So I was reading the paper the other day and came across an article that got me all up in arms, or "on my pole" as the Wife would say. The title was something to the effect of "Spankings in schools disproportionately against minorities". Of course anyone who knows me knows exactly where I'm headed. First they scream that there isn't enough being done in our schools to help parents rear their children (because obviously it isn't being done at home). And our government schools are the next best place for children to receive instructions[all sarcasm meant here]. Anyways I digress. So along comes this research group and decides to find out how this punishing is going. Lo and Behold they find that children of Latino and Black decent are being punished more than white kids. (Imagine their look of shock and awe).
At this point I want to reach through the paper to those doing the study and ask how many times they ram their heads into brick walls before realizing the wall won't move. Are they really shocked that this demographic that also fills more slots in our prisons and has more teenage out-of-wedlock childbirth is the demographic that gets more paddlings in schools? Really? So now are we going to have to introduce the Equal Oportunity Paddlings Act (EOPA). For every minority you paddle you must make sure there is one white being paddled. Because as my father said, "You may not have done something this time, but I'm sure there's something I don't know about."
Maybe at some point they will actually start looking towards the home and putting the blame where it actually belongs, on the parents who aren't teaching their children right from wrong.
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They still paddle in your schools? Thats must be nice. I feel sorry for the kids that go to schools where they dont spank kids. Most of those kids go all their life without a spanking. I am a strong believer in smacking the shit out of a kid to get the point across. Otherwise I dont believe they will ever learn.
Maybe, just maybe? people could stop hitting other people? Then no one could say who was getting hit more, and everyone could say no one is getting hit. Hmmm. I think that is the real issue here. Parents have the choice, which is THEIR choice, to spank or not spank their children - just like we are supposedly allowed to choose our own religion, right? So, just like I wouldn't want my Baptist child to be forced to drink the blood of Jesus Christ at a public school, and I wouldn't want my agnostic child to be forced to pray at a public school, I wouldn't want my unabused child to be hit at school. Period. Ever. And the fact that more African-Americans and Latinos are in jails is part of a much broader issue that has nothing to do with inherant faults of a particular race of people.
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