However, the artists and writers generously
critiquing Open Casket have made plain to me that I have benefited from the very systems of racism I aimed to critique, in a way that blinded me to what my re-presenting this image would mean to Black audiences.
I don't have the taste or experience to comment on whether or not «
Open Casket» is a good painting, but I do take issue with many of the
critiques that have been leveled at the piece.