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Debunking the Racist Origins of "Fat is Bad": The Anti-Black Roots of Anti-Fatness
Manage episode 305129436 series 2823711
Da’Shaun Harrison defines anti-fatness and discusses how social constructions of health are rooted in anti-blackness that permeate throughout healthcare. They talk about the inequalities fat Black people face in medicine and how to debunk the social notion that fat is bad. Tune in to find out how constructions of health marginalize fat Black people.
Da’Shaun Harrison is a Black trans writer, abolitionist, and community organizer in Atlanta, GA. Harrison currently serves as the Managing Editor of Wear Your Voice Magazine, and is the author of “Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness.”
“I think that it's important to recognize the way that there's a crossroad at which fat and blackness produce anti-fatness as a coherent ideology through anti-blackness.”
Question of the Day: What are you doing in your everyday life to debunk “fat is bad?”
On this Episode you will Learn:
How Anti-Fatness Manifests in Our Society
Connection Between Fatphobia and Anti-Blackness
How Systemic Racism Influences Healthcare
How to Address Structural inequalities in Medicine
Connect with Yumlish!
Connect with Da’Shaun Harrison!
Key Points:
0:00 - Intro with Shireen!
1:25 - Why did you decide to start a career addressing the intersection of blackness, gender, and fatness?
2:50 - What is anti-fatness and how does it manifest in society?
4:35 - How are anti-fatness and fear of obesity rooted in anti-blackness?
6:00 - How can we apply the concept of intersectionality to fat black people?
8:50 - Can you give us an example of how health in particular has been constructed as the antithesis to blackness?
12:20 - If you could rewrite the definition of health, what would that look like?
13:30 - What are some ways anti-fatness influences the systemic racism black people experience within healthcare and medicine?
17:40 - What is being done today to address system racism and fatphobia?
19:44 - How can listeners connect with you and learn more about your work?
20:50- Outro with Shireen!dashaun
212 episodes
Manage episode 305129436 series 2823711
Da’Shaun Harrison defines anti-fatness and discusses how social constructions of health are rooted in anti-blackness that permeate throughout healthcare. They talk about the inequalities fat Black people face in medicine and how to debunk the social notion that fat is bad. Tune in to find out how constructions of health marginalize fat Black people.
Da’Shaun Harrison is a Black trans writer, abolitionist, and community organizer in Atlanta, GA. Harrison currently serves as the Managing Editor of Wear Your Voice Magazine, and is the author of “Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness.”
“I think that it's important to recognize the way that there's a crossroad at which fat and blackness produce anti-fatness as a coherent ideology through anti-blackness.”
Question of the Day: What are you doing in your everyday life to debunk “fat is bad?”
On this Episode you will Learn:
How Anti-Fatness Manifests in Our Society
Connection Between Fatphobia and Anti-Blackness
How Systemic Racism Influences Healthcare
How to Address Structural inequalities in Medicine
Connect with Yumlish!
Connect with Da’Shaun Harrison!
Key Points:
0:00 - Intro with Shireen!
1:25 - Why did you decide to start a career addressing the intersection of blackness, gender, and fatness?
2:50 - What is anti-fatness and how does it manifest in society?
4:35 - How are anti-fatness and fear of obesity rooted in anti-blackness?
6:00 - How can we apply the concept of intersectionality to fat black people?
8:50 - Can you give us an example of how health in particular has been constructed as the antithesis to blackness?
12:20 - If you could rewrite the definition of health, what would that look like?
13:30 - What are some ways anti-fatness influences the systemic racism black people experience within healthcare and medicine?
17:40 - What is being done today to address system racism and fatphobia?
19:44 - How can listeners connect with you and learn more about your work?
20:50- Outro with Shireen!dashaun
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