WMD FOUND!! Located in Inner-City Restaurants. PART III
In this part of the series, I will talk just a little bit about the heath issues that are tied directly to our fast food consumption.
The following are excerpts from an article that summarizes a study by the American Journal of Public Health (2003):
…a recent study finds that unhealthy images relating to food are already much more common on prime-time TV shows aimed at blacks than on other such shows.
Prime-time programmes like ‘Jamie Foxx’ and ‘Moesha’, which feature mostly black characters and are aimed at a black audience, include more overweight actors and also are surrounded by more commercials for junk food than shows such as ‘Frasier’ and ‘Friends’, whose characters are almost exclusively white.
…the study finds that the black TV shows carry more food commercials — five during each half-hour show, compared to three for all prime-time shows — and a greater proportion of these commercials were selling candy, chocolate and soda.
A recent survey found 27 percent of African Americans to be obese, compared to a national average of 19 percent. (full article)
The point that really sticks out to me is the obesity rate amongst African-Americans. Obesity has become so common in our communities until is some cases it is considered fashionable (big behind, breasts). What we neglect to see is the high health risk that is tied to this image. It really breaks my heart to see 7-10 year olds already being considered obese (and please don’t have them wearing one of those baby tees! I have seen enough grown folks wear them–just my side remark). Sodium intake amongst blacks is extremely high. This, of course contributes to diseases such as high blood pressure. Take for example Mc Donald’s french fries. There was a time when their fries were sprayed with beef tallow. Beef tallow is very high in saturated fats (something that our palette loves to taste, but it is not good for you), and it originates from the fat of cattle. So all of those trips to Mc Donald’s where you just ordered fries because you wanted to watch what you eat–you were just fooling yourselves ( I was just as guilty in this department). The fries are also heavily salted before they are served. That is why it is so hard to eat just one.
You also see from this study that Hollywood is more than happy to feed our need for unhealthy food choices via sitcoms and commercials.
As I eluded to in another posting, most of Black media is full of these types of commercials. Why is it that with all of these findings as it relates to effects of fast food among Blacks, Black media has not taken a firm stand against these outlets? This is an issue that I will try to tackle in my next posting on this issue.
I took a job as a Tech. Manager at Chuckie E. Cheeses, hoping for a nice quite job, what the hell happened? With in the first weeks of this job, I got the flu, momo, and a server staph infection. The workers comp lady came to see me in the hospital and ask me very personal questions, like what I did in the military and was I sexual active, and how old was my son?
I did some checking and these restaurants have been sighted for many, many health violations. I do not have ax to grind with the Chuck but when the GM came in and said to a cast member how had acne bad, you need to shave! I went off! The GM told me that nice guys finish last, and this is a place to take the kids?
Go ahead violate the I-9 forms, while the real Americans stand in line at the employment office.
I use to take my son to the chuck and cut him loose, now, Oh no; we will go to the park, fly a kit before I take him the cesspool of bacteria/virus at the Chuckie….
Comment by Erbie | August 15, 2005
Chucky E. Cheeses is spreading disease if you got there your put your life at risk and your Childs life at risk. Just check the DPH web sit you will see. The managers have not been trained in hygiene, and how to clean, and know what to do if someone employee or customer gets sick.
Comment by Erbie | September 4, 2005
Well I can say to that I worked for CEC, worked past tents! and I can say that I feel good about it because I made a difference, in the standards and hygiene of the restaurant and perhaps that so call entertainment business. Since I resigned, the GM, DM, and area technical manager are gone. CEC contentiously changing insurance companies like some one changing there cloths. And the workers comp employees have now been replaced, X2. I received a little over 200 dollars for my suffering and injuries.
Why am I writing this? why should you care. Because no one cared when I was there, no one wanted to take the time to listen. To busy with there crack smoking habits, but E*i*a will see the way, if she does not jails, intuitions, or death will follow from her on inflictions. She on several occasions invited one of her friends to ware the chucky costume, that was not employed my CEC. This was a place I took my son? As for the other manager’s, Mrs. Bar*er*a* she was the one that gave me this wonderful idea, to let people know what was happening in that store. You have a great amount of information on people, and most of it is your own twisted perception. You wanted to stereotype/diagnoses people with things you no nothing about, only from watching Opra and Dr. Phill. It really makes you amateur ha? As for c*un, he was the head of the “gangster boys” a bunch of insubordinate thugs. C*un power corrupts and absolute power corrupts, well the CEC way. I was unsure of what kind of love triangle I was looking at when I first started, it was just apparent to me after working several months, DM, GM and Area Tech mangers triangle was about to collapse, yes the legs of that triangle just fell in on its self. As for the area tech manger, I said I would be with you forever, I will be! I hope you have learned something from your, remark “I am going to be watching you” what you observed was not watching well enough, you equated CEC it to the military. But the military gave us things you could not, like nice health care (they canceled my insurance when I was diagnosed with 3 illness), and harassed me when I had a worker comp. and the military allowed us to eat our lunch. We were not in the same military; I did check that one out. These were just a few things that were unsafe and swept under the rug.
One promises I made to everyone at the chuckie cheese was if I ever “under mind anyone there, or show them disrespect, take me to the door and put your foot in my ass. None of you guys, could say that to the other. And when it all got bad, everyone was pointing a finger, and then the damage control started, after the OSHA and EEOC and Health Department was called in. I take no pride in saying any of these things, just another example of there are no coincidences; everything is for a higher good, if WE are pursuing the Logical and correct solution, the natural order of things will follow.
And to the DM still with CEC and SRS insurance, there is a special place for you guys in my heart. I will also post some hate mails in days to come, glad to know I am taking up space in someone’s head how ever little it is.
Doc-I did earn it (attraction rather then promotion)
Comment by Doc | February 15, 2007