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"Damuwar ba ta dace ba, saboda idan aka duba kididdigar, masu jefa kuri'a na Amurkawa na Afirka suna jefa kuri'a mai yawa kamar na Amurkawa."
Ko da Mitch McConnell's viral gaffe Makon da ya gabata ba shi da laifi kamar yadda ya yi iƙirari, ƙamshin wani abu mai zurfi - tsoro na wariyar launin fata da rashin kunya a cikin tushen manufofin GOP - babu makawa abin lura: Akwai “su” kuma akwai “mu” kuma ba za su taɓa haduwa da su biyun ba. . Kuma za mu tabbatar da hakan. (Shhhh… kar a gaya wa kowa.)
Abin da ke da ban sha'awa a gare ni shi ne gaskiyar cewa wariyar launin fata - wanda ya bayyana a cikin dokokin hana masu jefa kuri'a a tsawon shekaru, gerrymandering da kuma, kwanan nan, damuwa game da koyar da ainihin tarihi a makarantun gwamnati - ba za a iya fitar da shi a bainar jama'a ba kuma ba tare da izini ba kamar yadda The Gaskiya, kamar yadda ya kasance ga yawancin tarihin Amurka. 'Yan siyasa da manyan jama'a ba za su iya sake shelanta abubuwa kamar "Dole ne farar fata ke mulkin kasar nan ba. . . . Negro suffrage mugunta ne, ”kamar yadda wani alkali Mississippi mai suna Solomon Kallon rubuta a 1890. A zamanin yau, wariyar launin fata dole ne a rufe da cliches da daidaitattun siyasa da kuma, musamman, farar fata.
Fararen fata ba su da kyau a fili fiye da baƙar fata; mutane masu launin fata ne ke cutar da su. Ku zo, suna kuka, ku yi mana hukunci da abin da ke cikin halinmu, ba launin fatarmu ba.
Ga Tucker Carlson, alal misali, marubucin jaridar New York Times ya nakalto Charles Blow, Yana bayyana "ka'idar maye gurbin farin" a kan Fox News show a bara a matsayin shirin Demokradiyya "don maye gurbin masu zabe na yanzu, masu jefa kuri'a a yanzu suna jefa kuri'a, tare da sababbin mutane, masu jefa kuri'a masu biyayya, daga duniya ta uku. . . . A duk lokacin da suka shigo da sabon mai kada kuri’a, sai na zama ba a ba ni dama a matsayina na mai zabe na yanzu.”
Ba fari mai jefa ƙuri'a ba, kawai mai jefa ƙuri'a "na yanzu". Wannan shi ne tasirin da ƙungiyoyin kare hakkin jama'a suka yi a kan 'yan Republican na dama.
Sannan akwai Critical Race Theory. A cikin shekarar da ta gabata, a cewar Harshen Ilimi, Jihohi 36 sun yi watsi da wannan ra'ayi na ilimi wanda ba a san shi ba, gabatar da doka ko daukar wasu matakai don hana duk abin da ya kasance daga koyarwa a makarantun gwamnati. Yanayin Virginia har ma ya kafa layi na musamman wanda iyaye za su iya kira don ba da rahoton cewa makarantar 'ya'yansu tana ciyar da su CRT - wanda ke nufin, ba shakka, koyar da ainihin tarihin launin fata na Amurka. Kuma Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis yana so ya kara gaba, yana ba iyaye ikon kai karar makarantar idan har tana da jijiyar koyar da CRT.
Kamar yadda na ce, duk abin da yake nufi. Makon Ilimi ya nuna cewa kusan babu wani haske game da abin da wannan zai iya nufi kuma, "shugabannin jihohin da waɗannan dokokin suka wuce sun ba da rahoton ruɗani game da wane irin koyarwa ne kuma ba a yarda ba." Malamai da yawa suna jin tsoron za a iya fassara ƙa'idodin kuma sun kai ga haramta "duk wata tattaunawa game da rikice-rikicen al'umma a baya ko kuma ci gaba da tasirin wariyar launin fata a yau.
"Wannan ba tsoro ba ne," in ji rahoton. A watan Yunin da ya gabata, alal misali, “ƙungiyar iyaye a wata gundumar Tennessee ta ƙalubalanci amfani da tarihin rayuwar Ruby Bridges, wanda a cikin 1960 ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin yaran Baƙar fata na farko da suka haɗa makarantar firamare bayan Brown v. Board of Education. Iyayen sun koka da cewa, a wajen nuna yadda farar fata suka koma makaranta, littafin ya sabawa sabuwar dokar jihar wajen aikewa da sakon cewa duk farar fata miyagu ne kuma suna zaluntar Bakar fata.”
Wannan shi ne yanzu rabe-raben kasa, a fili. Jim Crow ba zato ba tsammani yana kukan baƙin ciki. A matsayin lissafin a cikin Majalisar Dattawan Florida ya ce, “kada a sa ɗalibi ya ji rashin jin daɗi, laifi, baƙin ciki ko kuma wani nau’i na damuwa na tunani saboda jinsinsa.” Lura: Ba a gabatar da irin wannan lissafin ba a 1890 ko 1930. Ina mamakin me yasa?
A gare ni, wannan yana buɗe ma'anar mamaki mai zurfi - har ma da wasu tausayi. Galibi yana buɗe wasu tambayoyi masu zurfi game da yadda ƙasar za ta iya fuskantar ba kawai abubuwan da ta gabata ba har ma da makomarta. Yayin da za a iya samun zargi da laifi da yawa don yaɗuwa game da zamanin al'umma kafin farar hula, tunkarar gaba na buƙatar hangen nesa mai girma, mai rikitarwa. Ba game da zargi ba, amma warkarwa . . . da canzawa.
Jama'a masu adawa da CRT suna son su ci gaba da kasancewa a wurin, kamar "al'umma ɗaya, ƙarƙashin Allah, yada, yada," shine kawai abin da ake buƙata don ja-gorar mu zuwa gaba. Tabbas, rukunin soja-masana'antu sun san akwai ƙari fiye da haka. Yin yaƙi, kasancewa masu rinjaye, kasancewa masu wadata - waɗannan ba ayyuka ba ne masu sauƙi! Ba wai gaisuwa ga tuta da girmama Ubannin da suka kafa ba. Yana da game da wuce gargantuan soja kasafin kudin. Kuma yana da game da kiyaye yawancin jama'a gwargwadon yiwu (a cikin kalmomin Tucker C) "masu biyayya" - wato, masu kishin ƙasa, imani da cewa Amurka ita ce babbar ƙasa a duniya kuma kawai tana kashe mugayen 'yan ta'adda tare da masu zaman kansu lokaci-lokaci.
Idan da a zahiri an koyar da CRT a makarantu - ba don a wulakanta wasu ba, amma don buɗe tunanin kowa, don fahimtar yanayin ƙiyayya, ɓata ɗan adam da mallakewa, da ƙirƙirar makomar da ta zarce abubuwan da suka gabata - da ƙari mai yawa. kasada fiye da damuwar tunanin wasu mutane.
Ma'anar kishin ƙasa ita kanta dole ta canza. Kuma ba zato ba tsammani kowa ya zama mai shiga cikin samar da gaba.
Robert Koehler ([email kariya]), syndicated by PeaceVoice, wani] an jarida da Edita na Birnin Chicago, wanda ya lashe lambar yabo. Shi ne marubucin Jaruntakar Ƙarfin Ƙarfi a Rauni.
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