Yeah, right

I’m willing to bet money that their ancestors would give them a swift kick in the butt and tell them to get on with their lives.

DeGruy-Leary testified this month in Washington County Circuit Court that African Americans today are affected by past centuries of U.S. slavery because the original slaves were never treated for the trauma of losing their homes; seeing relatives whipped, raped and killed; and being subjugated by whites.

Also,

“He had a traditional, Southern, small-town, working-class upbringing where ‘whuppin’ was accepted,” Vogt said. “Whether that was abusive or not, that is in the eye of the beholder. He was raised differently than your typical kid in Beaverton.”

A “whuppin'” does not kill children. Regardless of whether they are in Mississipi or Beaverton. Otherwise there would be scores of cases of traditional, Southern, small-town, working-class kids being killed by their parents. This guy is whacked.