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Heavy hands create a heavy toll. #karamoshow #shorts

21 Nov 2023 · 0 min

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Karamo confronts a mother about repeatedly hitting her son, explaining how physical punishment damages his self-esteem and perpetuates cycles of trauma in Black families. He pushes her to apologize and acknowledge the harm, connecting her own grief over lost family members to the fear of losing her son to the same cycle.

Every time you hit him, you know it hurts his self-esteem. Every time he jumps in my face and gets to talking to me crazy, what do you think it does to me? I know that. That's why I had him apologize first. But now I'm asking you as his mother, can you say, I gotta give him, every time you hit him, it's hurting his self-esteem. Okay, man, we know what happened to broken Black men in this world. Do you want that?
No, I don't.
Who are you telling me?
No, I don't. I don't want that. And I do apologize for hitting you.
I'm doing the first step. So what can you do from here? Because this is the thing, and I'm gonna be real with you, I know you're grieving and I could see the pain. And I also heard a mother crying out saying, "I just walked you around 'cause I love you." I heard all of it in one. And you've lost your mother, you've lost your brother, and I don't want to see you lose your son.