Spare the kids : why whupping children won't save Black America /

Spare the Kids examines the cultural tradition of corporal punishment in Black homes and its connections to racial violence in America. The impact on child rearing among so many black families of Stacey Patton's Spare the Kids may well prove as powerfully corrective as Harriet Beecher Stowe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Patton, Stacey (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Boston : Beacon Press, [2017]
Subjects:	African American families. Corporal punishment of children > United States. African American children > Abuse of. African American parents > Attitudes. Children and violence > United States.

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Summary:	Spare the Kids examines the cultural tradition of corporal punishment in Black homes and its connections to racial violence in America. The impact on child rearing among so many black families of Stacey Patton's Spare the Kids may well prove as powerfully corrective as Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin was upon the acceptance of chattel slavery.
Physical Description:	238 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9780807061046 0807061042