The youths I have met talked about.... For a lot of Black youth, a way for them to deal with the racism they experience, or the challenges, or just the general everyday stress was to engage in sports. People talked a lot about basketball and being able to engage in that.
Many of the youth discussed.... During the pandemic, in some provinces the bars were open but the sports activities were closed. They felt it was just such an inequity that what could help kids was closed, but the bars were open.
I think increasing access to sports and recreation, including subsidizing recreational facilities for low-income populations, will help in terms of addressing those inequities.