Assignment task: Review the following and respond accordingly.
Article: What It Means to Be Black in Fitness By Rozalynn S. Frazier, C.P.T. posted at September 1, 2020
Question 1: What two ideas or examples stood out to you? Why?
Question 2: Think about the ideas you read about in the workbook, specifically why racism is a social determinant of health (toward the end of the workbook, ideas from Davis (2020), McNeill et al. (2006), Williams et al. (2019). Consider how a more diverse workforce in your health profession could target at least one of those mechanisms. What specific mechanism identified in the workbook do you think could be addressed by having a more diverse workforce in your specific health profession? Why?
Question 3: Given the information in the article, you read for this assignment and what you know from the other unit readings and workbook, how will the social construction of race and racism be relevant for you? You might consider the impacts for yourself (i.e., how you may experience and deal with racism as a health professional) and/or the impacts on your peers of different racial and ethnic identities and/or your patients.