How Much Does Race Play Into Assimilation?

i spent months living alongside each family, i wanted to be a part oftheir daily lives. So i chose families that varied a both socio economically and ethno racially,. because i wanted to understand the kinds of trade offs that parents made. How much pria do you think that race and culture plays into the relationships these different families had with food? And i'm thinking of two examples in your book that really stuck out about assimilation.