Venus Williams Defies Michelle Obama’s Claim That Obesity Is a Race Issue

Venus Williams consistently cleans her plates without the food police's intervention.

While addressing the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) this week, First Lady Michelle Obama declared obesity a threat to black Americans comparable to oppressive racial policies of the past. Instead of citing positive black role models who refuse to fall victim to a supposed threat that is ‘terrorizing’ their race, Mrs. Obama instigated another racial struggle for the civil rights organization to unnecessarily embed itself.

“We are living today in a time where we’re decades beyond slavery, we are decades beyond Jim Crow; when one of the greatest risks to our children’s future is their own health,” Mrs. Obama told the NAACP on July 12. “African American children are significantly more likely to be obese than are white children.”

One African American who did not allow herself to fall victim to the so called obesity ‘epidemic’ is Venus Williams, a professional tennis player who has won three Olympic gold medals and seven Grand Slam singles titles. Williams is a shining example of a black American child who thwarted the health threats posed by foods Mrs. Obama and her fellow food cops claim are this generation’s most notorious genocidal murderers.

In the July issue of Bon Appétit magazine, Williams shares her secrets for how she “fuels up for her work on and off the court.” Williams reveals she is not afraid of the poisonous foods that Mrs. Obama and radical food “watchdog” groups like the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) and the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) are waging war against.

“Ruth’s Chris is my favorite restaurant, and I always order the rib eye, medium-rare,” said Williams, which undoubtedly makes the anti-meat PCRM cringe in fear for the tennis star’s life. According to the PCRM, “Red meat, long associated with cancer and heart disease, is now linked to increased risk of death from all causes.”

Asked what meal reminds her of “home,” Williams selected an otherwise healthy shellfish smothered in artery-clogging butter. Uh-oh! The CSPI will be horrified to know that Williams is putting her heart and health at risk by using butter which it rates the worst of all spreads.

Most frightening to the food police should be the revelation that Williams can maintain her championship caliber of play while self-admittedly indulging in one of their most universally abhorred side meals. When asked by Bon Appétit, “Are there any foods that remind you of home,” Williams admitted, “French fries.”

And, the death-defying eating habits of Williams do not stop with greasy french fries. In a clear act of defiance to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Williams outed herself as a “Hawaiian salt” fiend. Bloomberg declared a ‘war on salt‘ in the Big Apple last April while pressuring the food industry to reduce salt content to near-tasteless levels.

Despite the mounting efforts of Mrs. Obama to save black American children from grim futures plagued by obesity-related illnesses and/or death, it seems Venus Williams will go down as another unfortunate statistic that did not need to happen. Williams became a shining example of a black American child who ate whatever she wanted to her heart’s delight while not requiring the ‘helping hand’ of big government bureaucrats to intervene and save her from a future that they could have prevented.

One last thing … while rallying the NAACP to enlist itself in another historic struggle, Mrs. Obama failed to mention that she really has no idea what is causing American children of all colors to gain weight. During her kick-off speech for the launch of her “Let’s Move!” anti-obesity crusade on January 29, she revealed, “We know what has led to the obesity epidemic, you know. We know inside — I mean, we’re still learning, but we kinda know.” (Fast forward to 40:37-40:46)

Keep in mind, when President George W. Bush said he knew that Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was stockpiling weapons of mass destruction and used that premise as a launching point to liberate Iraq, he landed himself in a heap of trouble for making policy decisions based on what critics decried was an erroneous assumption and extreme error in judgment. Lucky for Mrs. Obama, the harshest critics of President Bush are her biggest fans and supporters, so she should have no problem pulling our nation in to another costly battle against a ‘self-created’ enemy threat.