ABSTRACT
In this chapter, I theorize the process of subjectification by which ethnic minoritized young people come to express themselves as subjects into power relations with the intent to interrupt the process of racialization. The current concern with health disparities cannot be properly researched and framed without a sociocultural and critical understanding of the role of race in American society that does not ignore the history of racial exclusion, racism, and discrimination. From a social justice perspective, there are serious risks associated with ahistorical and noncritical interpretations of disparities. In this chapter, first, I explain how the only way in which bodies out of sight can be interpellated, gain recognition from others, and recognize themselves is within media images of white ideal bodies. Thus, I suggest that in today’s context of globalized fitness and health, bodies out of sight have no other choice but to either wear white masks to be seen as “fit” bodies in society and/or to construct a negative subjectivity.
