i'm glad you joined us, stacey patton and felicity huffman in just a moment. ♪ >> and by contributionso your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >>> today more than 70% of americans think that spanking is acceptable. that number is higher among african-americans. stacey patton has a new book about america's relationship with corporal punishment, and she says it's time to recognize that spanking is abuse that hurts kids. for those watching right now saying whooping already saved america's black children. what do you say. >> look at mass incarceration. violence in cities like chicago and baltimore, and you'll find your answer to that assumption that beating kids, whooping, spanking, treating their bodies with violence saved us from any of these structural realities. >> what is the sign tiffist difference between what you just ran and whooping. >> we have science that says whooping, spanking, hitting and pain, science that shows hitting children causes structural damage to their brains. it sparks bio chemical responses that can put them at risk for a lower iq. also problems like

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