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Old 11-22-2003, 10:57 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Re: Fat people-a racial group.

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Originally posted by Holo
I submit this qualifies fat people as a race, since they can't lose weight by wishing for it any more than a black man can be white at will. Even if they went on a diet right now it would be months before they would be the accepted norm body mass... ...A yuppie can grow his hair and a hippie can cut his and wear a suit, but a fat person cannot be thin in an afternoon just as a colored person can't be white.
The difference is, a black man could not, if he wanted to, exercise and eat right in order to become a white man. He was born black, and should be proud of being black. Just because it is difficult to lose weight it does not mean that you are a separate race, although there are people that are born to be fat- genetic glandular imbalance, very slow metabolisim etc. However, this is a very small portion of obese men and women- the majority merely eat double or more of the calories they need to live healthy. The distinction between race and condition is clear.
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