The Upper Hand attempts to highlight the impact that societal gender norms and the model minority myth have on Asian Indian immigrant women in predominantly white countries. Oftentimes, they have a tendency to minimise or entirely dismiss the hurtfulness of racialized offences by seeing them as a deserved response to individual inadequacies. This results in a self-policing behavior that largely includes suppressing their voice and never acknowledging any kind of racial bias- something that is expected from "good" minorities. The giant, obnoxious hand serves as a comical, visual representation of this behavior and helps others understand and empathise with their everyday struggles.