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The Los Angeles Unified School District has received backlash after posting a video that says calling junk food bad is wrong and that diet culture is based on oppression.
The district's Human Relations and Diversity department allegedly posted the video on Instagram, which was made by nutritionist Kera Nyemb-Diop and Blair Imani, creator of the viral web series 'Smarter in Seconds.'
In the video, Nyemb-Diop, who boasts that people should 'eat without guilt,' condemns negative attitudes toward junk food.
'Instead of focusing on 'good' and 'bad' choices, try to approach food with neutrality in mind,' she said.
The video was immediately flagged by the LA Parent Union, who called out the district for posting the video online and Nyemb-Diop's ties to Mondelez International, one of the world's largest snack companies.
'@LAUSDSup your Human Relations Diversity and Equity team needs oversight,' the parent's group wrote on Twitter. 'They shared a video of a Mondelez rep, selling high fructose corn syrup to our kids.'
The Los Angeles Unified School District posted a video on Instagram condemning negative attitudes towards junk food and claiming diet culture is based on oppression. The video opens with a woman calling out her friend's disgust over eating a plate of donuts
In the video, nutritionist Kera Nyemb-Diop, who works with Mondelez International, one of the world's largest snack companies, urgest people to 'eat without guilt'
Maya Finoh (above), a black feminist and advocate against fat shaming, also suggests in the video that junk food is not bad for you
The controversial video, which is no longer up on the department's Instagram account, opens with a
