A study by Rutgers University – Newark claims that minorities are obese because racial microaggressions cause them to eat fast food and avoid exercise.
“When you are exposed to negative stereotypes, you may gravitate more toward unhealthy foods as opposed to healthy foods,†said Luis Rivera, the experimental social psychologist who conducted the study.
“You may have a less positive attitude toward watching your carbs or cutting back on fast food, and toward working out and exercising,†he explained.
Rivera said Hispanics who believed negative stereotypes about themselves were three times more likely to be overweight or obese — evidence that the obesity comes from believing the stereotypes.
I own a truck and a Jeep and lots of firearms so, of course, I am considered a dumb, lazy, possibly violent, redneck. Of course I go through the drive-thru instead of taking my chances of being judged in a real restaurant.
I’ve attached my photo to a letter thanking Professor Riviera thanking him for my new status. If you fit the above stereotype, you should too.
Pretty much the same, except that I avoid drive thrus – way too often they screw up my order. 🙂