The characterization of the attack on Pulse as "the worst mass shooting in our country's history" provides no way of understanding and historicizing this massacre—demanding national mourning while eliding a long history of racial violence.
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The characterization of the attack on Pulse as "the worst mass shooting in our country's history" provides no way of understanding and historicizing this massacre—demanding national mourning while eliding a long history of racial violence.