Mar 25
I'm not sure if this is fatnoirism but I know a lot of fat Black people are seen as "funny"/unserious, like they're an acceptable target to make fun of. The internet loves memes of fat Black people! But then if fatphobia and antiblackness get brought up, it's somehow "less important".
this is fatnoirism.
fat black people are often the butt of jokes and used for entertainment, whether it's because of their blackness by nonblack audiences, fatness for black audiences, or a mixture of both.
look at media like Norbit or The Nutty Professor (both, coincidentally, having Eddie Murphy as the fat characters) fatness is seen as a joke or some sort of freak show wonder. but when it's called out, it's "not that deep" and we need to "take a joke".
