Why is America celebrating the beating of a black child?

Washington Post ^ | 04/29/2015 | By Stacey Patton

[Rusty0604]

It’s not surprising that a black mother in Baltimore who chased down, cursed and beat her 16-year-old son in the middle of a riot has been called a hero. In this country, when black mothers fulfill stereotypes of mammies, angry and thwarting resistance to a system designed to kill their children, they get praised.

“He gave me eye contact,” Toya Graham told CBS News. “And at that point, you know, not even thinking about cameras or anything like that — that’s my only son and at the end of the day, I don’t want him to be a Freddie Gray. Is he the perfect boy? No he’s not, but he’s mine.”

In other words, Graham’s message to America is: I will teach my black son not to resist white supremacy so he can live.

The kind of violent discipline Graham unleashed on her son did not originate with her, ...or with the legions of black parents who equate pain with protection and love. The beatings originated with white supremacy, a history of cultural and physical violence that devalues black life at every turn. From slavery through Jim Crow, from the school-to-prison pipeline, the innocence and protection of black children has always been a dream deferred.

Praising Graham distracts from a hard truth: It doesn’t matter how black children behave – whether they throw rocks at the police, burn a CVS, join gangs, walk home from the store with candy in their pocket, listen to rap music in a car with friends, play with a toy gun in a park, or simply make eye contact with a police officer – they risk being killed and blamed for their own deaths because black youths are rarely viewed as innocent or worthy of protection.

[2ndDivisionVet]

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[libertylover]

Because he deserved it.

He sure did. My problem with her is the language she was using. Also, she has 6 children and she's a single mom. How many father's I wonder?

[Farmer Dean]

Leaving his ignorant ass out in the street to be possibly shot,now that would be child abuse.

[familyop]

"Why is America celebrating the beating of a black child?"

Because his father wasn't around to do it. America is celebrating that.

[Secret Agent Man]

Fqce slapping is notbeatig. Te eft never uses accurate terms, alwys grossly exaggerating.

[17th Miss Regt]

Stacy is correct. The proper thing to do is to let her son riot, join a gang, get involved in drugs and end up in prison or dead. But no! She whacked him and pulled him home to keep him out of trouble.

Some people just can’t leave well enough alone!

[Flatus I. Maximus]

> Why is America celebrating the beating of a black child?

Because Toya Graham is living our dream?

[shalom aleichem]

‘Cause he needed it. And benefitted from it.

[shalom aleichem]

‘Cause he needed it. And benefitted from it.

[shalom aleichem]

‘Cause he needed it. And benefitted from it.

[Norm Lenhart]

I’m sure snowflake has heard much worse. And needs to. Regularly.

[Fred Nerks]

Author, Anti-Spanking Activist, Advocate for Foster Children and Adoptee’s Rights

No one would ever imagine that the vibrant, smart, and successful Stacey Patton had a childhood from hell. Once a foster child who found a home with God fearing, house proud, and hardworking adoptive parents, she appeared to beat the odds. But her mother was tyrannical, and her father turned a blind eye to the years of abuse his wife heaped on their love starved little girl. On a rainy night in November 1999, Stacey Patton, a promising student at NYU, approached her adoptive parents' house with a gun in her hand. She wanted to kill them. Or so she thought...

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[CrazyIvan]

I’ll bet little Trayvon and Michael’s mothers never smacked their precious little saints. I was far from a perfect child and very stubborn. I hate to think how I might have turned out in lieu of a couple of good whoopings.

[Rusty0604]

LoL

[ransacked]

The savage must be kept disciplined. When left unchecked, it will continue to loot and destroy. It will rarely build and create. Everyone must be held accountable for their actions!

[bmwcyle]

I had a beer but it was not about that.

[roamer_1]

Killing and looting...cool. Family discipline...out of bounds. How are these people in charge?

Woe to those who call good evil and evil good.

Ain't nothing there that my white mamma wouldn't have done to me. Shoot, Mom's in her 70's now and me in my 50's... and if she saw fit to haul out a wooden spoon and come after me, I just know I'd be backing up and backing down, I do declare.

That mamma did the right thing exactly, and if that boy has an old man, He oughta do it proper too. I know mine sure would'a. If you think mamma's a threat, Just wait till the old man finds out!

Then comes the difference between a citizen and a thug... Between a boy and a man.

[publius911]

Why is America celebrating the beating of a black child?

Child?
Like the "gentle giant" 215-pound child?
What size diaper did he wear the many times he was in prison? What size diaper did he wear when he was dealing drugs? Were those diapers worn around the knees?

That was some beating. I was embarrassed watching it, such cruelty!

What pediatric trauma emergency room was he taken to?

A masked hoodie-thug, a full head and a half taller than his mom, hiding his full face to avoid the consequences of his acts. I totally believe that had the cameras not been rolling, and had his face remained hidden, he would have cold-cocked his mother.

Masked Hoodie thug don't go to a riot to spread the love...

What a crock of bullshit!!*

*Princeton University press-On Bullshit

[manc]

My question was she looks very young, has 6 kids and is single. How many fathers do these kids have?

[gogeo]

Stop funding cranks like the one that wrote this article!