The film Race, the Power of an Illusion-The House We Live In shined light on critical information regarding history and race relations, and how this relationship has severely impacted certain racial group for better or for worst. The information learned from this film can be used to determine possible reasons as to why, White adults are the most likely racial group in the US to meet the Federal Physical Activity Guidelines.
The film touches on the numerous government aid given to White individuals and family in the past, and how these same opportunities were not given to family of color. This in itself left many Black and Latino families in difficult situations which would be passed on from generation to generation. An example of these government …show more content…
An opportunity not to build wealth will negatively impact the economic status of many of these families. Economic hardships will make it that much more difficult to buy things such as a gym membership. This along with public funding of parks within white neighborhoods would further create this divide in daily physical activity.
It is known that policies and education vary by state & district (Slater et al., 2012) and these past policies have been manipulated to favor those within white communities. Since Physical Education is not federally mandated, these structural discrimination becomes apparent in districts with differing racial makeup. Schools comprised primarily of racial & ethnic minority students, and those of lower SES are less likely to offer at least 20 minutes of physical activity per day(), while their white counterparts receive the recommended amount. This lack of physical activity becomes ingrained in their habitus causing an underwhelming emphasis on physical activity within multiple generations. While the opposite happens with family with high a SES, we can see this with the concerted cultivation of middle class kids, in which parents enroll their children in numerous age-specific, organized activities, such as sport clubs. These parents