Lub peb hlis ntuj 26, 2008
Lub Honourable Barack Obama
713 Hart Senate Office Building
Nyob zoo Senator Obama:
Ua tsaug rau jumpstarting lub teb chaws tshiab kev sib tham txog qhov tshwm sim ntawm kev tsim txom ntawm haiv neeg. Peb nkag siab tias koj yuav tsum ceev faj thiab txiav txim siab vim muaj kev ntxub ntxaug ntawm kev xaiv nom tswv hauv Tebchaws Meskas. Txawm li cas los xij, koj qhov kev txaus siab los ua tus neeg muaj kev pheej hmoo, tsis yog tsuas yog cia siab tias qhov kev npau taws ploj mus, tau thawb kev sib tham ntxiv. Los ntawm kev txuas ntxiv, koj tau pib sib tham peb vam tias yuav daws qhov teeb meem ntawm kev ntxub ntxaug.
Peb zoo siab tos txais thiab mloog koj cov lus keeb kwm thiab hais lus zoo txog lub teb chaws no cov teeb meem loj ntawm haiv neeg. Nws yog, qhov tseeb, hais lus tseem ceeb thiab tsim nyog. Kev lees paub cov yam ntxwv tsis ntev los no ntawm Reverend Wright, thiab muab qhov kev tshaj tawm ntawm kev tshaj xov xwm rau kev tsis ncaj ncees, kev txhais lus tsis raug, lossis tsuas yog qhia tsis tseeb tsis yog cov lus xwb tab sis kuj yog tus xa xov xwm uas peb txhawj xeeb txog kev tshuaj xyuas thiab tawm tsam kev ntxub ntxaug lwm haiv neeg thiab leej twg tau raug cob qhia los kawm txog kev sib raug zoo. kev ntxhov siab tias qhov teeb meem loj ntawm kev ntxub ntxaug tsis tuaj yeem txo mus rau ib tus neeg theem kev loj hlob lossis kev nkag siab ntawm haiv neeg. Kev tshawb fawb tsis tu ncua, ob qho tib si los ntawm yav dhau los thiab cov xwm txheej niaj hnub no, qhia tau meej meej txog qhov xwm txheej ntawm kev ntxub ntxaug dawb.
Peb nco ntsoov tias cov neeg feem coob hauv Tebchaws Meskas xav tso tseg kev ntxub ntxaug lwm haiv neeg raws li qhov qub txeeg qub teg, thaum muaj lwm tus neeg paub txog thiab muaj kev ntxub ntxaug txhua hnub los ntawm nws ntau hom (xws li kev ntxub ntxaug lwm haiv neeg, marginalization, cais tawm, kev ntxub ntxaug, thiab minimalization). Peb kuj lees paub tias nws tau tshwm sim tsis ntev los no nws tus kheej yog ib qho kev nom kev tswv tsom rau kev rhuav tshem koj txoj kev sib tw. Peb thov qhuas koj qhov kev ncaj ncees ntawm kev tawm tsam es tsis txhob hais txog qhov teeb meem ntawm kev ntxub ntxaug lwm haiv neeg. Txawm li cas los xij, peb txhawj xeeb tias koj cov lus tsis raug txo qis kev ntxub ntxaug los ntawm kev ntxub ntxaug lwm haiv neeg. Koj tau hais tias Reverend Jeremiah Wright "tshaj tawm qhov kev xav tsis txaus ntseeg ntawm lub tebchaws no - qhov kev pom uas pom kev ntxub ntxaug neeg dawb yog ib qho xwm txheej." Peb ntseeg hais tias Wright yog qhov tseeb tiag, qhov kev ntxub ntxaug tsis yog tsuas yog muaj kev txom nyem xwb tab sis yog lub hauv paus ntawm Asmeskas haiv neeg raws li kev xav hauv lub cev loj thiab tsim tau zoo ntawm kev tshawb fawb txog kev sib raug zoo. Tshwj xeeb tshaj yog cov ntaub ntawv tshawb fawb no hais tias kev ntxub ntxaug lwm haiv neeg yog ib lub koom haum kev sib raug zoo thiab kev coj noj coj ua es tsis yog ib yam dab tsi uas muaj nyob hauv lub siab ntawm kev ntxub ntxaug. Qhov teeb meem nrog koj qhov sib npaug ntawm kev ntxub ntxaug nrog kev ntxub ntxaug thiab koj tus cwj pwm ntawm "haiv neeg" raws li qhov teeb meem tseem ceeb es tsis yog kev ntxub ntxaug yog tias nws tsis suav nrog qhov tseeb tias kev ntxub ntxaug tsis yog ib qho khoom ntawm kev txhob txwm ua (txawm tias qee zaum tsis nco qab) kev cuam tshuam ntawm tib neeg, tab sis qhov tshwm sim los ntawm kev sib koom ua ke ntawm kev sib raug zoo thiab chaw ua haujlwm thiab kev coj cwj pwm. Kev siv lus xws li "qhov teeb meem ntawm haiv neeg" lossis, raws li koj tau hais, "haiv neeg yog qhov teeb meem" yog li ntawd tsis meej pem thiab tsis muaj kev sib tham txog kev ntxub ntxaug lwm haiv neeg. Cov lus nug zoo li no yuav tsum muaj xws li: "kev sib tw" txawv ntawm kev ntxub ntxaug li cas? Kev ntxub ntxaug lwm haiv neeg li cas tam sim no? Hom kev daws teeb meem twg yuav tsum raug txheeb xyuas kom tshem tawm kev ntxub ntxaug hauv peb lub neej? Thiab ua li cas Western / Asmeskas cov koom haum tswj hwm kev coj noj coj ua cuam tshuam txog kev coj noj coj ua thiab kev lag luam uas txuas ntxiv txhawb kev ntxub ntxaug lwm haiv neeg?
Txawm hais tias koj paub tseeb tias "ntau qhov kev tsis sib xws uas muaj nyob hauv cov neeg Asmeskas Asmeskas niaj hnub no tuaj yeem taug qab ncaj qha rau qhov tsis sib xws dhau los ntawm cov tiam dhau los uas raug kev txom nyem los ntawm kev ua cev qhev thiab Jim Crow", peb kuj tseem yuav hais txog cov qauv keeb kwm ntawm kev ntxub ntxaug lwm haiv neeg. / "haiv neeg"-raws li kev cais tawm tsis tsuas yog ploj mus vim tias tsawg dua cov neeg Asmeskas cov neeg European tau dhau los ua neeg loj heev. Tau ntev tom qab ntau tus neeg Amelikas tsis paub meej thiab muaj kev ntxub ntxaug tawm tsam kev ntxub ntxaug lwm tus "lwm tus," muaj kev ntxub ntxaug lwm haiv neeg hais txog qhov chaw neeg nyob, cov koom haum twg lawv koom, cov tsev kawm ntawv twg lawv mus kawm thiab lwm yam - uas tau tsim thaum ua qhev thiab de jure kev cais. Vim li no, niaj hnub social and institutional structures are products of racist foundations. Yog li ntawd, lawv perpetuate cov kev coj ntawm lub teb chaws txoj kev ntxub ntxaug yav dhau los, txawm tias muaj coob tus neeg populating cov qauv no yuav tsis overtly bigoted. Hauv luv luv, kev ntxub ntxaug suav nrog kev cais tawm ntawm kev sib raug zoo thiab nyiaj txiag thiab kev ntxub ntxaug, tsis yog kev ntxub ntxaug lwm haiv neeg.
Muab kev lag luam, kev coj noj coj ua, thiab kev puas siab puas ntsws kev puas tsuaj rau kev ntxub ntxaug rau txhua tus neeg Asmeskas peb lees paub koj qhov kev koom tes rau qhov kev sib tham tseem ceeb no txog kev ntxub ntxaug lwm haiv neeg. Peb paub ntxiv, raws li tau hais hauv koj cov lus, hais tias cov lus nug tsis yog hais txog "haiv neeg" - txawm li cas los xij - tab sis hais txog kev ntxub ntxaug lwm tus, thiab hais tias peb lub teb chaws yav tom ntej yuav tsis raug kev pabcuam los ntawm kev ntxub ntxaug lwm haiv neeg tab sis los ntawm kev cog lus los rhuav tshem txhua daim phiaj, ntsia hlau. , thiab ntsia hlau ntawm Teb Chaws Asmeskas txoj kev tsim kho zoo heev ntawm kev tsim txom haiv neeg.
Nyob rau lub sijhawm zoo li no nws tsis tshua muaj qhov tseeb los nrhiav ib qho xws li koj tus kheej txaus siab los daws cov teeb meem ntawm Asmeskas. Peb tos ntsoov yuav txhawb nqa koj txoj kev siv zog los daws qhov teeb meem ntawm kev ntxub ntxaug ob qho tib si thaum koj lub phiaj xwm phiaj xwm thiab thawj tswj hwm. Thov hu rau peb thaum peb ywj siab nthuav peb txhais tes, lub siab, thiab kev siv zog rau qhov kev hloov pauv tsim nyog uas Asmeskas yuav tsum ua tiav. Ua ke, yog li ntawd peb txaus siab tos txais qhov kev tso tawm ntawm koj cov txheej txheem kev cai pej xeem cov lus pom zoo los daws cov teeb meem uas cuam tshuam txog kev ntxub ntxaug lwm haiv neeg uas ua rau Asmeskas npau suav ncua sijhawm rau ntau tus pej xeem.
Signatories
Johnny E. Williams, Ph.D Trinity College Hartford, CT
Noel A. Cazenave, Ph.D University of Connecticut Storrs, CT
Corey Dolgon, Ph.D Worcester State College Worcester, MA
Thomas W. Volscho, Ph.D Candidate University of Connecticut Storrs, CT
Walda Katz-Fishman. Ph.D Howard University Washington, DC
Nadia Kim, Ph.D Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA
Warren S. Goldstein, Ph.D Univ. Ntawm Central Florida Orlando, Florida
Robert Pankin, Ph.D Providence College Providence, RI
Angie Beeman Ph.D Candidate University of Connecticut Storrs, CT
Vijay Prashad, Ph.D Trinity College Hartford, CT
Judith Blau, Ph.D Sociologist Tsis Muaj Ciam Teb / UNC Chapel Hill, NC
Erma Lawson, Ph.D University of North Texas Denton, TX
Marina Adler, Ph.D UMBC Baltimore, MD
Claire Reinelt, Ph.D Leadership Learning Community Oakland, CA
Mindy Fried, MSW, Ph.D Arbor Consulting Partners Boston, MA
Joe Feagin, Ph.D Texas A&M University College Station, TX
Cara Bowman, Ph.D Candidate Boston University Boston, MA
Elaine McDuff, Ph.D Truman State University Kirksville, MO
Levon Chorbajian, Ph.D UMass-Lowell Lowell, MA
Mark Cramer, Ph.D Sciences-Po & Univ. ntawm Paris Paris, Fabkis
Jill M. Humphries, Ph.D Columbia University New York, NY
Fred L. Pincus, Ph.D UMBC Baltimore, MD
Marecus Matthews, Ph.D Candiate Univ. ntawm South Carolina Columbia, SC
Lois Benjamin, Ph.D Hampton University Hampton, VA
Ronald H. Evans, Ph.D Bentley College Waltham, MA
Christina Jackson, Ph.D Candidate UC Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA
Sharon Elise, Ph.D Cal State Univ. San Marcos San Macros, CA
Eric A. Grollman, Ph.D Candidate Indiana University Bloomington, IN
Charles Pinderhughes, Ph.D Candidate Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA
Augustine J. Kposowa, Ph.D Univ. California Riverside Riverside, CA
David G. Embrick, Ph.D Loyola University-Chicago Chicago, IL
Jerome Rabow, Ph.D UCLA Los Angeles, CA
Rosalyn Baxandall, Ph.D SUNY ntawm Old Westbury Old Westbury, NY
Doll Kennedy, Ph.D Candidate Union Theological Seminary New York, NY
Jenny Korn, Ph.D Candidate Northwestern University Evanston, IL
Woody Doane, Ph.D University of Hartford West Hartford, CT
Denise A. Narcisse, Ph.D, MPA Youngstown State University Youngstown, OH
Julie M. Thompson, Ph.D Hamline University Saint Paul, MN
Peter Rachleff, Ph.D Macalester College St. Paul, MN
Keith P. Feldman, Ph.D Candidate Univ. ntawm Washington-Seattle Seattle, WA
Christopher Malone, Ph.D. Pace University New York, NY
Kelvin Monroe, Ph.D Candidate Washington State Univ. Pullman, AW
Jennifer Mueller, Ph.D Candidate Texas A&M University College Station, TX
Rita S. Fierro, Ph.D Temple University Philadelphia, PA
Richard Milk, Ph.D Texas Lutheran University Seguin, TX
Gwenn Eylath, Ph.D Marian College Indianapolis, IN
Mieka Brand, PhD University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA
ZNetwork tau txais nyiaj tsuas yog los ntawm kev ua siab zoo ntawm nws cov neeg nyeem.
Pab Nyiaj