Since I'm not a "self-hating white," I wouldn't know.
But I would call Moody (who's the step-father, not the father) a knuckle-dragging slope who has no business being around anybody's children.
This abuse is the kind of thing that inspires children to grow up to kill their parents.
A bit mellow-dramatic don't yo think?
I don't know the people involved so it's hard to say if the step dad is a evil child abuser or if the child is a manipulative little monster. I can see where both might be the case.
All I can say is that if it were me, this is the kind of thing that would inspire me to make *amn sure I never missed the bus. I wonder why it didn't have the same effect on this 8 year old?