Obituary: Brianna Kupfer

Masks, LA’s mayor, Black Lives Matter and the murder of a young designer

This is an article about the death of one of America’s able ones. Designer Brianna Kupfer was murdered at random hours before she was scheduled to depart to celebrate a friend’s birthday. Unlike George Floyd, Brianna’s name won’t appear on a Black Lives Matter banner. There’s no Me, Too movement for victims like her. There have been and will be no protests for the memory of Brianna Kupfer, let alone riots in American cities and summers of anarchy in city streets. Because Brianna’s life mattered, this article considers her short life as a woman of ability and examines the systemized injustice which brought Brianna down.

Brianna Kupfer

Judge the facts of Brianna’s life. Here are certain facts in terms of numbers, because while numbers are not the ultimate standard by which to gauge value, they’re what drives what passes for today’s news. This is part of the lesson of Brianna Kupfer, which explains why she’s been forgotten within weeks of her barbaric death. Numbers can be used to frame Br…