Since Everyone's Talking About the Black Fat Fokes...
I guess I'll speak as a Black fat woman. Lately, there have been several blogs and articles wondering how and why Black women love themselves as they are. Why do we embrace our curves and rolls? Why do we seem okay with our big asses and bellies? It seems as if everyone wonders why we like the bodies we have, but don't want to change them. The articles don't ever really deal with the actual problems in our community. We get harped on for being big even though we have rampant diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol and cancer in our neighborhoods. The outsiders and analysts assume that jacked up health conditions should serve as a catalyst for change. But has it ever dawned on anyone that there's a reason why fearmongering hasn't worked? Does anyone ever ask themselves "why aren't a lot of Black people able to eat better food or take better care of their health"? NO! Because those types of articles don't get readers. Not as...