JustGeorgia
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Morning All,
I generally keep to myself and just lurk about but today I just can't do that. I need some input on an uncomfortable event that occured in a college class I'm currently taking.
It's a nutrition class and I've already been in situations this semester where I've been uncomfortable with my instructor's negitive comments on obesity. However I felt this was probably just an internal thing that I was processing, being a large person.
However, to get the point of the current matter, we've begun a chapter on weight and nutrition. The instructor asks some initial questions of the class reguarding their perceptions of themselves, do you think you're fat?- Are you happy with your body?, ect, ect. Fine, that makes me uncomfortable, again, but there is nothing really said that is outwardly insensitive of large people.
Then she goes on to talk about how when the media reports a story on obesity that they always show a, 'fat,' person at belly level walking with the fat jiggling. Facially expressing that this was grotesque to her. Then going on to say she has no desire to watch a fat person walk with their bodies jiggling, especially from the back and ended her rant with a Yuck,! and more facial grimacing.
Needless to say I was mortified and so angry I couldn't see straight. I thought about leaving the class but thought I would be percieved as just being an angry large person and being spoken of negitively within my group of fellow students. Again that totally being an internal thing.
I guess what I'm getting to is what exactly should I do? In all honesty it's a discriminatory remark in my book. If she had made that sort of remark about people of different color/race, nationality or disability then all Hell would break loose if that was reported back to the administration. Yet it's perfectely acceptable, apparently, for her to make those comments about large people. I plan to contact her about how I feel and go from there. I couldn't bring myself to speak to her after class because I was so upset by that point and any communication with her would have been just me spewing my anger at her ignorance and that would have accomplished nothing.
Obviously schools are very cautious about discrimination because we are a very ligatious society and I could go above her, however, I don't know if that's entirely fair either, though part of me wants to go- Examples need to be set that it's not right to discriminate against *anyone.* So what to do- That's where I bring this all to you. I'd appreciate some additional opinions. Maybe I'm just blowing this way out of portportion?
Thanks for reading this- I do feel it's important,
Georgia
I generally keep to myself and just lurk about but today I just can't do that. I need some input on an uncomfortable event that occured in a college class I'm currently taking.
It's a nutrition class and I've already been in situations this semester where I've been uncomfortable with my instructor's negitive comments on obesity. However I felt this was probably just an internal thing that I was processing, being a large person.
However, to get the point of the current matter, we've begun a chapter on weight and nutrition. The instructor asks some initial questions of the class reguarding their perceptions of themselves, do you think you're fat?- Are you happy with your body?, ect, ect. Fine, that makes me uncomfortable, again, but there is nothing really said that is outwardly insensitive of large people.
Then she goes on to talk about how when the media reports a story on obesity that they always show a, 'fat,' person at belly level walking with the fat jiggling. Facially expressing that this was grotesque to her. Then going on to say she has no desire to watch a fat person walk with their bodies jiggling, especially from the back and ended her rant with a Yuck,! and more facial grimacing.
Needless to say I was mortified and so angry I couldn't see straight. I thought about leaving the class but thought I would be percieved as just being an angry large person and being spoken of negitively within my group of fellow students. Again that totally being an internal thing.
I guess what I'm getting to is what exactly should I do? In all honesty it's a discriminatory remark in my book. If she had made that sort of remark about people of different color/race, nationality or disability then all Hell would break loose if that was reported back to the administration. Yet it's perfectely acceptable, apparently, for her to make those comments about large people. I plan to contact her about how I feel and go from there. I couldn't bring myself to speak to her after class because I was so upset by that point and any communication with her would have been just me spewing my anger at her ignorance and that would have accomplished nothing.
Obviously schools are very cautious about discrimination because we are a very ligatious society and I could go above her, however, I don't know if that's entirely fair either, though part of me wants to go- Examples need to be set that it's not right to discriminate against *anyone.* So what to do- That's where I bring this all to you. I'd appreciate some additional opinions. Maybe I'm just blowing this way out of portportion?
Thanks for reading this- I do feel it's important,
Georgia
