ADVERTISEMENT Time magazine is being roasted over an article it published this week suggesting that exercise has its origins in white supremacy .
The insane claim is at the forefront of the magazine’s article, entitled “The white supremacist origins of exercise, and 6 other surprising facts about the history of U.S. physical fitness,” the basis of which is an interview with exercise historian Natalia Mehlman Petrzela. “This is totally part of a white supremacy project,” Petrzela said after claiming early twentieth century fitness enthusiasts supposedly said that “white women should start building up their strength because we need more white babies.”
She also alleges that the “running is for everybody” discourse is white male-focused and neglects the experience of “people of color [who] were thought to be committing a crime” if they were seen running.
The article, in particular its hyperbolic headline, were incessantly teased on social media, with clown-face emojis and […]
Read the rest of this story here: thepostmillennial.com
