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Violence against Women and Children is Wrong
No tolerance,
no excuses
by
M arc H. M orial
The NFL may have
inadvertently done us
all a favor by shedding
light on a problem that
is too often ignored or swept
under the rug. Recent incidents
of abuse of his then fiancée and
now wife by former Baltimore
Ravens running back Ray Rice
and alleged child abuse by Minne
sota Vikings running back Adrian
Peterson are stark reminders that
domestic violence against anyone
has no place in any relationship,
even when it is not captured on
camera or doesn’t become a na
tional news story.
As the president of a civil rights
organization that is steeped in a
tradition of peaceful change, and
as a husband and father of two
daughters, I have consistently
spoken out against the lack of
value placed on the lives of black
males including Trayvon Martin,
Jordan D avis, Eric G arner,
Michael Brown and too many
more across the nation.
Today, I want to send a similar
message about the value we place
on the women and children
who live in our homes. Non
violence has always been
the cornerstone of what Dr.
King and John Lewis have
called “The Beloved Com
munity” - and non-violence be
gins in the home.
While a wide range of disci
plinary choices are available to
parents, we must ask ourselves if
the way we were raised is the
same way we want to raise our
children. What lessons are we
teaching children when disputes
between fathers and mothers are
more likely settled with physical
confrontations instead of rea
soned conversations?
While spanking - sometimes
with belts and switches - might
have been a part of many of our
childhoods, what are we saying
to our children when we whip
them until their butts are black
and blue?
Charles Barkley was a form i
dable basketball player and is an
entertaining sports com menta
tor, but Chuck got it wrong
when he recently downplayed
A drian P e te rso n ’s use o f a
sw itch which caused lacera
tions and bruises on his 4-year-
old son. Barkley responded by
saying, “I'm from the South.
W hipping - we do that all the
time. Every Black parent in the
South is going to be in jail under
those circumstances."
Responding to the fumbling
response of the NFL in the wake
of recent incidents and allega
tions of domestic violence, sexual
assault and child abuse involving
professional football players, NFL
Commissioner Roger Goodell
updated his response last month
and admitted, “I got it wrong and
I am sorry.”
Saying that “Domestic abuse
and sexual assault have no place
in the NFL,” he also pledged to re
examine and change NFL policies
to prevent future incidents and
toughen sanctions for players
who break the rules.
But this is a problem that af
fects all of us. Domestic violence
occurs among all races and in all
communities. Parenting is not
easy, and none of us are perfect;
but when loving discipline crosses
the line into angry and hurtful
punishment, it is time to take a
step back and seek healthier ways
to teach our children right from
wrong.
Many urban families facing the
twin stresses of poverty and single
parenthood may need special help.
That is why many Urban League
affiliates across the country offer
parenting counseling as part of
their services to the community,
and it is why the National Urban
League has been such a strong
supporter of Early Childhood
Education and programs like Head
Start which include parenting
classes.
This issue is about more than
Ray Rice, Adrian Peterson and
the NFL. It is about who we are
as a nation. It’s time for all of us
to take a stand and make it clear -
domestic violence is wrong - no
tolerance, no excuses. Our moth
ers, daughters, wives, sisters and
friends are counting on us.
Marc H. Morial is president
and chief executive officer o f the
National Urban League.