Time Magazine Scorched for Declaring Exercise to Be a Tool for ‘Reinforcing White Supremacy’

The left’s ongoing campaign against excellence may be running out of gas. In an effort to remain relevant in the culture wars, Time magazine has crossed the line into absurdity. Either that or they’ve decided to compete with The Babylon Bee.

The Time article “The White Supremacist Origins of Exercise, and 6 Other Surprising Facts about the History of U.S. Physical Fitness” asked, “How did U.S. exercise trends go from reinforcing white supremacy to celebrating Richard Simmons?”

Time interviewed, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, the author of the book “Fit Nation: The Gains and Pains of America’s Exercise Obsession,” due out in January 2023, for the article. Petrzela is also a professor at the New School in New York City. No surprise there.

In researching the book Petrzela said, “It was super interesting reading the reflections of fitness enthusiasts in the early 20th century. They said we should get rid of corsets, corsets are an assault on women’s form, and that women should be lifting weights and gaining strength. At first, you feel like this is so progressive.”

I’m glad Petrzela found her research “super interesting,” but she sounds more like a valley girl than an NYC professor. On second thought, maybe not.

“Then you keep reading, and they’re saying white women should start building up their strength because we need more white babies,” Petrzela told Time. “They’re writing during an incredible amount of immigration, soon after enslaved people have been emancipated. This is totally part of a white supremacy project.”

Petrzela went on to make this damning accusation: “During the New Deal