Reading the article "Fat Politics" made me realize that I have never seen an obese person in any professional job. For example watching TV I notice there isn't too many overweight actors and actress. The only one I have ever seen an morbidly obese person in show business was actress Gabourey Sidibe. And she got so much exposure in the movie "Precious" because of her weight. Also I have never seen an obese doctor, lawyer, wall street broker, the list could go on and on. This leads me to the conclusion that obese people are discriminated against. The article said it's even hard for morbidly obese people to even sign apartment leases. I'll be the first to admit I would be uncomfortable if I had an overweight doctor, but that still doesn't it make it right for them to be discriminated against. We never know, they could be the best stock brokers, doctors, lawyers, but I guess we'll never know because the United States wants people to be "perfect"...literally
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