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This 4 page paper discusses the prejudice that obese people face, including discrimination in jobs, and psychological effects of discrimination. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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African-Americans, Jews, Hispanics, Italians, Germans or other groups (at least not in public), there seems to be no hesitation on the part of most people to tease or denigrate those
who are overweight. This paper argues that the obese are the victims of discrimination; it also discusses the ways in which prejudice against overweight people pervades society and even the
workplace. Discussion A moving editorial by two obese people tells of the difficulties they face each day, saying that they are routinely "denied a place at the table, both literally
and figuratively" (Hale-Evans and McGhee, 1999, p. 91). Overweight people are told "we cant eat what we want, that we must be eating more than we need, that we are
entitled to only the most minimally adequate meals" (Hale-Evans and McGhee, 1999, p. 91). Family members harass and ridicule the obese, while perfect strangers feel free to criticize their choices
in the grocery store (Hale-Evans and McGhee, 1999). Sometimes the comments are deliberately cruel and mean-spirited and sometimes they are supposedly kind, but they always hurt, and the "message"
is always the same: Fat people are different, and "dont belong at the table with everyone else. And the only way to atone for the sin of being fat is
to get thin, by whatever means necessary" (Hale-Evans and McGhee, 1999, p. 91). The authors argue that overweight people are stereotyped; and are considered "fair game" by the media (Hale-Evans
and McGhee, 1999). The overweight can be legally discriminated against "in 49 US states and virtually every country" (Hale-Evans and McGhee, 1999, p. 91). Public accommodations, ranging from airplane seats
to theater seats to "essential medical equipment" often cannot be used by the obese; while not being able to sit comfortably may be embarrassing, not being able to use medical
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