Markings of a Slave

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I saw this video yesterday and the celebration among black people was somewhat ridiculous, especially from black men. Then I thought about how normal this behavior is. Until this day, we still still brag and swap stories about who had the worse ass whooping story as if that's some badge of honor. What we fail to realize is that we contracted this behavior from our slave master, and more specifically from Mamie who would beat her sons as close to death as possible to appease master who would likely have had the slave beaten to death. In those times a beating was to save a life or used as an alternative to overly cruel punishment from owners. That was out of love and concern for the safety of the child. That being said a good question is when the lynching's and ownership stopped why didn't the beatings? The answer is we are still operating on a slave paradigm. The evolution of being under the thumb of white supremacy is a broken spirit, illogical behavior, self-hatred, and loss of self-discipline. This is apparent in the fact that he didn't have enough self control to stop and proceeded to hit his child close to 100 times.

Truth is this a man boy defeated by life and has no other place to take out his anger and aggression but on a defenseless child. In a system of white supremacy the black man is often castrated economically, spiritually (white Jesus), socially (cooning), and mentally. Outside of sports there is no other way to display our dominance or at the very least our manhood. The lack of an outlet often means we turn towards our own to release that energy as evidenced in this video.

If he were around giving her some real fatherly game she would have no interest in posting the pics online in the first place... Children do things for attention. An emotionally starved child will naturally seek attention wherever they can get it. That child found value in the attention she got from posting pics online. A beating does no change the desire for attention; It simply creates a fear of being caught. Teach a child to find the value in love and self-respect. These kinds of lessons take time and attention. When that child's emotional needs are met those lessons become intrinsic and the behavior will naturally change.

Side note: Part of the answer to why niggas are so violent is right here. We learn that shit in the home