SO THIS PIECE BY JAMELLE BOUIE SAYS THAT blacks share the views of most Americans on corporal punishment, and that’s the white man’s fault. Take it from somebody with African family — the attitudes on corporal punishment over there are pretty stout, too.

Bouie’s real problem is that while 70% of Americans support corporal punishment, basically nobody among the politico-journalistic Clerisy does. So defending blacks on the ground that they’re just like other Americans risks someone throwing an oikophobia flag — ewww, just like other Americans? Yuk.