MiR I'm curious to see how small town KS viewed it and what kinds of pressure/views/narratives were impressed upon you.
Also side note, what about the OKC bombing effected you?
All at your discretion.
There was no pressure, narratives, or views I'm sure for most people that may as well be in Liberia. There were no conversations at all about it, not even an "I wish those people would stop." There was one person, a teacher at the high school, that I would have had a conversation with about this, he was very socially conscious and like-minded, but I didn't have that type of relationship with him at that point.
As far as the Murrah Building bombing, I was born in OKC and lived there until I was 10. My parents got divorced, mom remarried and moved to Kansas. My dad worked in that building at one time, I spent time in there as a young kid. I had an aunt in the building at the time of the explosion, she was thrown out of her chair and broke her leg. My great aunt, who essentially was a grandmother to me growing up, lived a short distance from there. That neighborhood was gentrified for Bricktown, that's another story for another day though.