At a time when overt bias is frowned upon, fat people continue to bear the brunt of a proud and righteous kind of prejudice, whether it be under the banner of healthism, ableism, racism, or classism. Whatever its roots, anti-fat bias is only increasing over time, despite a growing body of evidence illustrating the substantial harm it can cause. But instead of confronting our own biases, even when faced by a mountain of evidence to the contrary, we choose to reaffirm them. When we see fat people, we loose all those biases on their bodies and their character. And in the war on childhood obesity,
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