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Pardon My American

Brass Tacks: Exercise Is Racist

Pardon My American

Pardon My American Podcast

Politics, News, Society & Culture, Entertainment News, Comedy

4.8753 Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2022

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Time magazine mocked over an article about “the white supremacist origins of exercise” that claims racism was the motivator for the fitness movement.   Pardon My American podcast (PMA) is an opinion-based podcast that explores politics, entertainment, paranormal, and culture all while having a good laugh. They keep things lighthearted as they dive into subjects that inspire you to think and ask questions.   Support Our Sponsors ► Aura ► Ghostbed ► Fum   Support Our Show ► Website ► Buy Merch ► Patreon   Watch & Follow Our Show ► YouTube ► Rumble ► Rokfin ► Instagram ► Telegram Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0

This is from the New York Post, Times Magazine, roasted for an article suggesting exercise has racist origins.

0:09.1

Damn it.

0:10.0

We saw this yesterday.

0:11.7

That's why I don't exercise.

0:12.9

No, it's because it's racist, man.

0:15.4

You know, it's as a bigoted, you know, subculture of America.

0:19.5

I have to talk to Greg.

0:20.5

He likes to work out.

0:21.4

I'm just going to say, listen, I got some questions for you, my friend.

0:25.0

Time Magazine, yeah, of course this comes from Time Magazine.

0:27.8

We saw this yesterday and I really thought it was fake.

0:29.8

I seriously thought it was fake, but people were retweeting it.

0:32.5

The article that they had, if you scroll up real quick. It says, uh, the white supremacist origins of

0:37.7

exercise and six other surprising facts about the history of U.S. physical fitness.

0:43.6

Okay.

0:45.2

Gosh darn. Why'd you have to do this? So this was actually based off a history professor

0:50.2

named Natalia Melman Petrazella, who lessons at New York's, the New York often focus of Black Lives Matter protests.

0:59.6

I don't know what that means.

1:00.9

In the interview, the self-styled, quote, scholar, writer, teacher, and activist insisted that being fat used to be desirable.

1:09.6

Uh, huh? And to push work out in the 20th century was a racism at work. that being fat used to be desirable. Huh?

1:11.4

And to push work out in the 20th century was racism at work.

1:17.8

She's actually right.

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