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In the abortion debate, is there a "Conflict of Interest"within
the Black community and among her leaders?
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Betrayal Trauma
"I propose that the core issue is betrayal -- a betrayal of
trust that produces conflict between external reality and a
necessary system of social dependence." Jennifer J. Freyd
Betrayal Trauma Theory believes that there is a
"social utility" in remaining unaware of abuse when
the victim is dependent on the perpetrator. In such
cases Dr. Jennifer J. Freyd, author of the terms
"betrayal trauma" and "betrayal trauma theory,"
argues that under some circumstances detectingbetrayals may be
counter-productive to survival. 1 I
am suggesting that in the case where the victim and the
perpetrator are the
same (self-betrayal), Dr. Freyd's argument is especially
true.
While traditionally trauma research purports that fear is at the
core of all
responses to trauma, Freyd believes that traumatic events differ
in degree of
"fear and betrayal," depending on the context and
characteristics of the
event. According to Freyd, "research suggests that the
distinction between
fear and betrayal may be important to post-traumatic outcomes."
2 I believe
the distinction between fear and betrayal is important to
post-traumatic
responses as illustrated below:
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Figure 1: Two Dimensional Model For Traumatic Events
This is part three (3) of a seven (7) part series examining why
Black
Leadership rejects the Pro-Life movement, is helping to
perpetrate the genocide
of their own people and what can be done to reverse this
horrific reality.
Betrayal Trauma: Socially Inflicted
"Now is the time to lift our national policy from the quicksand
of racial injustice to the solid rock of human
dignity." Martin Luther King, Jr., Letter from Birmingham
Jail
The Number Two Reason Black
leadership rejects the Pro-Life movement
is that he or she is: Racist. In other words,
some Black leaders hate or are intolerant
of White leaders. While the imbalance
between Black and White Americans, as a
result of nearly 240 years of "chattel
slavery," 3 is an ugly reality of American society, it is also a
fact that in light of
the incontestable evil of abortion, many Black leaders have
become victims
of their own hate. Abortion is oxymoronic, a "cruel kindness" if
you will.
Abortion is the lie that promises to improve the "quality of
life" at the
"expense of life." Abortion kills over 1,000 Black babies every
day in
America. Over 15,000,000 Black Babies have been killed since
1973. That's
more than the entire populations of Los Angeles, Detroit,
Atlanta, Boston,
Oakland, Dallas, D.C., Chicago, Miami and Baltimore combined.
Black
children are aborted at a rate three (3) to five (5) times
higher than White
children. In New York City, the home of Planned Parenthood,
sixty percent
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(60%) of all Black Pregnancies are aborted. 4 In Washington,
D.C., where
Blacks make up 52.7 percent of the population, there are 265
abortions for
every 100 live births. 5 Abortion never reduces poverty, health
care disparities
or unintended pregnancy rates. Abortion reduces us. 6 When Black
leaders
embrace Black leaders that embrace abortion as a necessary
"social policy"
or "social utility" to guarantee life, Black leaders are
ultimately embracing
Black genocide, a racist and eugenic strategy designed to end
Black life. We
were the oppressed. Now we are our own oppressor. Furthermore,
if we don't
stop aborting our children, we will once again become the
oppressed. Oh "thatwe [would] be saved from our enemies, and from
the hand of all who hate us,"
even from ourselves (Luke 1:71). 7
Betrayal Trauma: Fear Is At The Core
"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live
in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their
skin but by the content of their character." Martin Luther King
Jr., I Have a Dream, 1963.
If Betrayal Trauma Theory is true, and
our response to the world around us is
shaped by fear and betrayal (Figure 1),
then it is easy to understand why Black
leaders embrace Black leaders. However,
when Black leaders embrace Black
leaders because Black leaders are Black,
versus the content of their character, we are engaging in a
sadistic type of
reverse racism that betrays us at the deepest levels. It's easy
to say: "Trust
God!" However, when the cold winds of fear and betrayal blow
into the
reality of our lives, it is easier to be angry at God than to
trust Him. Yet, in
light of our response to the fact that Black America is aborting
their children atthree times (3x) the rate of White America, I'm
asking the same question the
Lord asked Jonah in chapter four (4). 8
Brothers, we really need to talk.
Reference(s):
1. Freyd, J.J. Memory repression, dissociative states, and other
cognitive control processes involved in adult sequelae of
childhood trauma. Invited paper given at the Second Annual
Conference on A Psychodynamics - Cognitive Science
Interface, Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute, University of
California, San Francisco, August 21-22, 1991.
2. Freyd, J.J. (2009). What is a Betrayal Trauma? What is
Betrayal Trauma Theory? Retrieved Friday, August 26th, 2011
from: http://bit.ly/q0Uuop.
3. "Myth Busting: "Africans Sold Their Own Into Slavery and Are
Just As Guilty as Whites " (http://bit.ly/rhZDmb)
4. Atlanta, July 1, 2011, The National Black Prolife Coalition
at released: "EPIDEMIC" (http://bit.ly/o5Rtn7)
5. "DC Mayor Vincent Gray Wants No Black Child Left Unaborted",
LifeNews.Com (http://bit.ly/nqrMhL)
6. National Black Prolife Coalition, op. cit.
7. The ESV Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version)
copyright 2001 by Crossway Bibles
(http://bit.ly/rrKAWH)
8. "Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry?" Jonah 4:4
(KJV)
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