The Washington Post conducted an interesting report on black and white women who have heavier bodies and how they felt about the weight with respect to race. The poll showed that:
Although black women are heavier than their white counterparts, they report having appreciably higher levels of self-esteem. Although 41 percent of average-sized or thin white women report having high self-esteem, that figure was 66 percent among black women considered by government standards to be overweight or obese.
Interesting study right? Do you think the media has portrayed what black and white women should look like, making them more comfortable with the different body types they have? Personal trainer Joseph Neil had this to say about the workout regimens of both types of women.
Neil’s clients, white women “are self-conscious about the numbers. They say I want to weigh 110, 115, 120.” Black women, who always say they want to keep their curves, “give me sizes — 6, 8, 10, 12.”
“White women are not coming to a trainer saying I want to be a 12. Every white woman who wants to work out and train wants to be petite, petite, no curves, no hips, no butt, nothing, just toned,” he says.
Thoughts?
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this is obvious news.
it’s both good and bad.
there’s nothing good about being unhealthy
be it too thin or wide as all outside
yall can let them white folks tell yall it’s cute to be a big old fat mammy with high blood pressure and diabetes if you want to. Your big ass will be stuck on a dialysis machine while they are busy enjoy their lives.
Sometimes these Body Mass Indexes are wrong. Like they say me being 6ft and 207 lbs is over weight.. In reality I go to the gym twice a day and that extra weight is muscles. Black women have the biggest bone structure out of all the races, plus a bigger buttox so their weight will naturally be a little heavier. FYI I dont think a little extra pounds on the bum is unhealthy. Mostly extra weight around the waste is the unhealthiest.
BMI is only accurate about 80% of the time. It’s not accurate for bodybuilders/weight lifters.
The biggest bone structure? Please explain what this actually means. Particularly the word “biggest.” Are you talking about bone density? Bone length? Bone diameter? Circumference? Are there links to scientific evidence where you learned this? And is there any relationship to the economic status of these women? I’m just curious.
by biggest bone structure he’s probably talking about bone density. black people in general tend to have more dense bone.
more dense bone correlates to having comparatively denser muscle (this is why weight lifting is recommended to post-menopausal women who are losing bone density).
more dense bone and more dense muscle is one of the reasons black people struggle as elite swimmers (in general). black people are more dense (per displaced volume of water) so it’s harder for black people to float/tread water. this disparity means black people expend more energy staying afloat – which makes swimming a less efficient task.
the same disparities in density is what make black people more explosive (in general) in athletics – more fast twitch muscle, and denser bone (and connective tissues) to withstand torsional and shearing stressors.
re: links? there are tons. you’re asking a rhetorical question. you could have just googled it.
Maybe for males but not for females. I’ve never had a problem swimming and males lift weights more than the females. BW don’t have much muscle mass. I know any muscle I have, I worked REALLY hard to get it.
Tina, you gotta read better, love.
black people struggle as ELITE SWIMMERS. Like Michael Phelps – Olympic class swimmers. Not swimming in general – although any swimming teacher will tell you that it’s harder to teach black people to swim for this exact reason (two students – same size – the black struggles to “float” relative to the white counterpart).
and this is not just for males – it’s for females as well.
here’s a nice easy graph to understand. dense bone is part of the reason we’re better athletes in general – we’re better built for physical shit. NOTE the difference is seen even in children and YES IN GIRLS.
http://depts.washington.edu/bonebio/bonAbout/race.html
BW don’t have the biggest bone structure naturally. Women in my mom’s generation were mostly dainty and small. BW are carrying more weight on their bones but they are not naturally large. They are eating their way to being large and not exercising.
Did not need a report for that….agree with above, good and bad.
Aye yo, where did you find that pic of my baby moms b? Bahahahahahaha
women want to look good to their counterparts bottom line. Black men like curves and ass (for the most part) so Black women, in turn, don’t mind a little more poundage for the pounding especially in the booty
White men tend to go for petite women (with ample up top) and nothing anywhere else… so there you have it.
Bitch Please, wtf are you a spokesperson for white guys worldwide? Fuck out of here with this petite bullshit. We like em thick and curvy muthafucka.
White boy, dont ever call a black women a “bitch”. We all know that in general white folks love skinny chicks.. just look at the fashion models.
Yo b stfu about “dont ever call a black women a “bitch”.” How about you go and preach that shit in your community to your brothers who do it more often than anyone else. Plus, how are you going to make an assertion based on fashion industry? What a poor hypothesis. Everyone has their own taste. There is no general proclamation for males in different ethnic group to only go for a specific type.
You sound ridiculous, not sure why I’m even validating you with a response… but just as I don’t speak for an entire gender, neither do you. This was just an opinion, my .02 (see what I did there?), no need to get all bent out of shape “muthafucka”.
Well, I say black women should focus on being fit and just doing more squats to keep the but firm and pronounced. They need to be toned everywhere else. This is the best look, not fat and flabby. I’ve never had much of a butt, but when I started working out and doing by total body workouts, my butt is high, round and firm and most men (regardless of race) find it attractive. I couldn’t have achieved this if I didn’t work out on the regular.
I wanna first off by saying that I LOVE a thick or big girl. So with that being said, this is obvious news, trust me. Every time I come from ANYWHERE down south, ALL you see is MOSTLY thick or big women. It’s just the norm down there, and should be accepted no matter where you go.
-@DiddyofPR
More Happier though? c’mon son. . . Grammargirl.com
There’s happy black women?
Duuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhh
this is an awful picture and representation
I agree
This pic is the classic fat black bitch. Go to Newark go to bk, go to bx, go to Harlem. This is a carbon copy of the classic fat black girl. Extra sass and no class! Hollllllllllla!!!! While “smh”
eww
And their men like it also
black women who are reading this:
I like having sex with women who have better self esteem (black women have the best self esteem by far) because that makes the sex so much better. but having to settle down with a woman means i want to do so with a woman with healthy eating/working out habits AND dimensions.
see, what i did there? that “thick” shit will get you a dude but might not keep you a dude.