Black Folk Don't: Have Eating Disorders

What is the danger in assuming that black folk don't have issues with their body? What happens when there is no room for discussion for black folk to discuss eating disorders? Or maybe black folk don't actually have any eating disorders? Where does stereotype end and truth begin?

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[KahL1One]

With Black folks, eating disorders are the complete opposite. Instead of not eating enough and vomiting, it's a case of either eating too much or eating poorly on a regular basis.

It's just as bad and serves to be worse. Unfortunately it's difficult to de-program toward healthier diets that consist of better foods.

It also gets worse when deniability comes into play. Curvy is very different from being fat and in the Black community it's encourages to make the terms interchangeable.

[Becky Henry]

Thank you all for making this important video! It's so sad to see the misconceptions and lack of awareness. No one can tell if someone has an eating disorder by looking at them. It blows me away that many folks think that all people with anorexia are stick thin - that simply isn't true. I hope your next video will mention Binge Eating Disorder which is affecting many more people than anorexia does. People need to get treatment - including black people. Thank you for raising awareness.

[wcthblue]

If you took their non-working asses off the food stamp program they'd have an eating disorder.

[kkid28]

Black people don't get EDs is the same as saying black people are wife beating & drug dealing murderers. Clearly all races fit into all brackets. I'm black & I've had Anorexia since I was 17 & not the kind you assign to yourself by self diagnosis. I've been clinically diagnosed, been in treatment since 17 & I'm now 23. I've seen a number of black boys & girls with Anorexia at my ED clinic. 98% of my school friends were black so I didn't "catch" it from white people as some people sadly imagine.

[thewatcher33]

In the Black Community Obesity is very high and that is a major issue in terms of our health and mental wellness...

[j00niper]

i'm trying my best not become annoyed and angry at the ignorant responses i'm seeing in this video. obviously there are still many AAs that don't really understand eating disorders so the question needed to be asked and this video needed to be made. next step is to educate people on eating disorders and dispel the myths surrounding eating disorders and AAs.

[bkipru20]

EATING TO MUCH IS EATING DISORDER. BEING OBESE IS AN EATING DISORDER EATING JUNK FOOD AND A POOR DIET IS AN EATING DISORDER,

BLACKS ARE 1.4x MORE LIKELY TO BE OBESE.

[withlovejea]

This is such an amazing series!

[Traveling Nubian]

I dont think you understand the concepts of these video. They are meant to discuss stereotypical issues amongst the black community. These are issue that the black community has shun away from and need to be discussed. If you dont like that then dont watch and please dont add your negativity to such a beautiful series. Thanks

[KiaraLovesYuu]

This is so fucking stupid! I just remembered that we're all fucking human and you can have a eating disorder no matter what your skin color is!!

[wataki2]

I just don't like when obese chicks claim to be thick or curvy.

[wataki2]

Amen!