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This opinion piece sounded like sour grapes to me. I got the idea the author is ticked off that all her organic eating and yoga practicing isn’t getting her any cat calls on the street.
Black and Latino men like big butts – that’s no secret. But, generally speaking, they like their large assed ladies to have a slim waist, a lack of cellulite and nice teeth and skin - it’s not like the truly obese and sickly are celebrated within the black community. Very much the opposite – fat black woman are ridiculed inside their own community (Eddie Murphy in drag anyone?) as well as from the outside (see this article and its supportive responses).
