Blog 7

 The first photo that I am going to describe is the photo of the two students that attend the University of Mississippi named Tyler Yarbrough and Curtis Hill. In the photo they are seen carrying a desecrated marker that commemorated Emmett through campus. What they were doing is carrying it throughout campus after having a panel discussion concerning racism because of a photo circulated of 3 students who are apart of a pro-confederate fraternity standing beside the signs with guns. The two students were trying to bring more awareness to the situation. This is important for the broader Mississippi community because it's not talked about much and most people in the community doesn't know the history behind the incident or where it even happened. The second photo is 4 students standing in front of a confederate statue at the University of Mississippi. The 4 students Tyler Yarbrough, Curtis Hill, Isabel Spafford, and Yasmine Malone. This is another way of them trying to bring awareness to the situation that occurred and also the white supremacy that happens within the school. This is important for them to do because there will not be any change if they don't take actions into their own hands and bring awareness to this issue. The way I preserve the legacy of my own space is making sure to keep positivity within the space and outside of the space. It help shapes my identity because in a way it is helping me become a better person. The reason I say it is helping me become a better person because you can't live your everyday life flooded with negativity, you will not get far in life if you do so. Being positive opens up more doors and it has you feeling great about life and everything you do within your life. When you're at peace and happy, nothing can mess that up. I feel that it is important because you may never know what may happen next in your life, but always keeping a positive out look on things can help you get through whatever it is at the time. If this could be expanded to my family or even the community it would be a better outcome. There wouldn't be many problems within my family and with the community there wouldn't be as much violence and hatred, I'm not saying that it will be completely violence will be completely gone, but it wouldn't be as much. If this was shared with my family, it would be easier for us to do actual things as family, like bond. There wouldn't be no tension at all and we would act as a family.