Wall Breakers plays with the images that invade our virtual and actual realities, drawing connections between modern-day imaging technologies and the long-standing history of using images to manipulate and exploit people of color (PoCs). Color returns to the scene/story and Lucy, smiles, holding her own crumbling image in her hand. He ultimately glitches and disintegrates entirely. The Final Boss Part 2: Lucy walks back and forth across the threshold of the Final Boss’s office, so that he is forced to keeping turning around in his black swivel chair. They wait for hours and hours until she glitches and “breaks free” of her controlled, avatar body. The First Boss Part 2 : Lucy and The Arms Dealer refuse to bow to The First Boss. He joins her on her quest to kill the Final Boss and escape the “game.” The Arms Dealer is freed and thanks Lucy profusely. This time, she flipping back and forth between the menu options “buy, steal, trade” so that the Arms Dealer glitches. The Arms Dealer Part 2: Lucy approaches the Arms Dealer again. The screen says “Game Over.” The end credits roll and Lucy is returned to Level 1. Lucy tries to stab The Final Boss, but there is a mysterious force-field around him. He is sitting in a chair associated with Wall Street. It leads Lucy to The Final Boss (who looks exactly like the white man from The Photo scene). The Final Boss: Another red door mysteriously appears. Lucy is forced to fight the First Boss and quickly kills her. The First Boss: The Arms Dealer leads Lucy to the First Boss – an East Asian woman stereotypically dressed in a red & gold martial arts robe. His repetitive speech patterns lead Lucy to the conclusion that she is now inside a video game/virtual reality. The Arms Dealer: Lucy meets a Black man who is selling weapons.

She opens the door to find herself in completely new place: Attica – a video game. She finds a red door (with a A button for a doorknob) and runs towards it. The Door: Lucy finds herself suddenly in an empty, all-white space. He creepily (and non-consensually) takes a picture of her. The Photo: A white boy finds a Black girl (Lucy) in the library who piques his interest.

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