Tim Wise ba matsakaicin mutumin ku ba ne.
Marubucin kuma mai fafutuka, wanda ya fara aikinsa a matsayin mai shiryawa tare da hadin gwiwar Louisiana Coalition Against Racism and Nazism, ya shafe shekaru XNUMX da suka wuce yana yakar wariyar launin fata daga cikin "cikin dabbar farar fata," kamar yadda ya fada.
A cikin sabon littafinsa, Tsakanin Barack da Wuri Mai Wuya: Wariyar launin fata da Mummunar Fari a zamanin Obama, Mai hikima yana tunani a kan abin da ya kira Wariyar launin fata 2.0— wani sabon salo na fifikon farar fata da ke aiki a ƙarƙashin sunan bayan wariyar launin fata.
Yayi magana da Layin Launi game da tsarinsa na fafutukar tabbatar da adalci na launin fata da kalubale da damar da masu fafutuka ke fuskanta a karkashin sabuwar gwamnati.
Ta yaya kuke daidaita saƙonku ga duk waɗannan ƙungiyoyi daban-daban da kuke magana da su? Wanene kuke gani a matsayin manyan masu sauraron ku?
A bayyane yake, masu sauraro na na farko, da na farko farare ne waɗanda galibi ba a nemi su yi tunani game da waɗannan batutuwa ba, musamman ba ta wani bature ba.
Ina ɗaukar wannan jagorar don yin hakan daga tushe guda biyu: Na farko, tsohon gargaɗin da Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee [SNCC] ya ba masu fafutuka a cikin 67, wanda shine, "Ku tafi tare da mutanen ku."… Yana da ban tsoro don yi wani lokacin. Zai fi sauƙi a tsara yin abin lokacin kumbaya, maimakon ka je ka ƙalubalanci naka, kuma na ɗauki wannan shawarar da masu launi suka bayar da mahimmanci.
Sannan na biyu, dangantakara da jama'a a Cibiyar Rayuwa da Rayuwa ta Jama'a, da sauran masu ba da shawara masu launi waɗanda na samu, waɗanda suka ce, "Muna buƙatar ku da gaske ku yi aiki kan ƙalubalantar sauran fararen fata don yin tunani a kai. wadannan abubuwa ta wata sabuwar hanya."
Shin manufar shine mafi kyawun haɗin kai tsakanin al'ummomi ko tattaunawa don tattaunawa? Menene karshen wasan?
Ba aikin wadanda ake cewa kwararu ba ne, walau farare ne ko masu launin fata, su yi wannan tunanin da gaske ga jama’a daga tushe.
Lokacin da mambobin SNCC za su taru a cikin ɗakunan coci a Kudu a cikin 1961, 62, 63, kuma su zauna a can na tsawon sa'o'i takwas suna fitar da tsare-tsare game da yadda za su karya baya na wariyar launin fata a Mississippi, ba su je ba. a ciki kuma ku saurari gungun masana suna gaya musu abin da za su yi. Suka shiga, suka saurari juna, suka yi tunani, suka tsara wasu manufofi, suka fito da wasu tsare-tsare masu ban mamaki. Kuma babu daya daga cikin wadannan dabarun da wadanda ake kira masana suka gabatar.
Dokta King, James Lawson, duk waɗannan goyon baya-mahimmanci kamar yadda suke daga kusurwar motsa jiki da kusurwa mai ban sha'awa da kusurwar tsarin - ba su ne suka gabatar da dabarun da yawa ba. Wadancan sun kasance ‘yan kasa ne…. Don haka aikin marubuci, mawallafi, mai magana, shine fadada nazari da fahimtar mutane kan abin da ya kamata a kalla, sannan a amince da cewa suna da kwarewa da iyawa, kuma lalle abin da ake so, da sha'awar su zama kayan aikin 'yantar da kansu.
Shin muna buƙatar binciken rai a cikin motsi na adalci na launin fata game da yadda za mu iya sa kanmu ya fi dacewa da sauran al'ummomi da ƙungiyoyi?
Neman rai dole ne ya kasance tare. Ina tsammanin matsalar gina haɗin gwiwa ta kasance mafi matsala ga sauran ƙungiyoyin adalci na zamantakewa ba sa son kallon launin fata da gata…. Amma a lokaci guda, dole ne mu fara cewa, "Ba muna cewa muna son maye gurbin aikinku mai mahimmanci kan kiwon lafiya, ilimi, soja, muhalli, tare da aikin wariyar launin fata." Ba mu ce, "Kai ku daina duk sauran abubuwan, ku yi abin da muke yi."
Abin da muke cewa shine, "Muna ƙoƙarin bayar da bincike, ruwan tabarau wanda za ku iya kawowa ga aikinku mai mahimmanci, don inganta aikinku mai mahimmanci. Kuma ina tsammanin watakila, ba koyaushe muke sadarwa ba [cewa] kamar yadda ya kamata."
Tun bayan zaben shugaban kasar Bakar fata na farko, kuna ganin aikinku na mai fafutuka ya canza?
Abin da na ga yana fitowa daga wannan zaben shine wannan wariyar launin fata 2.0. Wannan ikon da farin goyon baya ya ce, "To, ka sani, har yanzu ina da ra'ayi mara kyau game da yawancin mutane masu launi, amma ina son wannan mutumin. Za mu iya fitar da wani banda ga waɗannan dintsi na mutane. "... Wani sabon nau'in-na-fi-fi-fi-fi-kati-baƙar fata ne, fita-daga-jari.
A lokaci guda kuma, an sami irin wannan fashewar abubuwan nuna wariyar launin fata a sarari kawai, ba tare da la'akari da su ba, masu zuwa-a-seams, suna fitowa daga masu watsa shirye-shiryen rediyo da makamantansu.
Zaɓen ya fitar da farin ciki da tsoro gaba ɗaya daga cikin katako. Kuma hakan ya sa wannan zance ya ci gaba. Abin takaici ne yadda aka dauki irin wannan matakin don ganin an ci gaba da wannan zance, amma ina ganin yanzu mutane sun mai da hankali.
Menene ra'ayinku game da tafiyar da Shugaba Obama ya yi na dawowa daga kalamansa na farko game da yadda 'yan sanda suka yi "wauta" wajen kama Farfesan Harvard, Henry Louis Gates, Jr.?
Abin da ya ce [game da kama Gates] hakika ya kasance mai laushi…. Amma abin takaici, ga matsalar: Anan kuna da wani saurayi wanda, saboda yana ƙware sosai yana guje wa wannan zance akan kabilanci a matsayinsa na ɗan siyasa, ba zai iya shiga cikinta ba…. Don haka tafiya da baya, a gare ni, kawai nuni ne na sigogi waɗanda rashin alheri musamman mutane masu launi suna kewaye da su a duk lokacin da suke son yin magana da gaskiya game da wariyar launin fata. Ana yi musu mari. Abin da ya faru ke nan.
Me kuke tunani game da tashin hankali tsakanin al'ummomi masu launi da kuma al'ummar LGBT a sakamakon nassi na Proposition 8?
Ya samo asali ne daga yadda aka tsara gwagwarmayar LGBT - kuma kafofin watsa labarai biyu ne suka tsara ta, amma kuma ta hanyar jagorancin masu fafutukar LGBT da kanta, kuma a cikin duka biyun, ina tsammanin an tsara shi azaman fari mai ban mamaki.
[Ga mutanen LGBT masu launi], wariyar launin fata lamari ne mai ban tsoro. Kuma bacin rai shine batun tsere…. Ƙoƙarin yin magana game da ɓatanci a matsayin kawai karkata daga abin da ƙungiyar masu rinjaye ke kallo a matsayin al'ada (saboda haka lafiya, don haka daidai, don haka daidai) wata hanya ce ta faɗaɗa wannan zance. Idan kuka faɗaɗa tattaunawar ta wannan hanyar, da gaske kuna ba da damar haɗin gwiwar mutanen da suka bambanta da wannan al'ada, wanda, a gaskiya, bai taɓa kasancewa irin wannan al'ada ba.
Ina tsammanin hanya daya tilo da za a aiwatar da wannan tashin hankali shine ga al'ummar LGBT, wadanda fararen fata ne suka mamaye matakin jagoranci, su fahimci yanayin kabilanci kuma su fara yin wasu daga cikin wannan wayar da kan jama'a a cikin al'ummomin baki da launin ruwan kasa. .
Shin da gaske akwai "Tsarin Baƙar fata-launin ruwan kasa," kamar yadda kafofin watsa labarai sukan bayar da shawarar?
Akwai, amma tambaya ta ƙasa ba ta taɓa gabatar da mafi rinjayen kafofin watsa labaru ba, wanda shine: Me yasa baƙar fata da launin ruwan kasa ke ta harbin juna, suna faɗa a tsakanin juna, kan guntuwar kek wanda galibi babu wanda ya mallaka a cikinsu?... Kayar da kai ne. Yana lalata kansa. Kuma sanya shi a matsayin tashin hankali "Baƙar fata-da-kasa", sabanin sauran tasirin tsarin mulkin farar fata, fifikon farar fata da farar gata - daga cikin waɗanda waɗannan ƙungiyoyin biyu aka cire - shine tabbatar da cewa jama'a suna ci gaba da nunawa. a junansu, yayin da wadanda ke kan gaba a wannan tsarin mulki kawai suka zauna suna dariya.
Don haka ba wai babu rarrabuwa ba—akwai. Amma wannan shi ne abin da ke faruwa a lokacin da mutane a kasan tsarin zamantakewa suka ji cewa ba su da hanyar da za su canza wannan tsarin. Suna kunna waɗanda suka fi kusa da su. Kuma hakan zai faru ko dai baƙar fata ne da Latino, ko kuma mutanen farar fata masu aiki da kuma ƴan baƙar fata masu aiki. Ka sani, tarihin abin da ya faru ke nan.
Michelle Chen marubuciya ce mai zaman kanta da ke zaune a birnin New York. Ta yi blogs a Racewire.org.
Tim Wise marubuci ne na littattafai da dama; na baya-bayan nan shi ne Tsakanin Barack da Wuri Mai Wuya, Wariyar launin fata da Farin Ƙinya a zamanin Obama, wanda aka buga a cikin Buɗewar Kafofin watsa labarai na City Lights Books, www.citylights.com
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