How is anorexia and bulimia defined? What or who were the barriers for the women of color?

ASSIGNMENT

To complete this assignment…

You will have needed to listen to: African-Americans and Eating Disorders https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89184727

and have read Bobbie Harro’s: Cycle of Liberation – Harro.pdf (2008), you may also use the following for guidance: harro-cycle-of-liberation.pdf (attached on files)

1. Identifying connections between Harro’s model and the NPR segment. Use of quotes/direct language from Harro’s model must be used, applied, and cited.

2. Reflective Analysis: You will also answer the following prompts:

How is anorexia and bulimia defined?

Listening to the stories, what was at the core of the eating disorder?

What was being internalized? Is there any connection with Harro?

What or who were the barriers for the women of color?

What else did you capture from the podcast?

What else stood out to you (quote, statistic, emotion)? What was new/surprising?

How is anorexia and bulimia defined? What or who were the barriers for the women of color?
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