Source: LA Times
Koj thawj qhov kev tshwm sim yog dab tsi thaum koj pom cov yeeb yaj kiab ntawm tub ceev xwm dawb txhos caug ntawm George Floyd lub caj dab thaum Floyd croaked, "Kuv ua tsis taus pa"?
Yog tias koj yog neeg dawb, tej zaum koj yuav yws yws heev, "Au, kuv tus Vajtswv" thaum tuav koj lub taub hau ntawm qhov kev tsis ncaj ncees siab phem. Yog tias koj dub, tej zaum koj yuav dhia mus rau koj txhais taw, foom phem, tej zaum cuam ib yam dab tsi (tseem xav pov ib yam dab tsi), thaum qw, "Tsis yog @#$%! dua!” Tom qab ntawd koj nco ntsoov ob tus neeg saib xyuas dawb uas raug liam tias tua Ahmaud Arbery thaum nws dhia hauv lawv cov zej zog thaum Lub Ob Hlis, thiab yuav ua li cas yog tias nws tsis yog rau cov vis dis aus no tawm ob peb lub lis piam dhau los, lawv yuav tau mus nrog nws. Thiab yuav ua li cas cov tub ceev xwm hauv Minneapolis tau thov Floyd tawm tsam kev ntes tab sis lub khw muag khoom pom tias nws tsis yog. Thiab yuav ua li cas tus tub ceev xwm ntawm Floyd lub caj dab tsis yog ib qho kev npau taws redneck stereotype, tab sis ib tug tub ceev xwm cog lus uas zoo nkaus li nyob twj ywm thiab muaj cai thiab tsis muaj kev khuv leej: kev banality ntawm kev phem incarnate.
Tej zaum koj kuj tseem xav txog cov Karen hauv Central Park uas hu 911 thov tus txiv neej dub uas hais kom nws muab hlua khi rau nws tus dev tau hem nws. Los yog cov tub ntxhais kawm qib dub Yale University grad pw tsaug zog hauv chav tsev ntawm nws lub tsev so uas tau tshaj tawm los ntawm cov tub ntxhais kawm dawb. Vim koj paub tias nws tsis yog ib tug "dub criminal" uas yog tsom, nws yog tag nrho spectrum ntawm dub ntsej muag los ntawm Yonkers mus rau Yale.
Koj pib xav tias nws yuav tsum yog txhua tus neeg dub uas hnav lub cev cam, tsis yog tub ceev xwm.
Koj pom dab tsi thaum koj pom cov neeg tawm tsam dub npau taws tawm tsam sab nraum tub ceev xwm chaw nres tsheb nrog tsa ntiv tes? Yog tias koj yog neeg dawb, tej zaum koj yuav xav tias, "Lawv yeej tsis nyob deb ntawm kev sib raug zoo." Tom qab ntawd koj pom cov ntsej muag dub nyiag Lub Hom Phiaj thiab koj xav tias, "Zoo, qhov ntawd tsuas yog ua rau lawv ua rau mob xwb." Tom qab ntawd koj pom tub ceev xwm chaw nres tsheb hluav taws thiab koj tuav tus ntiv tes hais tias, "Qhov ntawd yog qhov ua rau rov qab."
Koj tsis yuam kev - tab sis koj tsis yog, ib yam. Lub zej zog dub yog siv rau lub koom haum kev ntxub ntxaug hauv kev kawm, kev ncaj ncees thiab kev ua haujlwm. Thiab txawm hais tias peb ua txhua yam zoo ib yam los txhawb kev paub txog pej xeem thiab kev nom kev tswv - sau cov lus qhia thiab kev pom zoo hauv Atlantic, piav qhia txog kev puas tsuaj txuas ntxiv ntawm CNN, txhawb cov neeg sib tw uas cog lus tias yuav hloov pauv - rab koob tsis tshua muaj budges.
Tab sis COVID-19 tau ua phem rau qhov tshwm sim ntawm txhua lub tsev thaum peb tuag ntawm tus nqi siab dua li cov neeg dawb, yog thawj zaug uas peb poob haujlwm, thiab saib tsis muaj zog li Republicans sim ua kom peb tsis txhob xaiv tsa. Ib yam li qhov slimy underbelly ntawm lub koom haum kev ntxub ntxaug raug nthuav tawm, nws zoo li lub caij yos hav zoov qhib rau cov neeg dub. Yog tias muaj kev tsis ntseeg, Thawj Tswj Hwm Trump cov tweets tsis ntev los no lees paub lub teb chaws zeitgeist thaum nws hu cov neeg tawm tsam "thugs" thiab looters kev ua si ncaj ncees raug tua.
Yog lawm, kev tawm tsam feem ntau yog siv los ua kev zam txim rau qee qhov kom tau txais txiaj ntsig, ib yam li thaum cov kiv cua ua kev zoo siab rau pawg kis las hauv tsev sib tw hlawv tsheb thiab rhuav tshem cov khw muag khoom. Kuv tsis xav pom cov khw muag khoom nyiag lossis txawm lub tsev hlawv. Tab sis cov neeg Asmeskas cov neeg Asmeskas tau nyob hauv lub tsev kub hnyiab tau ntau xyoo, chob cov pa taws thaum cov nplaim hluav taws kub hnyiab tau los ze dua. Kev ntxub ntxaug hauv Asmeskas zoo li plua plav hauv huab cua. Nws zoo li tsis pom - txawm tias koj tab tom txhaws nws - txog thaum koj tso lub hnub rau hauv. Ces koj pom nws nyob txhua qhov chaw. Tsuav yog peb tseem ci ntsa iab ntawd, peb muaj cib fim ntxuav nws txhua qhov chaw uas nws tsaws. Tab sis peb yuav tsum ceev faj, vim nws tseem nyob saum huab cua.
Yog li, tej zaum cov zej zog dub qhov kev txhawj xeeb tseem ceeb tam sim no tsis yog cov neeg tawm tsam sawv ntsug peb lossis rau taw sib nrug lossis txawm tias ob peb tus neeg xav tau nyiag qee lub tsho T-shirt lossis txawm muab tub ceev xwm tua hluav taws, tab sis txawm hais tias lawv cov tub, cov txiv, cov kwv tij. thiab leej txiv yuav raug tua los ntawm tub ceev xwm lossis xav tub ceev xwm tsuas yog mus taug kev, khiav, tsav tsheb. Los yog txawm tias dub txhais tau tias nyob hauv tsev mus tas li ntawm lawv lub neej vim tias tus kab mob kev ntxub ntxaug kis mus rau lub tebchaws muaj kev phom sij ntau dua li COVID-19.
Qhov koj yuav tsum pom thaum koj pom cov neeg tawm tsam dub hauv lub hnub nyoog ntawm Trump thiab tus kabmob coronavirus yog cov neeg raug thawb mus rau ntawm ntug, tsis yog vim lawv xav tau cov tuav thiab cov ntsia hlau qhib, tab sis vim lawv xav nyob. Ua pa.
Qhov phem tshaj plaws, yog tias peb yuav tsum ua pov thawj peb tus cwj pwm npau taws txhua zaus thaum lub npuas npuas dhau. Yuav luag 70 xyoo dhau los, Langston Hughes nug hauv nws zaj paj huam "Harlem": "Dab tsi tshwm sim rau npau suav ncua sijhawm? /… Tej zaum nws sags / zoo li lub nra hnyav. / Los yog nws tawg?"
Tsib caug xyoo dhau los, Marvin Gaye tau hu nkauj hauv "Inner City Blues": "Ua rau kuv xav holler / Txoj kev lawv ua kuv lub neej." Thiab niaj hnub no, txawm hais tias cov lus tsis txaus siab ntawm cov thawj coj zoo, dawb thiab dub, lawv xav ua kom peb lub suab ntsiag to, nyiag peb ua pa.
Yog li qhov koj pom thaum koj pom cov neeg tawm tsam dub nyob ntawm seb koj puas nyob hauv lub tsev kub hnyiab ntawd lossis saib hauv TV nrog lub tais ntawm pob kws hauv koj lub ceg tos "NCIS" pib.
Qhov kuv xav pom tsis yog maj rau kev txiav txim, tab sis maj mus rau kev ncaj ncees.
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ZNetwork tau txais nyiaj tsuas yog los ntawm kev ua siab zoo ntawm nws cov neeg nyeem.
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