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Father Allegedly Robs Bank to Pay for Daughter’s Chemo Treatments

Father Allegedly Robs Bank to Pay for Daughter’s Chemo Treatments

Father Allegedly Robs Bank to Pay for Daughter’s Chemo Treatments

 

Brain_RandolphWhen I first heard the story about Brian Randolph, a young 23-year-old black man who allegedly robbed a bank for the purpose of paying for his young daughter’s chemotherapy treatments, I decided to withhold my opinion on the matter, because these stories have a proclivity to take on a life of their own, and it can be extremely difficult to get a grasp on what is fact and what is fiction. As of right now, I believe that I have enough information to be able to say what I will say here.

First of all, I will say that black people are responding as they do far too often. The self-righteous, bearing the pseudo-righteousness poured upon them by their oppressors, are already unleashing on the young brother. Allow me to say that I am not condoning any type of illegal behavior; however, I am not willing to disregard why this man did what he did. Was it the best option? Absolutely not. Did he believe that was his only option? It seems that way. What should not be ignored is the fact that a black man saw a need that his family had and he went out to make it happen without considering the consequences he would suffer.


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As I have said so many times in the past, blacks must do a better job of embracing the paradigm of community and collectivism. Individualism has literally destroyed us. I don’t have to condone the wrong that someone has done to let them know that I am there for them. All other groups do this consistently. We are the only ones that throw our fallen under the bus, based on some false sense of righteousness.

What concerns me even more is the fact that if blacks would become united, this young man would not have been placed in a position in which he would have to rob a bank in order to pay for his daughter’s chemotherapy. There are actually some people who are saying that the black collective should not get behind him because he had a choice, and he made that choice. Wow! So, let me get this straight. Black people are only our people when they are not doing something wrong? Now tell me one other group that thinks that way. That is what makes us easy targets, we abandon our own when they need us the most — no sense of community or collectivism whatever.

My blood is my blood, and my family is my family, no matter what they do, and all black people are my family. I don’t have to condone their actions in order to stand with them and show them they are not alone. With a significant number of our men in prison, where do you think black male leadership for the future will come from? As slaves, we were conditioned to think only of ourselves, and we have perpetuated that mindset for generations, while all other groups look out for one another, and we remain at the bottom of the socioeconomic ladder because we refuse to stand with one another based on some pseudo-sense of righteousness pushed on us by our oppressors. In fact, if we were organized and working together, he would have never had to resort to this in the first place. He could have gone to the community council and got what he needed.

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Dr. Rik Wallace, Ph.D.
There is so much that can be said about this on so many levels. First of all, we need to own our own insurance companies, not only are they powerful and profitable, but it would provide the conduit through which we can invest in viable ventures for the black community. Also, it would ensure that black families would have the coverage they need, when they need it.

Am I the only one seeing this?

Listen my black brothers and sisters. If we took less than half of the $1.1 trillion that we are currently spending into the Asian, White and Arab economies and created a 10-year collective spending plan that included residential enhancements, property acquisition, business development and education, we could execute a power move that would ensure that this would not ever happen to another black family. But, there has to be a paradigmatic shift if the way we spend, engage one another and see one another. ~ Dr. Rick Wallace, Ph.D.

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