Baltimore's 'Mother of the year' is an excuse for racism, says mom of two

[Omaha Steve]

Naeemah Ford Goldson is a mother of two boys who lives in Atlanta but is originally from Omaha. She’s the owner of Restore Order Professional Organizing, LLC. Read more posts from Naeemah

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POSTED: WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 2015 12:00 AM
By Naeemah Ford Goldson

Mom of the year? I don't think so.

The reason the media and some people are praising Toya Graham, the woman who was filmed on national television beating her teenage son in public, is beyond my understanding. It's ridiculous! I wonder if the same people praising that woman would have done the same to their kids. Would they have 'liked' her on Facebook if it were a blonde-haired, blue-eyed mother and son?

When I initially watched the video, I thought it was a clip from Jerry Springer. It looked like a woman who was mad at an ex-lover for sleeping with her sister and was chasing him in the street yelling, "Oh, no you didn't!"

Then I realized it was her son, and I became more concerned about what was going on in that family. This was such a trashy display of discipline. What was she hoping to achieve by publicly shaming her own son? I question those people who praised this woman and think it's OK to treat your child in this manner.

FULL story at link.

[KamaAina]

1. I wouldn't have minded seeing a white mom do that at the pumpkin riot,

the Kentucky basketball riot, or any of a number of mostly white riots that, well, get whitewashed in the M$M.

[cwydro]

5. ...

[4139]

2. Publicly shaming AND prevent her son from hurting...

others or himself AND potentially keeping her son out of jail was a great thing!


The only difference between 'mom of the year' and my mom is my mom used a broomstick!

[B2G]

3. He was not 'beaten'

Good lord.

[Lyric]

4. I'm white, and I have a fifteen year old son.

And if I found my son deliberately involving himself in a situation that could kill him, you're damned right that I'd smack the stupid out of him, and I don't care who sees. You leave that stuff to the grownups who can choose to risk their own adult lives; children have no place in a situation like that. Better some humiliation than seeing him dead.

I can't believe people are really complaining about this.

[deutsey]

6. "concerned about what was going on in that family"

I don't know what was going on in that family, but what was going on in that video seemed to me to be a scared and angry mother getting her kid out of a potentially deadly situation that he was participating in.

I don't think she should be or is "Mother of the Year" (whatever that is), but I can understand why she did what she did in that moment.