Can anyone answer me this. I’ve literally just had a debate in regards to this topic.
why don’t Black women (doesn’t apply to this thread) embrace being thin? They act as if it is a put down as if everyone is going to be super curvy.
The majority of African-Americans are overweight, both men and women.
"Thinness" has been characterized and racialised for decades now - especially since Black women have been seen as "curvy" for several centuries. And I mean, "centuries."
There's a great book about fatphobia and its connection to African-Americans called "Fearing the Black Body."
Check it out.
And fitness culture in the Black community has also existed for decades - perhaps just not in your vantage point.