HOW TO SUMMARISE A TEXT. 2 BACH

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This year America’s largest citizens came into conflict with several organisations. The most controversial thing was how airlines treat overweight travellers. Many airlines make them pay for two seats, but according to the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA) they often do it in an arbitrary manner. It is campaigning against Southwest Airlines, which makes passengers buy two seats if they are too wide for one. Fitness organisations have also offended fat activists. In California the dance instructor Jennifer Portnick became a heroine when she sued Jazzercise, the world’s largest dance fitness organisation. Although she weighs 108 kg,  Portnick says she is fit enough to teach exercise classes, but she was rejected for the job because she looked fat. After a court case, Jazzercise agreed in May that it would not require its instructors to look, as well as be, fit.

Another conflict was with PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) when it introduced its recent campaign for vegetarianism. Airport posters showing a large stomach with the slogan “Don’t buy two seats, go vegetarian” were replaced. But the substitute campaign has caused just as much offence. It shows an overweight Elvis Presley with the line: “Don’t be Cruel to Your Heart and Body”. “It’s not acceptable to represent other groups this way”, said a NAAFA spokeswoman. “We wouldn’t see Asian or African-Americans, short people or disabled people in a campaign like this. So why fat people? This promotes the idea that it is shameful to be fat”. “We are not against fat people. We are against fat”,  answered PETA spokeswoman. “Obesity is a social problem. And we need to stop being so sensitive about saying that people are overweight.

SUMMARY
The text is about how fat activists, represented by an organization called the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance, are fighting against discrimination by certain airline companies, fitness organisations and anti-fat publicity campaigns. Although the latter argue that obesity is a social problem, the NAAFA says that there is nothing shameful about being fat.