If You Get It, You Get It
An elementary school.
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) April 10, 2023
A high school.
A college.
A church.
A synagogue.
A grocery store.
A post office.
A business.
A restaurant.
A movie theater.
A dance studio.
A bar.
A nightclub.
A concert.
A military base.
A farm.
A bank.
If you get the tweet, then something needs to change.
What is the global/historical focus of this artifact?
This is not a list of mundane plans. This is a list of places where mass shootings have occurred.
What is the historical story being told by this media message?
Mass shootings have occurred in virtually every day-to-day place people rely on to get through their lives. Nowhere, in theory, is fully safe from gun violence.
Whose history is portrayed in this message?
The history of those who lost their lives doing ordinary things is portrayed in this message. It also alludes to the history of those that decided to kill innocent people in ordinary places because of self-hatred, depression, mental illness, and lack of self-actualization.
Whose story is implied as being more important?
The story of those that died is portrayed as more important. The list of ordinary places emphasizes the ludacris nature of mass shootings and its thoughtlessness. With guns in our society as freely dispersed as they are, nowhere is safe. How is