Hearing Sarah Schulman talk about gentrification and explaining how it changed our environment stuck out to me. It made me think about how my environment was before it changed. I remember her saying that each neighborhood use to have its own personalty. i think that each neighborhood should have its own personalty instead of everywhere looking the same
Author: Shemar
My name is Shemar.When i as younger my mother told me it was my father’s idea to name me Shemar. I never asked him why he decided to name me that. I personally like the name Shemar because growing up there always seem to be people with the same name and i didn’t know anyone with my name, so in a way i felt that my name was just for me. I researched the meaning of Shemar and i found that it derives from the name SHÔMÊR which origins is Hebrew, Shemar means to keep watch, preserve,keeper and guardian of God. I have two younger siblings and its my job to keep watch of them and protect them. so my name fits the description of my responsibilities. I like my name even more now.
