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Across his hair appear the words \u003cb\u003e“Innocent Until Black,”\u003c\/b\u003e the original title and concept from which the larger work developed. His brown figure represents the present, while portraits incorporated into his back reference Black men from our own time whose deaths reflect the devastating consequences of racial prejudice and presumed guilt.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe child's body is made of wood and marked through laser burning. These material choices reference the history of chattel slavery, including the branding of Black bodies and the lynching of Black men from trees. History is therefore not simply pictured behind the child. Symbolically, it is carried within the material of his body.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe historical imagery surrounding the child establishes the past. The contemporary references carried on his body establish the present. Raised text panels contain rhetoric from our own time, demonstrating that although generations and circumstances change, ideas rooted in racial prejudice can remain disturbingly familiar.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTogether, past and present force the question contained in the title toward the future: \u003cb\u003eWhat will WE inherit?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe child is therefore both recipient and possibility. 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