I looked at Doris Salcedo. She spoke about how she leaned into the fact that she comes from a third world country, Colombia, and how that is the inspiration behind her art. She talked briefly about how if she were to be labeled with anything, she would want it to be that she’s from a third world country. I appreciated how she spoke openly about the struggles of her ideas and the knowledge she shared being taken as less than when compared to the knowledge shared by someone from a first world country. It goes to show how many barriers are present that block minorities from excelling. It can be 10 times harder to get to the same place as someone who fits into the majority. Salcedo drawing inspiration from third world countries and making pieces that shed light on the hard reality of living in a third world country that is typically looked over, is really powerful. It’s like some of her pieces are snapshots of history and I like that.