How racism plays a role in body standards
From Body Mass Index to our nation's obsession with slenderness, our ideals of the ultimate body at its very core is racialized and racist.
There’s a lot of focus in this country on body size — whether it’s on Instagram, in advertisements or in Hollywood.
And there’s also growing awareness of the harm caused by our nation’s obsession with slenderness. New scholarship is underscoring the racist origins of some of these unrealistic ideals.
Writer Carvell about the different ways his Black body has stood in the way of his happiness.
