Black Father Kills Ex and 2-Year-Old Daughter
Because blacks have a proclivity to respond to almost every situation from an emotional perspective, it makes it virtually impossible to respond to situations like this from an educated and rational position. For the purpose of clarity, allow me to elucidate what I mean by an “educated and rational” position. There are many people who are superb autodidacts, meaning that they have self-educated themselves, and though they may not have a formal education on a specific topic, they have invested hours into developing a lucid perspicacity surrounding that specific topic. So, one does not have to have a degree in a particular field to understand the concepts produced from that field of study. Some of the most knowledgeable people I have had discussions with on these types of issues are not formally educated in the area, but they are passionate about understanding it, so that they can make a difference.
I will begin by saying that we must learn to identify and understand social and cultural phenomena, so that we can effectively address the variables and factors that produce them on a proactive level. No man just simply comes to a point in which he kills a woman and then kills his progeny. For a man to commit an act so heinous, he has had to experience what I refer to as an erosion of the soul. Blacks have been systematically indoctrinated into religious structural and social ideologies to the point that they no longer have a spiritual center, which is key for our people. We are, as a collective race, highly religious, but spiritually deficient. This lack of spiritual fortitude leaves our souls vulnerable to erosion as a result of constant traumatic events and experiences. This erosion of the soul systematically and organically modifies our personality and axiology, subsequently shifting our reality.
Keep in mind that what we deem as right or wrong in society is based on our conscience, which is the manifestation of social norms and standards established within the culture. Because of social engineering, the black experience is unique to any other, and the social norms and standards that make up the black conscience is highly inconsistent across the board because of a wide range of experiences, and poor racial socialization on a grand scale. One of the most prevalent factors in predicting the proclivity of an African American male towards violence is whether they have been positively racially socialized or not. The most prevalent factor is their perception of how they are respected or disrespected. In other words, the most powerful predicting mechanism that identifies black males, especially young black males, is whether they feel disrespected or not (DeGruy, 2009).
I believe it was yesterday that I published an article on the negative effects of serial forced displacement, and one of the most prevalent negative conditions associated with it is interpersonal and structural violence (Fullilove & Wallace, 2011) (Wallace, A Synergism of Plagues, Planned Shrinkage, Contagious Housing Destruction, and Aids in the Bronx, 1988) (Wallace, Benign Neglect and Planned Shrinkage, 2011) (Wallace & Wallace, Gene Expression and Its Discontents: The Social Production of Chronic Disease, 2010).
Another consideration that we must engage is the epigenetic influence on this particular situation. There is a significant amount of evidence that reveals that certain epigenetic tags can be passed from parents to their progeny — with these tags having the ability to affect everything from the vulnerability to disease to behavior. Certain epigenetic tags have the capacity to turn certain genes on and off, impact behavior, mental health and physical health. Over the last 20 years, scientist have been studying the Jews who are direct descendants of the Jews that were terrorized during the Holocaust. When studied juxtaposed to Jews that are not directly descended from that population of tortured Jews, the descendants of Holocaust victims live shorter lives, are more easily agitated, suffer more illnesses, etc. Now, compare 12 years of terror to 400 years, and counting of emasculation, marginalization, genocide, humiliation, abandonment, mass incarceration, unemployment, underemployment and more — all working to build an inferiority complex that fuels self-hatred that also ensures that you cannot possibly see the value in others who look like you. This is only a brief introduction into epigenetics, and biopsychosocial influences on behavior (Wallace & Wallace, Gene Expression and Its Discontents: The Social Production of Chronic Disease, 2010).
The problem is that we are simply not conditioned to trace the etiology of any particular type of behavior; instead, we chalk all situations up to superficial assessments, such as he is crazy, he is stupid, he is evil, he is worthless, she is promiscuous, etc. — none of which provide us with an understanding of how to address this phenomenon on a level that will allow us to prevent situations such as this. While making the superficial assessment may allow us to get a certain weight off of our chest, it has absolutely no intrinsic value, whatsoever. We must go deeper to understand why.
Recently, I was asked to produce a synopsis on the depth and scope of my research, and a part of that was a request to provide an estimate of how much time I have invested in researching the black experience on a psychosocial level, and I submitted a conservative estimate of more than 26,000 hours, over the last 10 years alone. What this time has afforded me is a different platform from which to view the black experience. Because of my consistent engagement, I have become conditioned to respond to certain situations differently. When something like this happens, the first question that comes to my mind is: How did social engineering play a role in this?
In the same manner in which it is impossible to address a bullet wound with a Band-Aid and Neosporin, you cannot address 400 years of trauma, social engineering and marginalization through the use of anecdotal responses. We have been targeted from so many directions, that it has made it almost impossible to escape the influence of the pernicious and nefarious attacks. Even those who think they have escaped it haven’t. I have put over 1,500 hours alone into the study of generational trauma, and when you combine the devastation of that generational trauma with epigenetic influence, and then consider the fact that the external pressure from institutional racism has not subsided, you will get a very distressing impression of what we are dealing with.
I believe with every inch of my being that we have the capacity to overcome the negative forces that are working against, but not until we are able to recognize why we behave the way we do. We must identify triggers and change our conditioning. We must guard our gates against the negative imagery and audible stimuli that reinforce the cognitive distortions and cognitive biases that skew our perception of reality.
Allow me to be perfectly clear in expressing that I am not defending what this man did, in fact, I consider it to be absolutely unacceptable; however, I understand that it did not happen in a vacuum and it will happen again and again until we address it at the source.
We must learn to ask why. We must understand that bitter fruit can only be produced by a tree that sprouted from bitter roots. Over the last couple of weeks, I have written a number of articles that explain a lot of what we are dealing with, but because it is not sensationalized, it does not get the attention that posts like the one of this man killing his ex and his daughter. I wrote articles like Slavery Ended 150 Years Ago, The Psychological Legacy of Slavery and Edited Dictation Equals the Mis-education of African Americans. I would suggest that you take the time to read them, and then conduct your own research. It is going to take work to really, truly address this issue. ~ Dr. Rick Wallace, Ph.D.
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Dr. Rick Wallace is a man who has committed his life to investigating, examining and anatomizing the struggles of African Americans for the purpose of developing comprehensive strategies that are capable of efficaciously resolving the enigmatic issues that are at the forefront of the African American experience.
Dr. Wallace has written 16 books that include: The Invisible Father: Reversing the Curse of a Fatherless Generation, When Your House is Not a Home, and his latest release, The Mis-education of Black Youth in America: The final Move on the Grand Chessboard and he is currently working on his latest project, The Black Community Empowerment Blueprint, a comprehensive step by step strategy that has the capacity to facilitate the complete elevation and empowerment of Blacks in America and abroad.