Tim Wise
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Kuv tau txais qhov no ncaj qha: yog tias cov neeg ntawm cov xim teb rau qhov kev txiav txim tsis ncaj ncees hauv a
tub ceev xwm kev ua phem rau kev sim siab, tsis hais txog ntau xyoo ntawm kev ntxub ntxaug lwm haiv neeg thiab kev lag luam,
los ntawm kev coj mus rau txoj kev, hlawv cov khoom, nyiag lub khw muag khoom thiab koom nrog ntau yam
kev nruj kev tsiv, hu ua riot. Tab sis yog cov me nyuam dawb tau npau taws ntawm kev xav
them $ 10 rau ib lub burrito thaum lub sij hawm ua suab paj nruag peb hnub, thiab txiav txim siab hlawv
cov khoom, nyiag lub tshuab ATM, pov tib neeg cov quav ntawm lub koob yees duab crews, thiab koom nrog
assorted kev nruj kev tsiv, uas yog hu ua "kev cuam tshuam," los yog piv rau
"ib tug frat party," los yog suav hais tias tsuas yog "cov hluas exuberance?"
thiab
whereas thawj qhov kev tshwm sim yog "kev sib tw"-uas yog, sib tham raws li haiv neeg
kev tshwm sim, lossis "kev sib tw sib tw,"-qhov kawg yog tham txog "cov hluas
melee, "tsis hais txog kev ntxub ntxaug ntawm cov menyuam yaus hais. Zoo siab txais tos
lub ntiaj teb xim-dig muag xyoo 1999: qhov twg xim tseem pom zoo, tab sis qhov twg
whiteness tseem unobservable rau qhov muag liab qab; qhov twg deviance thiab anti-social
kev coj cwj pwm tseem nyob ntawm tus kheej thaum cov neeg ua txhaum ntawm kev hais phem yog
melanin-kev sib tw, tab sis qhov twg haiv neeg dhau los ua qhov tseem ceeb ntawm kev tsom xam thaum twg los tau
cov xim dub thiab xim av koom nrog.
thiab
hos cov neeg tawm tswv yim feem ntau tsis txhob tham txog cov xwm txheej uas ua rau muaj kev cuam tshuam
thawj hom kev tawm tsam (xws li tsuas yog kev tsis sib haum xeeb ua rau "cov neeg ntawd"
kom poob tswj), lawv them nyiaj txaus rau "hauv paus" ntawm
dawb kev ua phem. Nyob rau hauv rooj plaub ntawm Woodstock '99, cov no suav nrog "cov xwm txheej
uas yog animalistic, "hais ib tug MTV commentator: ntawm lawv, tsis tsuas yog
cov zaub mov overpriced-xws li $ 4 pretzels thiab dej fwj (oh the
inhumanity!)-tab sis kuj yog qhov tseeb tias cov thoob khib nyiab tsis tau khaws peb hnub! Rau
hais rau lwm tus neeg hais xov xwm MTV: "Nws zoo li Lub Koom Haum CAMP."
Tseeb tiag, Mauthausen thiab Dachau yeej tsis muaj dab tsi nyob rau hauv qhov chaw qhib hauv Rome, Tshiab
York."
Kev zam txim
kuv, tab sis qhov no yog qee qhov bullshit. Dab tsi tshwm sim ntawm Woodstock tsis yog
sociopolitical rebellion tawm tsam neeg greed thiab kim khoom noj khoom haus (tom qab
tag nrho, cov tib neeg no xav tsis muaj dab tsi ntawm forking tshaj $150 rau daim pib, los yog
ntau pua ntxiv rau npias, t-shirts, tatoos thiab lub cev tho). Thiab nws yog
tsis yog, raws li ib tug ntawm cov organizers thov, cov hauj lwm ntawm "ob peb
knuckleheads," los yog zoo dua tsis tau, "anarchists." Qhov no yog kev tawm tsam: hauv
qhov tseeb, yog yam uas ua rau muaj kev sib cav sib ceg sib tw yog qhov nyuaj
Kev koom tes ntawm cov neeg ntawm ib haiv neeg hauv kev ua koob tsheej, ces qhov no yog RACE RIOT.
99% ntawm cov neeg koom nrog yog neeg dawb, raws li xov xwm tshaj tawm. Sib piv qhov no nrog
Kev sib cav sib ceg hauv Los Angeles xyoo 1992: 13% dawb, 25% dub (betcha'
tsis tau hnov โโdua li ntawd), thiab 60% Latino/a. Txawm li cas los xij, txhua tus neeg xav txog qhov ntawd
tau muaj kev sib tw sib tw-qhov tseeb yog kev tawm tsam dub, uas nws tsis yog.
So
Cia peb ua si: Cia peb xav txog tias 225,000 cov neeg dub-feem ntau yog cov hluas
cov neeg laus-tau sib sau ua ke rau peb hnub kev hais kwv txhiaj. Thiab cia peb xav tias a
Tus lej tseem ceeb ntawm cov no tau hais txog kev siv yeeb tshuaj thiab cawv tsis muaj hnub nyoog
noj, nyob rau hauv pom lub koob yees duab TV thiab kev ruaj ntseg. Thiab cia peb xav txog
hais tias ib tug loj me me ntawm cov tub ntxhais hluas dub-nyob rau peb hnub-pib tig
tsheb, ripping cov tsev pheebsuab thiab cov chaw muag khoom, rub cov teeb pom kev zoo thiab
scaffolding thiab teeb hluav taws thoob plaws hauv qhov chaw. Hauv qhov xwm txheej no, yuav
leej twg tsis kam hu nws ua kev kub ntxhov? Yuav tsuas muaj 37 raug ntes (tsuas yog
xya rau cov dej num txuas nrog kev tawm tsam)-raws li tshwm sim ntawm Woodstock-txawm
ntau txhiab leej koom nrog kev ua txhaum cai los ntawm lub sijhawm qhib rooj vag?
Dab tsi ntxiv, leej twg puas ntseeg tias qhov kev tshwm sim uas 99% ntawm cov neeg tuaj koom
cov neeg xim-txawm tias nws yog ib feem kaum ntawm cov neeg coob coob ntawm
Woodstock-yuav tau tso cai tshwm sim txhua yam uas tsis muaj txoj cai lij choj
tub ceev xwm nyob? Vim yog qhov tshwm sim ntawm no: tsis muaj tub ceev xwm txog 90
feeb tom qab kev tawm tsam pib. Ua ntej ntawd, tsuas muaj cov neeg saib xyuas kev ruaj ntseg xwb,
untrained mus nrog ib tug riot teeb meem, tsis hais txog ib nrab-teev los yog li ntawd
kev quab yuam deev thiab rapes uas pom tau tshwm sim.
Tsis txhob
ua rau kuv yuam kev: Kuv tsis tau hais tias Woodstock yuav tsum tau khiav zoo li tub ceev xwm lub xeev,
tsis yog hais tias tib neeg yuav tsum tau busted rau haus luam yeeb lauj kaub. kuv tsuas hais li ntawd xwb
qhov xwm txheej no tau raug kho txawv dua li qhov xav tau "dub
kev tshwm sim," qhov twg feem ntau cov neeg tuaj koom yog xim. Xav txog cov tshuaj tiv thaiv thaum lub sij hawm
Kev hais kwv txhiaj kub 97 tsis ntev los no ntawm Meadowlands: raws li xov xwm tshaj tawm, thaum a
ob peb tus tswvcuab ntawm "cov neeg npau taws" ntawm cov neeg dub tau pib thawb kev ruaj ntseg
cov neeg zov tom qab lawv raug kaw tawm ntawm hip-hop show-txawm tias muaj
daim pib-ntau pua tus tub ceev xwm nqis los ntawm qhov chaw tam sim ntawd. Raws li cov
New York Xov Xwm Txhua Hnub: "Ib Tub Rog ntawm lub xeev cov tub rog, New Jersey Transit tub ceev xwm,
thiab tub ceev xwm los ntawm kaum ob lub zos nyob ze tau coj qhov kev tawm tsam los ntawm kev tswj hwm nyob rau hauv txog
40 feeb."
Zoo li no,
thaum cov collegians dub sib sau ua ke nyob rau hauv Atlanta rau lub xyoo "Freaknik" a
ob peb xyoos dhau los, tag nrho cov tub ceev xwm tau mob siab rau, thiab thawj lub cim ntawm
kev tsis ncaj ncees-nrog rau kev ua txhaum cai me me-tau ntsib nrog tag nrho cov quab yuam ntawm
tub ceev xwm: nrhiav, pat-downs, ticketing, thiab ntes. Needless hais, ntawm
Tsis muaj ib qho kev tshwm sim, lossis qhov nrov Smokin 'Grooves Ncig saib xyoo 1997-tau tuaj koom ntau los ntawm
cov neeg xim-yuav pej xeem tau muag tau $48 bongs (raws li tau ua tiav ntawm
Woodstock): Tom qab tag nrho, kev siv yeeb tshuaj thiab khoom siv tsis raug cai rau cov neeg uas muaj
daim tawv nqaij tsaus, raws li saib luv luv ntawm leej twg sau peb lub tsev kaw neeg yuav ua kom pom tseeb.
thiab
tau kawg tias haiv neeg ntawm Woodstock rioters yog "tsis muaj teeb meem"
txij thaum pib yog tsis xav tsis thoob. Thaum twg dawb koom nrog kev puas tsuaj
kev coj cwj pwm, lawv haiv neeg yog pom tias tsis muaj feem cuam tshuam, whereas tib yam ua koom nrog los ntawm
Cov Neeg Dub lossis Latinos coj tawm lub suab nkauj ntawm neo-eugenicists, clamoring los piav
yuav ua li cas muaj tej yam caj ces los yog kab lis kev cai tsis zoo txog tus swarthier
hom uas ua rau lawv ua li ntawd. Yog li ntawd thaum cov tub dawb-thiab tsuas yog dawb xwb
cov tub-ntxhais tua lossis tawg lawv lub tsev kawm ntawv, thiab thaum dawb-thiab tsuas yog dawb-tau
koom nrog ib co ritualistic, Dab Ntxwg Nyoog, vampire cult uas tua neeg thiab
cannibalizes lawv; thiab thaum cov neeg dawb-tsawg kawg yog 92% ntawm lub sijhawm-yog cov
ua txhaum kev tua neeg, zoo li tsis muaj leej twg pom cov tawv nqaij lawm. Tab sis cia
cov neeg dub ua qee qhov vwm vwm ib zaug xwb, thiab saib seb nws yuav siv sijhawm ntev npaum li cas
cov tub ceev xwm ntawm haiv neeg pathology kom flash lawv pseudo-kev txawj ntse paib.
thiab
Woodstock tsis yog thawj qhov kev tawm tsam dawb uas yuav tsum tau deracialized los ntawm xov xwm. Hom no
ntawm qhov xwm txheej tshwm sim txhua lub sijhawm, nrog kev tawm tswv yim me ntsis los ntawm cov zej zog loj.
Txij li xyoo 1995, muaj kev kub ntxhov uas muaj cov tub ntxhais kawm ntawv dawb hauv Colorado
University, Iowa State, Penn State, University of Wisconsin ntawm Whitewater
thiab Oshkosh, Southern Illinois University, University of Delaware, Michigan
Xeev, Washington State, Plymouth State, University of Akron thiab cov
University of New Hampshire. Thiab vim li cas cov tub ntxhais kawm no tau txiav txim siab
hlawv, nyiag khoom thiab rhuav tshem?-los yog vim qhov tshwm sim ntawm kev ncaws pob, lossis
vim muaj kev kub ntxhov ntawm kev haus dej cawv tsis muaj hnub nyoog. Thiab ntawm no kuv zaum, ua siab ntev
tos Charles Murray piav qhia rau kuv nrog kev tshawb fawb tseeb tias nws yog dab tsi
hais txog cov neeg dawb DNA uas ua rau lawv muaj kev kub ntxhov rau lub hom phiaj ntawm $ 1 tequila txhaj tshuaj.
Tag nrho
kidding ib sab, qhov tseeb yog tias peb tsis kam ua txhaum tawm ntawm qhov hnav zoo
stereotypes txog dab tsi txaus ntshai zoo li-thiab yog li, peb txoj kev ua raws li dav dav
txoj kev xav tias cov neeg muaj xim yog cov uas yuav tsum tau saib xyuas-ua rau peb txhua tus tsawg
nyab xeeb thiab yog lub hauv paus ntawm kev tsis ncaj ncees thoob plaws.
Feem ntau cov
pom tseeb, nws txhais tau hais tias cov neeg ntawm cov xim yuav txuas ntxiv dais lub brunt ntawm
kev ntxub ntxaug los ntawm cov neeg uas pom lawv deviant thiab txhaum cai-inclined: a
daim ntawv ntawm kev ntxub ntxaug uas ntau yam zoo li Dinesh D'Souza tau pom zoo
"rational," muab qhov kev xav tsis sib haum xeeb kev cai lij choj los ntawm Dub
thiab Latinos.
Zoo li no,
skewed perceptions ntawm criminality ua rau peb cia peb guards rau ntau ntawm cov
Qhov kev hem thawj loj tshaj plaws rau pej xeem kev nyab xeeb: tsis yog tsuas yog kev ua phem random koom nrog
los ntawm cov neeg dawb, tab sis kuj suav nrog kev ua phem ntawm cov neeg nplua nuj nyob hauv cov tuam txhab
Cov neeg Amelikas uas nws cov kev txiav txim siab txhua xyoo pab ncaj qha rau kev raug mob, mob
thiab tuag. Thiab qhov ntawd yog hom kev ua phem rau "hauv paus ua rau" uas tsis yog
ib tug zoo li xav tshawb nrhiav.
Yog,
Nws yog lub caij ntuj sov rau kev ua phem dawb: Ben Smith qhov kev tua,
Woodstock '99, tus neeg ua lag luam niaj hnub hauv Buckhead, tus neeg tsav tsheb xa khoom hauv
Gadsden, Alabama, thiab tam sim no cov neo-Nazi uas tua cov neeg Yudais Community Center
nyob rau hauv LA Muaj tseeb qhov no yog txaus ntawm ib tug qauv los warrant ob peb puas txhiab
nyiaj los ntawm Bradley foundation los kawm txog qhov tshwm sim thiab ib phau ntawv nrog
Xovxwm Dawb.
Tim
Wise yog Nashville-based activist thiab sau ntawv. Nws yog tus thawj coj ntawm lub
Newly-tsim Association for White Anti-Racist Education (AWARE), thiab tuaj yeem ua tau
mus txog ntawm [email tiv thaiv].