“The punishment is one thing and the videotaping of the punishment is another issue. However, with more availability of digital cameras, people are able to see what’s happening. It’s always been behind closed doors or tight circles. Physical or corporal punishment is something that has historically been a part of black culture. If you go into prison and take a poll, most of them will say that they got their asses beat pretty good while they were growing up. I think that’s one of the biggest misconceptions. I’ve never worked with anyone who ended up in jail because of lack of beatings and I’ve never worked with a child who had disciplinary problems because a lack of beatings. “I’ve worked in the prison and I’ve worked with children with behavior disorders. Ivory Toldson, associate professor at Howard University, senior research analyst for the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Negro Education. I think it does fit into the category of psychological abuse,” said Dr. “I think what he’s doing is illegal and he should be arrested for it. Some viewers have supported Broox, while some feels that he should go to jail for physically admonishing his child. A beating can be heard, and towards the end of the film, Broox makes the child work out in a yard, military style. Broox questions his child’s misbehavior at school, cuts his hair, then takes him into a room. The video has gained over 1.2 million views. It still takes a village to raise a child!!!” There are 827,680 black men in prison/jail. According to 2009 census: There are 2,500,000 black people in college, only 919,000 are black men. He says, “According to the Sentencing Project: 1 out of 8 black men are in prison and 1 out of 3 black men born today are expected to go to prison. Broox has a belt hanging around his neck, and it seems like he’s about to discipline his child.īroox, posted his research before the video started. In the video Devery Broox and his child is in a bathroom. We get a rare glimpse of a black father interacting with his son.
Recently, a video posted online by a father, changed the ‘My momma would beat me if I did…’ line. These lines start with ‘my momma’ because in 2011, over 70 percent of African-American children are born to single mothers, according to government statistics. There’s the classic joke line, ‘If I did this, my momma would slap the taste out of my mouth,’ and, ‘My momma would beat the black off of me.’ It’s been depicted in movies, songs, and even comedic lines.Įverybody knew Trey wouldn’t even think about leaving that front porch without permission from Furious Styles in Boyz N The Hood. Either you’ve been beaten or you’ve seen somebody beaten.
The boy is now being cared for by Appogg.We’ve all been somewhere - a store, airport, office, salon - and seen a kid misbehaving and said to ourselves, ‘I wish that parent would beat their kid.’īlack children aren’t strangers to beatings. The son and the two prostitutes were granted three years of protection. The father pleaded not guilty, but Magistrate Audrey Demicoli sentenced him to eight years in prison. Inspector Spiteri had testified that one of the women had told him that there had been times when the boy had not been able to obtain an erection and the accused had shouted at the boy, calling him “pufta” and lashing his back with an electrical cord.Ī prostitute had told the police that the man had also forced the child to have sex with other women, who subsequently confirmed it.ĭrugs would also be taken in the presence of the child, the inspector added. Inspector Busuttil testified that a woman who used to live with the accused had gone to the police to report that he would take her to Marsa for prostitution and that he would also force her to have sex with the child, and wanted to involve the boy in group sex acts with the woman. Inspectors Joseph Busuttil and John Spiteri prosecuted. The boy, who is now 12 years old, told police and a social worker that his father had threatened to lock him up in an institution if he ever told anyone about what had happened. The man feared that his son would be gay like the man’s two brothers were. During investigations, it emerged that the father had forced the prostitute into performing sexual acts on the child, and forced the child to partake in them.