An upcoming class at the University of Maryland will ask students to examine how “fatness” relates to “blackness” and is a “social justice issue.”
“Introduction to Fat Studies: Fatness, Blackness, and Their Intersections” is is being offered It is a general education course for students in the spring semester. According to the university’s website, this 3-credit course satisfies the university’s distributed or diversity studies program requirements for graduation.
The course description states: “Examining obesity as a space of human difference under privilege and discrimination that intersects with other systems of oppression based on gender, race, class, sexual orientation, and ability.”
“Although we view obesity as an intersection, But this course will specifically emphasize the relationship between fatness and blackness,” the description continues. “We approach this field of study through an interdisciplinary humanities and social science lens that focuses on obesity as a social justice issue. Ending with an examination of fat liberation as a way to liberate the entire body, with a particular focus on performing arts and movement. as a path to liberation and challenge Fatmisia.”
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The University of Maryland is offering a “Fat Studies” program to students this semester. (Istock)
The course is taught by Sydney Lewis, a senior lecturer in the university’s Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. university bio–
All 20 seats in the class were filled. There are eight students on the waiting list.
The course has drawn criticism from a retired professor at a nearby university. Richard Vatz, professor emeritus from Towson University, scoffs at the idea that it prepares students for the real world. By expressing your opinion national news desk–
“I don’t think that if you went to a job interview and the interviewer asked, ‘What have you been doing lately?’ and the accused said, ‘I’m studying fat. But it’s the intersection between blackness and fatness’ that will put you in a position to get a lot of work. So the benefits of this and The job market is a bit questionable,” Vatz said.
“I have to be honest with you, this is a ridiculous, laughable topic,” he continued.
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The University of Maryland curriculum claims that “fatness” and “blackness” intersect and can be viewed through a social justice lens. (Istock)
Fox News Digital has reached out to the University of Maryland and Lewis for comment.
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during the summer Brown University offers a pre-school summer course on the topic: “Politics of Obesity” by giving students the opportunity to explore “How does fatphobia intersect with other systems of oppression?”
