After reading Haigh's assessment of the show, she makes a strong point that there is certainly a racial bias in different media but her main focus is centered around the idea of class. I agree that had Avery been a black man, people would have more specific terms targeting "the culture of incarceration," and this case would invoke pre-Civil Rights memories of different time. However, her main focus on class as opposed to police corruption is accurate, and as Buting had mentioned in episode 6, most people's experience with the cops have the notion that they are the "good" guys. The show may not preach that all cops are evil and corrupt, but it can certainly say that those who are not in power from the meritocracy have little say in what happens
