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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We need to talk about whupping. I guarantee the officers, if they were black, were not telling the boy he should be “beaten.” They were saying whupped. People need to know that there is a huge difference between the percentage of white kids who are disciplined physically at home and the percentage of black kids. Like nearly all black kids are. And it’s talked about very openly and positively. So it’s a little silly seeing all these freaked out white women on here talking about a situation where two black cops told a kid his mama should whup him.[/quote]

First off, funny you should assume anyone here thought by "beating" they meant "strapping him to a wall and taking out a 2x4. Obviously they meant "whupping."

Who TF cares if they said "spanking" all the times they said "beating?" As people with authority-- particularly ones who HOLD GUNS and are feared-- they shouldn't remotely be speaking about ANY punishment, let alone a physical one. To a FIVE year old.

And more than one study and numerous texts have been written about how this mentality persists among Black folks as a way to shore up Black kids' strength to face a harsh, white supremacist world. Some studies suggest it is *less* damaging to Black kids than to white kids-- partly because if something is socially acceptable in a community, it is less likely to be practiced by extremists. But those same studies show it is still damaging.

If you don't think there are progressive Black parenting advocates who rail very very strongly against this mentality, you are wrong.

And if you think Black officers would have said this to a white child? Hoooooo weeeeee.[/quote]

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