"Electrified pain pulses through this triptych, echoing the relentless ache of a migraine. Inspired by the stories of women of color confronting discrimination, misdiagnosis, and anxiety in healthcare, this triptych channels the global clamor against minority voices. A demonic Uncle Sam looms, a symbol of false empathy that forces harmful treatments upon the vulnerable. Ethereal echoes of the Wong-Baker FACES pain scale mock and reinforce the stereotype that Black women endure pain silently and easily. For these women, seeking care is about life-or-death—a struggle that demands genuine listening, understanding, and transformation of our healthcare system.

QUOTES:
@quelcris13 “Worked in a burn center as a respiratory therapist. One thing I learned out of the many horrible things I've learned is doctors miss A LOT of burns on black patients than they do on white patients. Mainly because of their skin color.”
@discountonme “My Cdiff went undiagnosed by a white male doctor because he wrote me off as “anxious”
3. Thread from ‘Racist Doctor’: “If I hadn’t gone to my optometrist last monday I could have gone blind at just 24 years old. Sunday I woke up with flashes of light in one of my eyes so I went to the ER. The doctor was dismissive and didn’t even touch or examine me. She just said that it’s probably a migraine and left the room. When I tried to ask her more questions she didn’t try to hide that she was annoyed and that she cared very little for me…The next day [my optometrist] said the optic nerve in both eyes were swollen and I needed to go to the hospital for further evaluation…I’m scared because this one mess up could have cause me my life and all because the color of my skin. I feel so scared.”
@Mookti “Yes! We brown women mask differently and also some of us are immigrants in countries where a diagnosis would lead to visa cancellation and among us immigrants, some of us can’t afford to go back to abusive households.”"