The discrimination brought forth to obese and overwheight Americans.

Date Submitted: 11/30/2004 22:16:15
Category: / Social Sciences
Length: 2 pages (440 words)
Fat discrimination I think fat people are one of the largest groups that suffer from invisible discrimination. And since I am a certified, card carrying member, I am allowed to have made that pun. Seriously, TV commercials have to be among the worst offenders. Ever notice how often the character of scorn or the brunt of the joke is a fat person? For example, there is a Honda SUV commercial that extols the virtues of …
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…fat because of medical or environmental factors. Some causes include metabolic or psychological issues, work environment, hereditary bias, cultural factors, the barrage of advertising by giant food conglomerates, and stupid dietary guidelines that make it all to easy to gain weight while being deluded that one is eating "properly." Our society is making progress in learning tolerance in many areas. I look forward to the day when a person's weight is one of these areas.
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