Body Image: Black Women and Fat

The Brian Lehrer Show | May 8, 2012

Alice Randall, writer-in-residence at Vanderbilt University and author of the new book,  Ada's Rules, discusses her recent opinion piece in The New York Times that looks at the perception of body weight in black communities.  More information on her book is available here.

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