USA Africa Dialogue Series - Washington Post: Black women heavier and happier with their bodies than white women, poll finds

By Lonnae O'Neal Parker, Published: February 27, 2012

In the pre-dawn darkness, the gym doors close, and the black women start to move. House versions of Whitney Houston's "I'm Every Woman," and Adele's "Rolling in the Deep," blare from speakers as the 30 or so women, most with curves, not angles, grab their jump ropes at the L.A. Fitness club in Capitol Heights. They double-time it as fitness instructor Michelle Gibson counts them down from the front of the class.

"Four more, three more, two more, one!" she yells, twirling her rope. She jumps faster and faster until the rope and her sneakers blur on the hardwood. Her ample bosom strains against the top of her sequined half-camisole.

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