Kiese Laymon is visiting his grandmother at the hospital who recently suffered from a head injury. During his visit Kiese Laymon witnessed his grandmother screaming and begging for mercy while being treated by the doctor. As Laymon stood there he began to question the ethics of the situation and how preventable his grandmother’s suffering was. Kiese Laymon was convinced his grandmother didn’t receive proper medical care owing to the fact that she’s a black woman. He further noted the common misconception in which it’s believed black women have the ability to recover from these events. While simultaneously the individuals with this ideology “never really cared if black women recovered”(Page-169). Immediately after reading this part I asked myself if I would do anything different in comparison to Laymon. If that were my grandmother screaming, part of me would want to intervene and help her out. However I strongly believe my concerns would be completely ignored by the surgical team. In addition it was upsetting to hear how Laymon’s grandmother acted like everything was fine post surgery. And how thanking Jesus for getting through situations caused by individuals who had their best interest at heart, was his “family’s superpower” (Page 170).  

Image Citiataion- Beliaikin, Artem. “Man with Scotch Tape.” Flickr, Yahoo!, 19 Oct. 2019, https://www.flickr.com/photos/artembali/48925495472/in/photolist-2hxnXgo-AJHg7S-2igbKWR-ow9wxn-wPamGQ-ouXKiw-hTNeHj-wNVxhs-ouytVo-oyd7rP-wj13A6-r5NeSa-2m5ZLnf-wM9JFJ-xmacBB-rp1BB8-of1n4c-y5UeKR-tnSMcG-otpwK9-wMjzB2-wMoAAo-owhsZC-tAi87J-roHANt-wxiVts-wQfS5H-wMhKpH-osMrXq-w7KZ9S-tCYoQs-ow5rfX-owrmGt-qshTs2-ous7om-wYnNon-owhVN7-w9Nnvt-oeMRFM-owsJNu-oeZQbm-x3Qy3g-ov9mn9-xfPxke-ow2Cq9-2jBuvBs-odX5d9-ountKh-oeMYJC-ovNQq9.