I feel that it is significant who remains silent in regards to when Emme said, “Fat is the last acceptable prejudice. People still think they can talk openly about fat people in a derogatory sense.� Jennifer Holiday, remained silent because she knows that “fat� is not the last prejudice because she is a black woman. If I were her I would have been highly offended by Emme’s comment. I feel that Emme’s statement is problematic because she sounds very self-righteous
in regards to being “fat� (and she is only a size 12 which I don’t consider plus-size). There are many other prejudices still in place (racism, sexism, classism, etc.) and I feel her comment completely disregards other forms of prejudice. It is hard for me to re-imagine a way of accounting for difference and oppression without pitting marginalities against one another because this too often occurs in our society and throughout the world.
I feel that we as humans need to unlearn a lot of our behaviors that society has ingrained in us. But I feel that this is difficult because it is very difficult to realize our own faults. I feel that all forms of media need to be more diverse in their composition of race, class, origin, education and weight in order for there to be more diversity in attempts to prevent such pitfalls. There is a new show on the Style Network, called Ruby, it is a reality show based on a “fat� women and her struggles with her weight. I feel shows such as this are important in educating people and opening there minds to being accepting of being “fat.� But why isn’t there a reality show that has a “fat� person who is happy with their weight instead of trying to fight it?