For example, if you're waiting in an emergency room in a city that has higher obesity and violent
crime rates, you'll have a longer wait
than you would in an area that's less
problematic from a health standpoint.
Colescott, a black artist, depicts the scene as the media and public saw it, rather
than portraying the actual white culprit, and in doing so underscores the
problematic association between
crime and the black community in America, while sparking conversations about race and identity that remain prescient and necessary in our current world.