Im not trying to say who or what you are but Im going to guess that this kind of thing has never happened to you.
Its the same for me - I've (luckily) never had anyone close to me have a serious illness or pass away so I can never understand or empathise when someone brings this subject up.
I think if you had had this kind of thing happen to you, then you wouldn't be arguing your point so strongly and have a little more sympathy towards Ms Williams.
Im a bit of a go getter myself. I don't believe we should just have to "deal with it"... can't we do something to CHANGE it?
You're interpreting "deal with it" as "deal, settle and be complacent about it". I mean as deal with it by doing something.
In high school I was told to go on a water and ex lax diet. I laughed it off. I've always struggled with my weight (I'm not going to say in what capacity because my size is neither here nor there to me). I do have high cholesterol (which is only relevant or remotely interesting if you know my size) because I was genetically predisposed to it. I understand the importance of working out, I understand the importance of being fit, I understand the importance of getting in the gym and doing cardio mixed in w weight training, and I also understand someone is going to something to say about my appearance for whatever reason (it even happens to me professionally as a librarian). While obesity does not run in my family, heart disease and arteriosclerosis does run rampant in my family. It killed my grandmother, it killed the majority of her siblings. My grandmother also had type two diabetes along with my grandfather on my dad's side. Neither of them were physically overweight. Its the nature of the game in the black community. Its apart of our "health history". So yes, I have had loved ones pass away for health and eating related illnesses. I will tell my mother, I will tell my father, my sisters, cousins, uncles and my sisters dog to go and walk 30 minutes a day, to exercise, to tone, to lose weight, to change their diet and do whatever they need to do to make sure they don't die early because of a weight related disease.
None of that is relevant to the OKT girl being called chunky, but I don't want you thinking I'm callous and oblivious to struggles with weight So maybe I can't be sympathetic (not necessarily to the OKT girl) to people in general with some weight issues, but trust me I live/lived it.
I sympathize with the OKT girl they same way I sympathize with Kim Kardashian criticism, Adele criticism, Robert Kardashian criticism, Leanne Rhimes criticism, Zoe Saldana criticism etc and any celebrity that on a magazine for being too whatever. "That's mean, its sad, its there and it happens, doesnt mean its okay but you have to be strong enough to handle it" The End.
