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Podcast: Black History Year
Episode: To Be Fat, Black, and Ugly In America with Da'Shaun Harrison
Description: Today's History Story: Our Hatred Of Fat Is Actually Anti-BlackIn many ways, the health and wellness industry is killing Black people. For our audacity to exist with melanated skin, we’ve historically endured subjugation, political and economic disenfranchisement, and centuries-long death. And it hasn’t stopped yet.We’ll talk about it with today’s guest, Da’Shaun L. Harrison. Da’Shaun is a self-described Black, fat, trans, disabled, queer abolitionist, community organizer, writer, and editor at Scalawag magazine.Their award-winning book, Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness, explores des...