Source: Wasu Kalmomi

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Yayin da muke bikin gadon Martin Luther King Jr., abu ne na halitta mu tuna jajircewarsa na jajircewarsa na daidaiton launin fata. Amma kafin a kashe shi, Sarki ya kuma fara fadada kokarinsa na hada kan adalcin tattalin arziki.

Ya kamata mu tuna yau.

A cikin watan Disamba na 1967, Sarki, taron shugabannin Kiristoci na Kudancin kasar, da sauran masu taro sun tsara hangen nesa na yakin Talaka na farko. Ganin yadda talauci ke raguwa tsakanin launin fata da yanayin ƙasa, waɗannan jagororin sun gina yaƙin neman zaɓe a cikin yunƙurin kabilanci da suka haɗa da Amurkawa Afirka, Amurkawa farar fata, Asiyawa Amurkawa, Amurkawa Hispanic, da ’yan asalin Amurkawa da nufin rage talauci ga kowa.

Manufar ita ce ta jagoranci wata gagarumar zanga-zanga a birnin Washington DC na neman Majalisar ta ba da fifiko ga wani babban kunshin yaki da fatara da ya hada da, a tsakanin sauran abubuwa, da sadaukar da kai ga cikakken aiki, da tabbacin samun kudin shiga na shekara-shekara, da karin gidaje masu karamin karfi. Kuma sun so su biya shi ta hanyar kawo karshen yakin Vietnam.

"Mun yi imanin mafi girman kishin kasa ya bukaci kawo karshen yakin," Sarki yace, "da kuma buɗe yaƙi marar jini zuwa nasara ta ƙarshe akan wariyar launin fata da talauci." An kashe shi a Memphis a ranar 4 ga Afrilu, 1968 yayin da yake shirya ma'aikatan tsaftar baƙar fata, Sarki bai taɓa zuwa Maris ɗin Talakawa ba, amma dubbai sun yi zanga-zanga a Washington don girmama tunawa da Sarki da kuma bin hangen nesa.

Wannan hangen nesa ya rage a tabbata. A yau, 140 miliyan Amirkawa - sama da kashi 40 cikin XNUMX na mu - mun kasance matalauta ko masu karamin karfi. Kamar yadda yake a zamanin Sarki, Amurkawa baƙar fata da launin ruwan kasa suna da tasiri musamman, amma haka ma miliyoyin talakawa fararen fata.

Ƙila ƙasarmu ta zama ta jam'iyya. Amma gaskiyar magana ita ce, muna da abubuwa da yawa da za mu yi yaƙi fiye da abin da ya raba mu.

Wani bincike na watan Disamba ta hukumar Cibiyar Ci gaban Amirka (CAP) ta gano cewa kashi 52 cikin XNUMX na masu jefa kuri'a a Amurka a fadin jam'iyyun sun ba da rahoton fuskantar matsalar tattalin arziki mai tsanani a cikin shekarar da ta gabata. Wannan yana bin wasu bincike, gami da binciken Hukumar Reserve ta Tarayya 40 bisa dari na Amirkawa ba ku da kuɗin da za ku biya $400 na gaggawa.

Binciken na CAP guda ya nuna cewa manyan masu karfi - ciki har da 9 a cikin 10 Democrats, 7 a cikin 10 masu zaman kansu, da 6 a cikin 10 Republican - suna goyon bayan matakin gwamnati don "rage talauci ta hanyar tabbatar da cewa duk iyalai sun sami damar yin amfani da kayan aiki na yau da kullum kamar kiwon lafiya, abinci, abinci, kiwon lafiya, abinci, kiwon lafiya, abinci, kiwon lafiya, kiwon lafiya, abinci, abinci, kiwon lafiya, abinci, kiwon lafiya, abinci, kiwon lafiya, abinci, kiwon lafiya, da kuma kiwon lafiya. da gidaje idan albashinsu ya yi kadan ko kuma ba za su iya biyan bukatunsu ba.”

Ko da a lokacin da ake samun tsattsauran ra'ayi na bangaranci, yawancin Amurkawa suna goyon bayan manufofi kamar haɓaka mafi ƙarancin albashi - yayin da suke adawa da abubuwa kamar na gwamnatin Trump. draconian cuts zuwa shirye-shiryen taimakon abinci na tarayya.

Gangamin Sarki da Talakawa ya inganta hangen hadin kai. Amma ba haɗin kai ba ne wanda ya kauce wa rikici - shi ne inda matalauta da masu karamin karfi suka shawo kan rarrabuwar su don yin gwagwarmayar tabbatar da tattalin arziki tare.

Don farfado da wannan hangen nesa, sabon Kasuwanci na Kasa ya fito don fuskantar munanan rikice-rikice na wariyar launin fata, talauci, lalata muhalli, da kuma soja - da kuma abin da suke kira "labaran halin kirki na kishin kasa." A cikin shekaru biyu da suka gabata, wannan kamfen ya shirya al'ummomi daga ko'ina cikin ƙasar don gina madawwamin iko ga matalauta da masu tasiri.

"Malamai da masu karamin karfi suna ganin bukatar yin amfani da kansu a kan wani ajanda, ba jam'iyya ba, ba mutum ba, amma ajanda." In ji Reverend William Barber, daya daga cikin sabbin shugabannin yakin neman zaben. "Me zai faru idan wani motsi ya iya taimaka wa mutane su ga yadda ake wasa da juna? Kuna iya sake saita duk lissafin siyasa. "

Yayin da muka zurfafa cikin lokacin zabe mai raba kan jama'a - kuma yayin da muke tunawa da Dr. King - yana da kyau mu tuna cewa ainihin makiyinmu zalunci ne, ba juna ba.

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