I've heard recently that President Obama's choice to be the United States Surgeon is a Black woman, Dr. Regina M. Benjamin, who by almost all accounts is perfect for the job. She is an expert in medicine. She has been awarded the MacArthur Genius award. She works with the underprivileged and by most accounts she is perfect. However, some people are questioning her fitness on one thing...they think she's overweight! Their logic is that the doctor who is representing the United States should fit and healthy not obese. I'm highly offended. Who say's she isn't healthy? Not all women are meant to be a size 6 and weigh 120 pounds. Some women are meant to be full-figured and not be proportioned like a Barbie doll. There is nothing wrong with the way Dr. Benjamin looks and she could possibly be completely healthy. I hope so for her own sake. You can't judge a person's health by how much they weigh or what they look like. I do agree that the surgeon general should be healthy but had she been a man, this would not have come up in discussion. I'm not sure if the problem is that critics are looking to call Obama's decisions into question or if they personally don't think Benjamin is a good choice due to her gender and race. It may be combination. In either case I don't like it.
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