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Weight Discrimination
The Damaging Potential of Weight Discrimination
The United States has always been plagued with discrimination and prejudice. The Democratic principles of our nation have not always protected those who did not fit into the norm. Racism and homophobia are typically what one thinks of when we think of discrimination; however, people who are overweight are ridiculed and discriminated in much more public and overt ways.
Weight Discrimination is learned just as is other forms of racism and homophobia. We, as a society, teach our children to dislike those who are not the ideal weight or color. People with weight problems cannot hide what causes them to be ridiculed. Unlike homosexuals, "All fat people are 'outed' by their appearance," (Coleman 202). Blatant and public assaults, both verbal and physical, are more accepted in cases of weight discrimination. Overweight people deal with overt discrimination on a daily basis. Children and adults judge the overweight with similar disgust.
Many overweight people refrain from normal daily activities. Thousands are afraid to eat and wear what they want in public, "(Coleman 203). Many people find it near impossible to loose significant weight. Heredity is a major cause of obesity, which makes loosing weight extremely hard. Another deterrent for physical exercise is the ridicule many overweight people receive when they are out in public exercising.
Many who suffer from weight issues play off their pain like the ridicule does not bother them, "Fat people aren't really jolly. Sometimes we act that way so that you will leave us alone," (Coleman 203). Weight discrimination is a learned process like all other forms of discrimination, showing that there is some hope if society realizes what it is doing to its own.
Works Cited
Coleman, Jennifer. "Discrimination at Large." Between Perception. You need to include your textbook's publication info and edition number here.
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