Plantation Food Will Kill More Black People This Year Than The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade - Why Are Plantation Negros Still Talking About Racism?

Lashana Johnson of Richmond, on the night before she undergoes gastric bypass surgery for "weight control". This surgery [Plantation MD Quackery] is the last resort for those with extreme health issues due to weight or extreme obesity. Because insurance is picking up many of the bills, this surgery is becoming more and more popular.
Below, Lashana wears an oxygen mask at night for sleep apnea, a disorder, due to her weight, which could cause her to stop breathing while sleeping. Chosen said...
"Imagine if all the time, money energy and talent invested in the National Association for the "Advancement" of COLORED People ... had been invested in a National Association For The Prevention of Obese Black People." - DV

Who, of 19th-20th cent. Black leaders and thinkers, could have predicted the rise of multinational corporations, and the rise and cooperation of the 'Big' food and medical industries? Esp. at a time when black folks were just trying to survive, and live with some decency and dignity? Many folks haven't begun to come to grips with the fact that they and their parents ran back to the plantation after 1954.

It seems that you may be operating with a definition of racism that doesn't account for its insidious presence and operation in the structures and institutions of U.S. society - which is what makes it as American as apple pie, not merely the fact that many Americans hold dear to racist attitudes (and obviously their apple pies!).

DV, you're certainly on point in the assertion that 'claiming racism' as a sole motivating factor is too simple a task. But it can be understood as a deeply embedded organizing principle.

Clearly from the map you put in the post above, poverty and geography have significant contributions towards peoples chances of becoming obese. Still, I think a glance to history will show us why southern states tend to be populated with the most obese folks, who are most likely the poorest folks, who are more likely to be black folks.

...OR why southern states tend to be more heavily populated with black folks, who are overwhelmingly likely to be poor folks, who are more likely to become obese ...depending on how you look at it.

The point is that:
"Plantation Negros defending themselves from Racism when they are being attacked by something all together different" ... is something of a false dichotomy.

happy healthy new year ya'll!