Author: ztobias

    From the article read the author’s main argument is that restorative justice in the St. Louis is correlated to the ideas of peoples and their wrongdoings.  There are some principles or guidelines that speak about how wrongdoings are a violation of people’s interpersonal relationships.  I believe this is the biggest reason why certain things like racism was and are so big in St. Louis and even across the country. When you go against people’s personal boundaries in relation to being treated right and equality you run into situations where people feel like they are not being heard or understood. This then can turn into protests and other acts of freedom of speech which is our first amendment right. As the article mentions “Restorative Justice acknowledges that when a person does harm, it affects the people they hurt, the community and themselves”.  It’s not just about when you do something wrong and forget it, the moral is when there is a misunderstanding when it comes to people’s voices and actions, people should be held accountable for their wrongdoings and the people that are or were affected should not have to suffer because others do not like the way things are going, or because a particularly community wants to improve or do better for themselves.

      This source teaches us to understand what restorative justice is and to address issues when they should be and need be, within a respectful and proper manner.  One phrase I like to use is “One bad apple can spoil the whole bunch”, that is what can happen when one person gets hurt or a group of people get hurt, it spreads like wildfire. As humans we have to be conscious and aware of who and what we are doing because if not we can hurt people emotionally instead of uplifting and helping. 

 In this podcast we get a perspective from a black elementary school teacher about the topic discussion about the history of slavery being taught to younger kids. I find it very interesting myself that  growing up and back in elementary school I personally did not learn much about slavery and the oppression and effects it had on black people. Towards my middle school years going closer to eighth grade I had more white teachers and I was at an all black elementary school where everyone looks like you. You come up hearing about the Dr. King and Malcom X and Fredrick Douglas but you never hear about George Washington Carver who discovered peanut butter and Lewis Latimer who invented the lightbulb. The technology and items we use on a daily basis most were invented and or founded by black people and we do not get the credit we deserve today. It goes to show how in most school systems government officials are trying to ban the teaching of African American history and slavery. In the podcast it mentions how schools talk about heroes and they do not talk about villains. Kate Shuster first interviewer as her role in leading the new framework of teaching the hard history to elementary school students.   The goal of the framework  was to create a diverse range of access points for teachers for K-5 specifically  and its difference in relation to trying to teach high school history. The idea behind this was to already look at lesson plans teachers had and not change it completely but to add and to expand on what they already was teaching and incorporate some minor changes for the perspective of K-5 so students at an early age can get an understanding and retain that crucial information that needs to be brought into the light. 

  From the article read the author’s main argument is that restorative justice in the St. Louis is correlated to the ideas of peoples and their wrongdoings.  There are some principles or guidelines that speak about how wrongdoings are a violation of people’s interpersonal relationships.  I believe this is the biggest reason why certain things like racism was and are so big in St. Louis and even across the country. When you go against people’s personal boundaries in relation to being treated right and equality you run into situations where people feel like they are not being heard or understood. This then can turn into protests and other acts of freedom of speech which is our first amendment right. As the article mentions “Restorative Justice acknowledges that when a person does harm, it affects the people they hurt, the community and themselves”.  It’s not just about when you do something wrong and forget it, the moral is when there is a misunderstanding when it comes to people’s voices and actions, people should be held accountable for their wrongdoings and the people that are or were affected should not have to suffer because others do not like the way things are going, or because a particularly community wants to improve or do better for themselves.

         This source teaches us to understand what restorative justice is and to address issues when they should be and need be, within a respectful and proper manner.  One phrase I like to use is “ One bad apple can spoil the whole bunch”,  and that is what can happen when one person gets hurt or a group of people get hurt, it spreads like wildfire. As humans we have to be conscious and aware of who and what we are doing because if not we can hurt people emotionally instead of uplifting and helping. 

  Going to the MBG and getting to look into the basement was our next step as a team. My first reaction when we went to the basement was just how small and secluded it was. It really gave a feel to a certain extent of what it could have been like to live or just roam around in the basement in that time period. Seeing the fireplace, the washboard, and the plow for the cattle what was used to farm with was interesting. When I was down there, I pictured myself almost as if I was going back in time and it really gave a sense of the hardship that the slaves went through. In another room there were paintings on the wall portraying the people who might have stayed in that side of the house and what their day-to-day life could have consisted of. One thing that stood out to me was, some people’s faces were blurred out and also not using the real people that were in that position, but instead to use fake or other people. Seeing that really limited some of the observations that me and others had made, which in total really felt a sense of something could be hidden and people did not want to express who the actual slaves were. Once we broke out into groups to go to the different stations, the one that caught my eyes the most was Andrew’s which displayed all the tax documents and other significant figures. Coming from a business major, it really brought intuition on how checks and other tax documents looked back 200+ years ago compared to the more modern 21st century.  Just seeing that along with the other writings and using the magnifying glasses to try and translate into a more modern version of English we use today. I am pleased that we are working with the Archives basically coming from a business major and I feel as if we all can use our intended major and other skills to our advantage when working with Andrew.