Post by Kiwi Frontline on Feb 1, 2019 16:33:03 GMT 12
IS 'FAT-SHAMING' RACIST ?
Research by Dr Isaac Warbrick from the Auckland University of Technology has found many weight loss-centred public healthcare initiatives frame Māori as unproductive.
Nationally almost one in three adults are obese, while among Māori, 47 percent of adults are obese, according to the New Zealand Health Survey 2017/18.
Fat was also a racism issue, he noted.
"Just as sexism-related stigma is compounded by weight anxiety, racism toward Māori is compounded by fat-shaming," Mr Warbrick said.
"Long before we reached the current alarming level of obesity, Māori were stigmatised, like many other colonised peoples, because of the colour of their skin, their beliefs and culture.
The paper examines perceptions of weight and racism towards Māori, New Zealand's policy and practice regarding weight, and proposed indigenous solutions.
"We need indigenous-led solutions informed by indigenous knowledge.".....
www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/2018680344/is-fat-shaming-racist
HEALTH SECTOR 'INHERENTLY RACIST' TO MĀORI SAYS CANCER SURVIVOR
A Māori cancer survivor claims the health sector is inherently racist towards Māori patients and is calling for a change in workforce cultural competency to save more lives.
"It's inherently racist, it's designed for a non-Māori audience, it was designed for a non-Māori patient so the big ticket item for us, for me in particular, is workforce cultural competency."
"It's unconscious bias. So it's about when a GP is presented with a Pākeha or a Māori to be considering the inequity by making the Māori patient wait an extra month to be seen, it's as simple as that.".......
www.maoritelevision.com/news/regional/health-sector-inherently-racist-maori-says-cancer-survivor
Research by Dr Isaac Warbrick from the Auckland University of Technology has found many weight loss-centred public healthcare initiatives frame Māori as unproductive.
Nationally almost one in three adults are obese, while among Māori, 47 percent of adults are obese, according to the New Zealand Health Survey 2017/18.
Fat was also a racism issue, he noted.
"Just as sexism-related stigma is compounded by weight anxiety, racism toward Māori is compounded by fat-shaming," Mr Warbrick said.
"Long before we reached the current alarming level of obesity, Māori were stigmatised, like many other colonised peoples, because of the colour of their skin, their beliefs and culture.
The paper examines perceptions of weight and racism towards Māori, New Zealand's policy and practice regarding weight, and proposed indigenous solutions.
"We need indigenous-led solutions informed by indigenous knowledge.".....
www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/2018680344/is-fat-shaming-racist
HEALTH SECTOR 'INHERENTLY RACIST' TO MĀORI SAYS CANCER SURVIVOR
A Māori cancer survivor claims the health sector is inherently racist towards Māori patients and is calling for a change in workforce cultural competency to save more lives.
"It's inherently racist, it's designed for a non-Māori audience, it was designed for a non-Māori patient so the big ticket item for us, for me in particular, is workforce cultural competency."
"It's unconscious bias. So it's about when a GP is presented with a Pākeha or a Māori to be considering the inequity by making the Māori patient wait an extra month to be seen, it's as simple as that.".......
www.maoritelevision.com/news/regional/health-sector-inherently-racist-maori-says-cancer-survivor