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A Part Time Indian Essay

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In the book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, it talks about how Junior’s girlfriend Penelope has bulimia an eating disorder. The book said Penelope says she’s bulimic with her head held high. It has though being bulimic gives her a sense of achievement. The book makes you think that Penelope is honored to be bulimic. Then Junior said there are anorexics that are proud to be skinny and starved freaks (Alexie & Forney, 2007, p.107). With that being said, the issue being looked at for this paper is eating disorders among women of different human races. There are many differences and similarities between races, one of which includes the way we see ourselves and the way we see others. A difference, for example, would be Asian Americans report fewer weight concerns, body dissatisfaction and have fewer women overweight when compared to …show more content…

The media shows women imagery of thin women, and because of this, most women in the US compare themselves to this imagery. When comparing oneself to what the media shows it is likely one may develop an eating disorder. White women are most often used in the media and this gives and general beauty standard that all women no matter what race are held to (Spurgas, 2005, p. 309). For Black women though these beauty images are often impossible for them to acquire (Spurgas, 2005, p. 301). While one article says this, another says Black women are hardly influenced by media. This article states “making what you’ve got work for you” is a way Black women prevent themselves from being influenced by the media (Chao, Pisetsky, Dierker, Dohm, Rosselli, May, & Striegel-Moore, 2008, p. 132). The same article also said there is a risk of becoming overweight if Black females don’t practice weight controls (Chao, et al., 2008, p. 132). With that being said media can play an encouraging part or an undesirable part on Black women’s

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