Her Body's too Bootylicious for Him!

Journalist Jason Whitlock just published an article on Fox's sportswebsite criticizing Serena William's lack of tennis achievements due to her weight and overeating. After reading a response from a journalist criticizing Whitlock and reading Whitlock's article, I was so angered and disgusted from his lack of respect for the tennis superstar and icon. Read what journalist Carmen Dixon wrote to Jason Whitlock. Beneath her article, I published what I myself sent to Mr. whitlock in an e-mail, hoping that the pervert receives it and reads it him self.

Why Jason Whitlock is Wrong About Serena Williams

Leave it to sports columnist Jason Whitlock to take a glorious moment of athletic achievement and pervert into an overly simplistic and degrading evaluation of appropriate female booty size. Just two days after Serena Williams triumphed in her third Wimbledon win, this time over her big sister Venus, Whitlock comes out with a column slamming her body and athletic accomplishments:

With a reduction in glut, a little less butt and a smidgen more guts, Serena Williams would easily be as big as Michael Jackson, dwarf Tiger Woods and take a run at Rosa Parks.

You can call me unfair. You can even scream that I'm sexist.

But there's an inescapable truth about Serena Williams: She's an underachiever. Source: Serena could be the best ever, but, Foxsports.com

Whitlock's pronouncement is insulting and uninformed. Let's take the insult first. Whitlock attacks Serena's beautiful, very muscular body indicating that it is in some way less than efficient - he basically calls her fat.

But he has no way of knowing Serena's muscle to bodyfat ratio. Because Serena is muscular, even a relatively low percentage of body fat will make her appear many times bigger than a less muscular, European competitor.

I may be an off season female bodybuilder carrying excess bodyfat right now, but even when I'm very lean, many people presume my size is mostly fat instead of rock hard muscle. Serena is solid, not a thing jiggles as she covers the court. That Whitlock has the gall to attack the size of her muscular derriere recalls historical subjugation of the black female body and he establishes no factual link between Serena's on court performance and her current weight. For instance, Serena may hit harder carrying a few pounds, and she certainly moves well. And if she was a little slow, maybe it was the hamstring injury she may have been dealing with?

God gave Serena everything, including drop-dead looks. She's chosen to smother some of it in an unsightly layer of thick, muscled blubber, a byproduct of her unwillingness to commit to a training regimen and diet that would have her at the top of her game year-round.

[and later]

BBWs - Big Booty Women - do not write me angry e-mails. I'm only knocking Serena's back pack because it's preventing her from reaching her full potential as an athletic icon. I am not fundamentally opposed to junk in the trunk, although my preference is a stuffed onion over an oozing pumpkin.

(A stuffed onion is a booty so round and tight that it brings tears to your eyes).

I'm sorry. I digress. Source:Fox Sports on MSN

"Oozing pumpkin." If you do not know who Saartjie "Sarah" Baartman (1789 – 29 December 1815), aka "Hottentot Venus" was, then please click on the link and learn. There is a legacy of dissecting the black female body in this degrading and dehumanizing way.

Now about Whitlock being uninformed. As a muscular athlete, I can tell you conditioning is just one factor in achieving peak performance. At her level, only Serena and her trainers and doctors know where ability and performance intersect for her. Mental toughness, pain tolerance, genetic physical issues are all factors that affect performance. Booty size is really irrelevant in the scheme of things.
-Carmen Dixon

Everyone please watch this video about Sarah Baartman... we ought to know our history.





MY EMAIL TO JASON WHITLOCK:

Mr. Whitlock, I did not know who you were before reading your article about Serena Williams and frankly I wish I still didn't. As a black man to say something so degrading and disrespectful to another black woman, that is shameful, pathetic and sad. Don't you think we have enough criticisms from other races constantly bringing down our whole race and enough hip hop videos bringing down black women as well? For you as a journalist to write what you wrote not only disrespects women especially your target, Serena Williams, but makes you look bad as well Mr. Whitlock.
You say you like a "stuffed onion" yourself, but you obviously really don't have an appreciation for the black w omen's body. Especially not to mention that you were criticizing the most successful female tennis player out right now, who is much more successful, smart, talented, and humble than you will ever be.
Just to give you a background on who I am. I am a respectable, young, female black college student. I own a blog to target and hopefully get rid of disgusting, degrading people like you and make ALL women feel good about themselves. And I will definitely be posting up some of your ruthless and thoughtless quotes. It's sad that a 19 year old girl has to call you out on your faults. And if you have a daughter Mr. Whitlock, or have one in the future, I would like to see your reaction when someone says the comments that you said to Ms. Williams, to your daughter.