Daniel H. Krymkowski examines the causes of African American underrepresentation in cultural realms, including racial-ethnic socioeconomic differences, historic and contemporary discrimination, and systemic racism. He highlights the lack of opportunity to participate in these forms as a deprivation of aesthetic experiences and its implications for health and cultural and social capital.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 206 pages
Publication date: 15 September 2022
Publisher: Lexington Books

Daniel H. Krymkowski examines the extent and causes of African American underrepresentation in various cultural realms, including golf, hiking, hunting and fishing, water sports, winter sports, classical music, painting and sculpture, ballet, and theater. He finds that African American participation significantly lags behind that of non-Hispanic whites in all of these areas, and it is not due to an aversion to these types of activities. Rather, the primary sources of this underrepresentation are racial-ethnic socioeconomic differences and historic and contemporary discrimination, both overt and subtle. These causes are rooted in the systemic racism that continues to plague the United States. The lack of opportunity to participate in such cultural forms deprives African Americans of aesthetic experiences that are central to the human condition and has implications for both health and the accumulation of cultural and social capital. Krymkowski also explores current efforts to increase African American representation in these areas of culture and discusses the benefits of doing so.

Daniel H. Krymkowski Analyzes the Extent and Causes of African American Underrepresentation in Cultural Realms

Daniel H. Krymkowski analyzes the extent and causes of African American underrepresentation in various cultural realms, including golf, hiking, hunting and fishing, water sports, winter sports, classical music, painting and sculpture, ballet, and theater. He finds that African American participation significantly lags behind that of non-Hispanic whites in all of these areas, and it is not due to an aversion to these types of activities. Rather, the primary sources of this underrepresentation are racial-ethnic socioeconomic differences and historic and contemporary discrimination, both overt and subtle. These causes are rooted in the systemic racism that continues to plague the United States. The lack of opportunity to participate in such cultural forms deprives African Americans of aesthetic experiences that are central to the human condition and has implications for both health and the accumulation of cultural and social capital. Krymkowski also explores current efforts to increase African American representation in these areas of culture and discusses the benefits of doing so.

Weight: 340g
Dimension: 227 x 152 x 13 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781498597883