>>98651817American Black anon here
My dad used a belt, his hands (open fist or grabs), and would routinely threaten to do weird stuff to me. Like, if he said or did something that made me cry, he’d threaten to put me in a dress for the rest of the day for acting like a little girl. That sort of weirdly specific thing.
Aparently, it was all he knew, because his dad used full on emotional and mental abuse, along with whatever was closest to him/ his hands if he was pissed enough. I am truly lucky I never got to meet the bastard, because he would have fucked me up like no one’s business. My dad probably threatened all of that weird stuff because my grandpa either did it to him or one of his seven brothers.
My mom didn’t get anything cruel, but she got unusual stuff. Sometimes, her mom would string together leaves into a leaf whip, and these were those very durable leaves with the pointy tips. God knows how she did it, but I’m told it stung like hell and would cut your bum or thigh if you were unlucky.
I’ve also heard of other black kids getting beat with frying pans, rolling pins, and even just full on punched or pushed down. Worst case scenario, you get a cruel and unusual punishment, like you get your head shaved bald and the kids at school tear into you for it.
It’s kinda weird, but I don’t think I turned out too bad. Hell, in spite of all the things my dad had do deal with, my dad went on to be pretty successful and raise me in a nice town where no one gets shot far away from the shithole he grew up in.
Anyway, what I’m trying to say here is that black parents are horrifying at best. There’s a reason you hear some black people say, “Boy, I’m bout to beat yo ass” when they talk to their children. Because they were really, really going to beat your ass.
I can’t even hear someone say, “Boy” in that one voice without thinking of how my dad would talk before he whipped me.
