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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Is Race A Factor In Obesity Counseling? Is Water Wet?

Study shows trend of both white AND black doctors avoiding the topic of weight with obese Black patients.....

by Erika Nicole Kendall

tagged: bedside manner, butter, carrots, class, crushed red pepper, doctors, garlic, health care, johns hopkins, pinto beans, race, spinach, squash, tomato

Thursday, March 7, 2013

“Working Out Is For White People”

Apparently, "healthy eating and exercise" is a "whites only affair."...

by Erika Nicole Kendall

tagged: assimilation, being black, being white, blackness, crabs in a barrel, diabetes, exercise, Healthy Eating, heart disease, high blood pressures, metabolic syndrome, race, stroke

Thursday, February 14, 2013

A Follow Up To Sexual Harassment, Sexual Assault & Weight Gain: Outside Perspective

A white man's perspective of street harassment and interactions between men and women of color....

by Erika Nicole Kendall

tagged: blackness, race, relationships, sex, sexual harassment, street harassment

Thursday, January 17, 2013

Blogging While Black: On Having An Accidentally Controversial Blog Title

A minor rant about the "A White Girl's Guide To Weight Loss" comments I'm getting......

by Erika Nicole Kendall

tagged: AOL, blogging, culture, fitness, huffington post, race, racism, relationships

Thursday, October 4, 2012

“Black Women Are Too Fat To Have Eating Disorders!”

My thoughts on "Blacks With Bulimia: Hiding In Plain Sight" from The Root....

by Erika Nicole Kendall

tagged: anorexia, anorexia nervosa, binge eating, black girls, bulimia, culture, disordered eating, eating disorders, fat shaming, peer pressure, purging, race, society

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Psychology Today Apologizes For Racist “Study”

The editor-in-chief apologizes. But is that enough?...

by Erika Nicole Kendall

tagged: blackness, psychology today, race, racism, satoshi kanazawa

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Ham Hocks, Pig’s Feet & Chitlins: Offal And The Scraps

On the history of "scraps" in Black cuisine, and why we should embrace it more now....

by Erika Nicole Kendall

tagged: black cuisine, black history, blackness, chicken feet, cuisine, culture, hog maws, pig's feet, pork, race, slave food, slaves, soul food, tripe

Thursday, August 18, 2011

“Food Is Not Just Food In The Black Community”

"Food speaks to nationalities, cultural roots and family traditions as much as anything..."...

by Erika Nicole Kendall

tagged: blackness, community, culture, race, society

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- Vegan
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- Beef