ESPN's The Body issue

http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/story/1278067.html

This month’s issue of ESPN’S The Magazine features Serena Williams in a partially nude position on the cover. This was import to point out because it related to the issue of black females athletes in America and the theme of “the body”. Looking at the magazine I started to think about how America society transitioned from the generation of tennis player Althea Gibson, who is known for breaking the color barrier for black female tennis, to the generation of Serena Williams, who is considered to be the best female tennis player ever. Further more, anyone would agree with me when I say that Serena is not you typical women’s tennis player. At 5’10 and 184 lbs she is what some may consider “thick”. So to see her show her body partially nude on the cover of a popular sports magazine sends the message that you don’t have to be thin to be athletic.

Masood Farhar
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