Irving now devotes herself to working with white people exploring
the impact white skin can have on perception, problem solving, and engaging in racial justice work.
From his basketball hoop sculptures Higher Goals, 1986, which commented on the limited opportunities available to young African Americans, to the arresting painting How ya like me Now, 1988, which depicts a young Reverend Jesse Jackson with
white skin and blonde hair, Hammons has not shied away from topics which directly
impacted his own life and which continue to be the everyday reality for a large portion of the American population.