As someone currently running on four hours of sleep, I don’t blame systemic racism for my lack of sleep. I credit my decisions. That’s the adult response. For the childish perpetual victimhood response, there’s always the Left.
The Left claims that it follows “science”. Its version of science is the one familiar to cultists and conspiracy theorists. It involves reducing all the complexities of life to a prime cause. It used to be capitalism. In America, class was replaced by race and then sundry bigotries intersectionally classed under “privilege”.
Everything used to be caused by capitalism. Now capitalism is just a manifestation of cis-hetero white privilege. And so is everything else. Like sleep.
Not getting enough sleep? You may be a victim of racism.
Lots of people struggle to get enough sleep — and the responsibility for fixing the problem tends to fall on the individual. Experts offer advice like reducing screen time, exercising more, or just going to bed earlier in the evening.
But many restless nights can’t be solved with blackout curtains, ear plugs, or other typical suggestions. On average, Black adults in the U.S. get poorer sleep than white adults — often for reasons outside of their control. A growing number of experts argue that in order to address such racial disparities, health professionals need to start discussing sleep within the complex tapestry of a person’s life and surroundings.
That amounts to telling people with sleep issues that their real problem isn’t their habits, it’s racism.
This is part of a larger social justice push underway in medicine to roll everything into its political agenda, discourage people from making lifestyle adjustments, like eating less, and instead organize them and radicalize them to advocate for leftist agendas.
“The fundamental cause of sleep inequities is structural racism.”
The fundamental cause of structural racism is a conspiracy theory about its existence that requires pushing critical race theory and other forms of hate.
Now maybe leftists can discuss how to redistribute sleep.
“For example, chronic poor sleep increases the odds of developing conditions including obesity, hypertension, and diabetes, all of which are more prevalent in Black populations. Each of those conditions then further increase the chances someone will have poorer sleep; someone with diabetes, for example, might get up more often in the night because high blood sugar can make people need to urinate more frequently.”
Should you eat less for better sleep? Nah, just fight the power while knowing that nothing you do really makes a difference because of systemic racism.
More likely physical problems, like enlarged prostate.
“Systemic white racism” – the unified field theory for all problems experienced by black people.
Lack of exercise, or too much exercise.
Poor diet.
Stress.
Those are the main reasons for majority of all health problems.
And all 3 can be easily and fully be controlled by each individual.
Uncontrolled inflammation of the Sense of Importance.
Suffering from an enlarged sense of importance. That explains a lot. Sigh.
that and a serious case of victimhood
Where I live, in New Mexico, I see an awful lot of overweight folks, both White and latino.
Watching and reading the daily fake news about Global Warming/Climate Change
There was some idiot in the comments last week claiming that because night is dark it proves institutional racism exists or something equally stupid so if they believe that they will believe that sleeping is racist too.
In the woke faith – everything is racist, and especially when you want to make your mark in the fight against the White.
racism is everywhere, except in the hearts and mouths of leftist racists
Indeed. And never forget – racism can, like magic; enter anyone at anytime. That is – the non-left folk who aren’t as special and elect.
Winter is racist because snow is white.
wokes are faster than satire
The Unbearable Whiteness of Milk: Food Oppression and the USDA – UC Irvine
sounds like one of the required courses for a degree in ‘fat studies’.
I wish I could remember where, but I did read of a theory that put the empires of Europe as having been an factor that allowed Europeans – especially northern Europeans to gain those empires due to be the mostly likely of humanity to be lactose tolerance. I think – this was an real notion, but…. All I know is my 34% western European and 26% Dano-Norwegian DNA heritage didn’t much for my own empire building.
This IS such a pseudo-religious ideation.
Yep. You can drink a gallon of milk a day and still not succeed at building empires. Life is so unfair.
Not to mention Vanilla Ice Cream.
Chocolate Ice Cream used to be my favorite, but now my body can’t digest chocolate. So I switched to Vanilla. Not out of racism, but because it tastes good and is easiest for my body to digest.
When I was a kid I looked down on my sister for preferring vanilla, and thought of myself as superior for choosing chocolate. Now I’m doing the same thing she did 🙂
That’s why so many folks moved to California before it went bust – no systemic snow, unless you liked skiing at the higher altitudes.
I must admit to bouts of insomnia, however. Even though I’m as lily-white as you can get, and supreme.
So much for sleep disorder being blamed on racism, like being unable to get an ID, nonsense.
Worrying about health causes stress. Stress causes health problems. Health problems cause insomnia.
Worry causes insomnia. Obsessing over racism does, too. Life is very unfair.
Insomnia gives you more time to worry about health.
Oh noes, is someone not neurotically American worried about future implied health issues? Time to soak up some supplements.