[JessicaJ]

Yes, African-Americans can sunburn. I’m black, and because I’m also somewhat fair-skinned, I don’t tan well, I burn, and it looks just like when white people get sunburn…red and maybe blistery, then possible peeling and maybe concluding in a tan. The black people I know who are a good amount darker than I am tend to tan rather than burn, and all it means is that they get darker in complexion on exposed skin, just like white people. But as an aside, even darker-skinned African-Americans have to worry about the dangers of the sun. I have relatives who are brown skinned who have fought skin cancer due to a mixture of genetics and sun exposure.

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Name : JessicaJ, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Christian, Age : 20, City : Columbus, State : OH, Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Education level : 2 Years of College, 

[JessicaJ]

It is true that not all obese people have medical issues that lead to obesity, but SOME do. I have been physically active throughout my life, and I ate no more or worse than the average person, but the weight kept piling on over time. I had been put on diets since I was eight years old (although I wasn’t obese back then, just slightly pudgy), and while I’m a disciplined person, the diets only screwed with my metabolism and I became significantly overweight. It was frustrating b/c despite my efforts, I knew something had to be wrong, but doctor after doctor would just assume I was lazy and had bad eating habits and say “you need to lose weight” with no plan in place on how exactly to do that. It wasn’t until a couple of years ago when I found out from my doctor that I have Poly

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Name : JessicaJ, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Christian, Age : 20, City : Columbus, State : OH, Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Education level : 2 Years of College, 

[JessicaJ]

It’s easy to pass judgment on parents of obese kids when you haven’t been there yourself. Obesity is not as easy to solve as you think. I was once an overweight kid, and my parents (especially my dad) harped on me about my weight constantly. I was always told I needed to lose weight…mostly for health, as well as to become “prettier.” I was always on diets, my food intake was always monitored, I was pushed into the gym, and I was expected to participate in martial arts and sports (where coaches often discriminate against fat kids b/c of their size anyway). By the time I was eighteen, my metabolism was screwed up and so was my self-image. And it took nearly ten years to try to fix a childhood of parents “helping kids take responsibility” as you call it. I ended up finding out

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Name : JessicaJ, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Christian, Age : 20, City : Columbus, State : OH, Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Education level : 2 Years of College, 

[JessicaJ]

Just like people can’t assume that all whites are racist, you can’t assume that every black person in a menial job is trying to execute “payback” on white people. It sounds like you’re projecting your insecurities as a white person uneasy with blacks (with this notion of reverse racism) on the very group that you feel uneasy with. Chances are, many of these same employees treat black customers just as rudely, but you see what you want to see. I’ve been on the receiving end of negative treatment by various establishments from black employees (and I’m black). I’ve also experienced negative treatment by white employees in menial jobs. Does that mean that every white person who is rude to me is racist and upset that they have to serve black people? Not necessarily. Maybe, regardle

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[JessicaJ]

Ric, I think that you’re missing the fact that not everyone is afforded the same opportunities and the same quality of education. Not every school is going to teach a child proper English. Many schools, especially inner city and rural schools, are underfunded and have faculty that do not perform their jobs and teach the students what they need to know to succeed. How is that a person’s fault if they were raised by parents who also didn’t know much better and taught by inferior schools, therefore not having experience with proper English? That isn’t laziness, that’s lack of opportunity. BTW – French and Italian, as well as Spanish, were ‘vernacular’ or local languages, not seen on par with Latin. This occurred in the medieval and modern Church up until a few decades ago, and also in the study and classification of medicine and the sciences. That isn’t ‘off the Internet.’ This is told by the very linguists and historians you assume would laugh someone who said this ‘out of the room.’ You might want to consider going back to college.

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