypes just shows they are more likely to make bad decisions/assumptions and eating is another sign of this behavior
Posted on 9/24/14 at 5:17 pm to Dire Wolf
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Luis M. Rivera is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark. He received a B.A. in mathematics from Bernard M. Baruch College of the City University of New York, and a Ph.D. in psychology with a specialization in experimental social psychology from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. His research focuses on the implicit social cognitive processes that underlie the expression of stereotyping and prejudice and how such processes affect stigmatized individuals’ self-concept and health. He is the chair of SPSSI’s Web Committee, and co-editor of a Journal of Social Issue (in development) on health disparities. He has (co)authored articles in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Journal of Social Issues, and Social Cognition.
Posted on 9/24/14 at 5:18 pm to SlowFlowPro
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or believing stereotypes just shows they are more likely to make bad decisions/assumptions and eating is another sign of this behavior
RACIST!
Posted on 9/24/14 at 5:19 pm to Dire Wolf
Maybe the ones that believe in the stereotypes are stupid. Stupid people make poor choices, such as eating shitty food.
Posted on 9/24/14 at 5:20 pm to deltaland
What do you mean by "stupid people"?
Posted on 9/24/14 at 5:21 pm to SlowFlowPro
Posted on 9/24/14 at 5:21 pm to Dire Wolf
quote:So this is a thing now?
microaggressions
Posted on 9/24/14 at 5:23 pm to Mud_Till_May
I don't believe the last one. Most people move closer to the Asian kid in class so they can cheat off them.
Posted on 9/24/14 at 5:24 pm to Dire Wolf
Anything wrong in anyone's life is the direct result of the straight white man being evil.
I thought this was common knowledge?
I thought this was common knowledge?
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