Time magazine dragged for claiming the act of exercising reinforces white supremacy
Amy DeLaura
Video Embed
The No. 1 New Year’s resolution is to hit the gym and get fit. Now, Twitter is absolutely eviscerating Time magazine for claiming exercising is racist.
The article is centered on a new book, Fit Nation: The Gains and Pains of America’s Exercise Obsession. Time interviews the author, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, who claims exercise is linked to “reinforcing white supremacy.” The article, titled “The White Supremacist Origins of Exercise, and 6 Other Surprising Facts about the History of U.S. Physical Fitness,” claims the trend of exercising is only geared toward white women. Petrzela says racists thought, “White women should start building up their strength because we need more white babies.”
Now, athletes, doctors, and fitness influencers on Twitter are dragging the magazine for attempting to connect exercise with racism, AIDS, and 9/11.
PUSH TO EAT BUGS: THE CREEPY CRAWLY ALTERNATIVE TO EATING MEAT
A reality TV doctor said these types of articles are ripping away America’s trust in the media, tweeting, “According to Time Magazine, when I exercise each day I’m engaging in a white supremacist activity. And the press wonders why America’s trust in media is the lowest it has been since that figure started being kept.”
One person even noted Time magazine is endorsing 15 minutes of white supremacy a week, with two headlines, within hours of each other, suggesting exercise to be linked to white supremacy and a longer life.
An athlete and former heavyweight boxer, Ed Latimore, tweeted out, “First math was a tool of white supremacy. Now it’s exercise. Pretty soon, food is gonna be a tool to continue systemic racism oppression.” Others were saying the article is attempting to steal content from the Babylon Bee, a satirical news site.
https://twitter.com/EdLatimore/status/1608328458857517057?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Time magazine is getting ruthlessly mocked as they employ a Black Lives Matter activist and historian to claim exercise is also tied to violence. The article claims CrossFit only became popular after the 9/11 attacks. Petrzela said, “Another big turning point is 9/11. You see a boom in the CrossFit mentality of almost like militarized fitness and girding yourself and your body for a fight.” She then claims people wanted to be prepared but not in a patriotic way, saying, “You need to know how to perform functional fitness to protect yourself if things go wrong.”
“I guess they just want us woke and fat,” another user wrote in response.
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER
This comes during flu season when studies show exercising and keeping a healthy lifestyle help prevent serious symptoms from COVID-19 and the flu and prevent many illnesses.