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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hmm, I'm a mom and I would say that to another mom about their kid (although never in front of other kids).  I wouldn't assume that it implied that the kid was chubby/obese or otherwise an insult... simply that some kids don't strike you as looking fast.  I guess if it offends, one could ask, "what makes you say that?" but some kids just look athletic and some kids don't.  And when the ones that don't are super athletic, most people are typically surprised.  That's it.  [/quote]

It's not that simple. Many people have stereotypes of what "fast" and "athletic" looks like and they are sometimes based on impressions that are race-based and discriminatory.

Over many years of kid sports, I've heard parents make comments about tall kids who happen to be Black that they look like they would be great at basketball and how surprised they were that they were not (because they actually play another sport or don't play sports) or about small Asian kids that they said they thought looked "weak" (even though if you actually looked closely those small kids were actually all muscle).

I have a child who is tall and has broad shoulders. He looks strong and fast. But he's just... not strong... not fast.[/quote]

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