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Do you find people now to be more prejudice against color or bigger, obese people?

If everyone stays so prejudice against heavier people, how do we ever expect them to want to get out of the house join a gym and lose weight? The looks they receive and comments that are made in their direction when they come out of the house, makes them eat more? Because they become depressed. Just curious what do you honestly think?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    i used to be overweight and most of my family is too, it sucks, you hate yourself, and ppl hate you, it hurts and i developed an eating disorder because of it, yes obese ppl get discriminated against worse than anyone else

  • 1 decade ago

    I am going to say people are more openly discriminatory about obese people. I mean, people are discriminative of people based on their race but, it is also frowned upon in society mostly. There's more closet racist people more than anything. But, people are more openly willing to make fun of someone who is overweight because it's kind of, in a way, more acceptable in society. It isn't nice and it's very mean. Though, most obese people have a choice to eat properly and not overeat. Yes, it is an addiction but they can change it but they don't due to lack of drive or they're just lazy to do so. It's a repetitive cycle but people who are a different color don't have a choice since there's nothing they can do about their skin color; heavier people can motivate themselves to lose weight.

  • 1 decade ago

    Ppl can work on healthier food choices, smaller portions and getting more exercise. So, they can be less obese with a lot of hard work. Ppl cannot change their race. There is prejudice on the basis of skin color, ethnic background and weight. It's hard to say what is more common though ppl are more likely to openly make fun of obese ppl and less likely to openly make fun of someone's race.

    Source(s): Formerly obese person.
  • kymm r
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    one day whilst in a shopping centre this older woman(a grandmother) said as someone looked into the pram she was holding, yes i know i have a ching chong for a grandchild. The 4 people sitting near her were shocked all we saw was a sweet smiling little girl of about 6 months of age, the woman next to me said " she did not just say what i thought she did, did she?" I said "she did" so i made a stand and said " i don't think I want to sit next to someone like that" and the woman next to me said neither do I the woman who was looking into the pram looked at this woman in disgust and said "im so glad this woman is not my grandmother"

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