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The black community has an obesity epidemic. Something like half of black women and girls in the US are obese. Obesity causes premature puberty onset which in turn increases unplanned pregnancies. We need to stop circulating the horrible idea that fat is beautiful. It's unhealthy and stress-producing. As Shelby Steele notes, white people feel so guilty they have lost their moral confidence. It takes confidence to maintain a belief against obesity, and it's necessary.

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