Chapter 7, "Yes Yes Yall"

When we look at graffiti today there are always two sides to whether graffiti is art or a form of vandalizm. In the 1970s graffiti was developed. On page 281 Fab 5 Freddy stated " Around '77-'78 I was reading some books and I saw this whole thing about pop art, and I saw a connection between the styles and what was going on in graffiti, which at the time had become really developed... I made a connection that this stuff going on was like art, too, and I could perhaps become a part of it and be an artisit like these pop artists." This quote proves that Graffiti artists really felt that by writing on the walls they were becoming 'popular' because they were showing off their art. I think that police officers need to realize that graffiti is not something that is done for negative reasons, and they are just trying to express themselves.