Thread by @DrIbram

I invite you, Bryan, to read this study @Cell_Metabolism by experts Sara N. Bleich and @drard who found “structural racism is a common root cause for COVI9-19 and/or obesity among communities of color.” 1/4
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https://twitter.com/BryanDeanWright/status/1388960710852366336

I will give you the benefit of the doubt that you are misinformed, and you are not one of those propagandists trotting out the obesity argument to blame Black people for higher COVID infection and death rates. 2/4

These are propagandists who know this argument resonates in our fatphobic nation where people look upon obese people—especially obese Black people—as irresponsible, lazy and undisciplined. 3/4

Propagandists point to obese people dying at higher rates from COVID-19. They point to higher Black obesity rates. They hope people will make the correlation or causation; ignorant of, or dismissing the experts who study racism, obesity, and COVID-19. 4/4
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…