Roots of, and reasons for American (or any other) racism most likely springs from varied individual and other circumstances, including, for example, past familiarity (or the lack thereof) with a given racial group; from prejudicial influences of parents and/or other authority figures, and/or one's peers; or from bad experiences with members of a particular racial group, which then affect a person's feelings toward the whole group, e.g., being beat up by a gang of black kids; being convinced that an Asian applicant "stole" one's chance of being admitted to a prestigious university.

Racism can also come from lingering stereotypes, combined sometimes with real unequal educational and/or social opportunities and experiences leading to feelings of racism and prejudice against various groups. Such stereotypes and experiences can convince some people of things li

ke "blacks are stupid"; "Hispanics are lazy", "Jews are stingy"; "Asians are nerds". Having a sense of social, or institutionalized, acceptance of prejudice and stereotypes (e.g., al most all others are racially prejudiced, so racism is the acceptable norm) can also both create and perpetuate racism.

When a person is overweight and/or has an eating disorder, many other, varied, types of health problems may be begun, or exacerbated. Such problems can be physical or emotional in nature, or both. In our (arguably, at least) thinness-obsessed, media-and-celebrity-dominated society, overweight people often feel that they are unattractive and unwanted, as sex partners or even as friends or acquaintances, by other, thinner people. Therefore, in the eyes of society, and often their school or workplace peers as well, overweight people often feel that they will be judged as "unacceptable" or "inferior" human beings by other people. This, in turn, can lead to many health problems, physically and emotionally.

Further, according to Freud's psychoanalytic theory, the human ego acts as a mediator between the id, the superego and society, balancing human drives with society's moral values and expectations, and external realities (e.g., laws, rules, and boundaries) of the society itself. The superego functions similarly to an internalized parent. It is the voice within the individual that reminds him or her that uncontrolled primitive drives, for sex, power, control, etc., at the expense of morality and/or society's expectations, are unacceptable and should be avoided.

3) Discuss Freud's three abstract terms in depth psychology: id, ego, and superego.

Education; greater social familiarity and awareness; and more equitable social; economic; educational, and other opportunities for all people and groups could still eradicate racism, which is a learned attitude

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