Gawo 1โฆ
Ndi angati oyera opita patsogolo "amapeza" zikafika pa
nkhani ya kubwezeredwa kwa anthu aku Africa? Zambiri mpaka pano, zingati
okhoza kulilingalira moona ndi mwanzeru?
Mafunso awa adabwera m'malingaliro nditawerenga gawo lolemba
woyera wopita patsogolo Marty Jezeri, "Kubwezera: Ndi Ndani? Kwa Ndani?" mu Ogasiti
nkhani ya The Progressive Populist. M'nkhani imeneyo Yezeri, yemwe ndimamudziwa ndi
kulemekezedwa kwa zaka zambiri, kumatsutsa mwamphamvu kubwezera anthu akuda.
Iye amavutika kumvetsa โamene ayenera kulipira malipiro a ukapolo,โ ndipo iye
akuda nkhawanso ndi "ndani adzalandira ndalamazo ... Zikhala a
kugulitsa kovuta kufuna kubweza, nenani, Michael Jordan." Pamapeto pake, iye
amalangiza anthu akuda ndi wina aliyense amene angafunike kuunikira
kuti, "malipiro amagawanika mwachibadwa. Mgwirizano wamitundu yosiyanasiyana kuti upeze ndalama ndi
kukonza kampeni yolimbana ndi umphawi kumagwirizanitsa anthu pazifukwa zofanana. Kwenikweni
kulankhula [mosiyana mโmaso mwa Yezeri ndi kubwezera kosayenera],
zingapindulitse anthu aku Africa America. "
Lingaliro langa ndiloti ndilo "vuto logawikana".
kuti Yezeri, ndi ena oyera opita patsogolo, amakhudzidwa kwambiri. Ndipo ine kwathunthu
yamikirani vuto limenelo.
Pafupifupi zaka ziwiri zapitazo, pa msonkhano wa makamaka
African-American Unity Party yomwe ine ndimakhala, wapampando wathu Charles Barron
adaganiza kuti tikhala otsimikiza kwambiri pakufunika kobwezera. Nthawi yanga
zomwe zinandichitikira zinali kuima, manjenje, ndikudabwa kuti izi zandisiya kuti, mzungu yemwe
sakanapindula ndi kubweza. Chofunika kwambiri, ndikukhulupirira wamkulu wanga
ntchito yokonzekera iyenera kukhala ndi anthu anga, azungu, akugwira ntchito mozungulira
amakhudzidwa kwambiri ndikuwathandizanso pakapita nthawi kuti awone kufunikira kwa
mayanjano ndi ubale wabwino kwambiri ndi anthu amitundu. Mai
uptightness, ine kuyambira pamenepo ndinazindikira, anabwera kuchokera kudziwa kuti
kubwezera ndi "kugulitsa movutikira" m'madera ambiri azungu komanso ndi
azungu payekha, kuphatikiza azungu opita patsogolo.
Kapena kodi? Pazaka zingapo zapitazi, kubweza sikunatero
adangolowa mumayendedwe akuda; ikuyankhidwa mkati
anthu ambiri. Randall Robinson, mtsogoleri wakuda wanzeru, woganiza bwino,
ali ndi zambiri zokhudzana ndi chitukukochi kupyolera mu kulemba buku lake lodziwika bwino,
"Ngongole: Zomwe Amereka Ayenera Kuchita kwa Akuda." Zosankha zothandizira federal
zokambirana za boma za kubwezeredwa zaperekedwa ku Chicago, Detroit,
Cleveland ndi Dallas. Mphindi 60 adachita gawo la izi pa imodzi mwamawonetsero awo.
Ndikukhulupirira kuti, ngati gawo limodzi lachitukuko chonse
pulogalamu, zowonongeka zomwe zachitika kwa anthu aku Africa ku Africa, mu
Caribbean ndi ku United States ziyenera kuyankhidwa ndipo, pakapita nthawi, kuthetsedwa
ndi kukonzedwa. Pali mipata ikuluikulu ya mafuko pamene munthu amalingalira kuti
ndalama zonse, zochotsera ngongole, za banja lapakati la Africa-America ku US
mu 1999 inali $7,000, pamene banja loyera lapakati linali $84,000. Ndipo taonani
pa umphawi wadzaoneni, mliri wa AIDS ndi masoka a anthu, zomwe zafala kwambiri
pa dziko lapansi, kukhala wodziwika ku sub-Saharan Africa, kwa zaka mazana ambiri akuzunzidwa
ndi malonda a akapolo ndi nkhanza, utsamunda wa tsankho ndi neo-utsamunda.
Ndani ali ndi udindo pa izi kusagwirizana kwakukulu ndi
kupanda chilungamo? Mzungu wamba ku United States? Ayi. Choyambirira
udindo uli ndi mphamvu zoyera, zachimuna, zolemera monyansa,
olamulira osankhika, omwe ali osankhika omwewo, gulu lomwelo lomwe lakhala lalikulu
kuyambira kukhazikitsidwa kwa US ndipo yapindula kwambiri kuchokera ku chattel
ukapolo, Jim Crow, atsamunda, neo-colonialism, tsankho ndi kusankhana mitundu. Izi ndi
gulu lomwelo la anthu omwe ali ndi udindo wosankhana mitundu
anthu onse amitundu, omwe amapindula ndi mazunzo a antchito ndi
Akazi amtundu wachiwiri, omwe akuwononga chilengedwe cha dziko lapansi
chilengedwe. Ndi mdani amene tonsefe timafanana. Omwe sali a ife
kwa kalasi imeneyo ndi omwe ali oona mtima pakufuna kusintha kwabwino ali ndi a
udindo wophunzira mbiri yathu, kuphatikizapo African ndi African-American
mbiri, ndi kutenga maudindo ndikukonzekera zosintha zomwe zidzakonze ndi
kugwetsa chisalungamo chambiri chomwe chikupitilira mpaka lero, mdziko lonse komanso
padziko lonse.
Kodi tiyenera kudzutsa nkhawa zathu ndi mafunso okhudza bwanji
Zofuna zobwezera zingakwaniritsidwe? Inde. Koma pali mfundo zina zothandiza
zomwe zili kunjako, monga kuyimba kwa Robinson "pokhazikitsa thumba lachinsinsi
zomwe 'zidzaperekedwa kuchokera ku ndalama zonse za United States kuti
mapulogalamu othandizira opangidwa kuti akwaniritse 'maphunziro ndi kulimbikitsa chuma
wa Akuda potengera zosowa [kusamalira vuto la Michael Jordan]. Chitsanzo
ndi thumba la trust lokhazikitsidwa kaamba ka opulumuka Chipululutso cha Ayuda.โ (Miah, The Case for
Kubwezera, Zotsutsana ndi Panopa, Nov./Dec., 2000)
Funso lenileni kwa ife omwe ndi oyera omwe amati
kukhala za chilungamo ndi kufanana kwa onse ndi ngati tingathe kuthana ndi tsankho
mkati mwathu zomwe zimalepheretsa kulingalira mozama, koyenera kwa zofuna zotchuka
kutuluka kwa anthu akuda kapena madera ena amtundu. Sitiyenera kuchita mwakhungu
Thandizo limafuna kuti sitikumvetsetsa bwino kapena zomwe sitikugwirizana nazo. Tikuyenera
fufuzani, funsani mafunso, mvetserani ndi kuphunzira. Ndi kulakwa chabe kuyesa
kuphwanya zofuna izi kapena "kuwalangiza" alongo athu ndi abale athu achikuda
njira โyothandizaโ yokwaniritsira zolinga zawo. Pazinthu zonse zomwe
ndi "zogawanitsa," izi ziyenera kukhala pamwamba pa mndandanda.
Gawo 2โฆ
"Kulipira ndalama zokwana madola mabiliyoni angapo
kubwezera kungapindulitse anthu onse aku America. Kukonzekera kungathandize
kumanganso anthu akuda, kusintha kwa ma ghettoes amkati,
kumangidwanso kwa zomangamanga zamatauni, ndikupita kutali kuti athetse
umphawi.โ Sundiata Keita Cha-Jua, wochokera ku mndandanda wa imelo wa BRC-News
Kaya mukonde kapena ayi, nkhani yobwezera siikutha
kwa nthawi yayitali, ngati. Sikuti ndi motambasuka, ovomereza-malipiro
kusuntha kwachitika pazaka zingapo zapitazi, kukhazikika pa
nthawi zambiri-zovuta ntchito za omwe ali m'mabungwe ngati National Coalition of
Black for Reparations in America (N'COBRA). Pamlingo wapadziko lonse lapansi, a
Msonkhano wapadziko lonse wokhudza kusankhana mitundu, kusankhana mitundu, kudana ndi anthu ochokera kumayiko ena ndi
Kusalolera Kogwirizana Mosakayika kudzalimbikitsa kuyesetsa ku United States kwa
njira zenizeni zothetsera kusalana kokhazikika.
Gulu ili likuwonekera pazochitika zapadziko lonse lapansi
nthawi yomweyo yomwe ikukula, gulu lalikulu lolimbana ndi kudalirana kwapadziko lonse lapansi
wakhala wolimbikira, ndi wowonekera kwambiri, munga kumbali ya dziko lapansi
capitalist osankhika. Kumapeto kwa September anthu masauzande ambiri adzatero
tsikira ku Washington, DC pazochitika zaposachedwa kwambiri pamseu
motsutsana ndi gulu lolamulira dziko lino.
Mayendedwe onsewa ali ndi mdani wamba yemweyo. Iwo
omwe adapindula m'mbuyomu kuchokera ku malonda a akapolo a Atlantic ndi machitidwe a
ukapolo ndi kusankhana mitundu ndi makolo a olamulira olakwika amakampani omwewo
chifukwa cha kupanda chilungamo kwakukulu ndi kuwonongeka kwa chilengedwe komwe tikupezamo
dziko lero. Koma kodi pali anthu okwanira mkati mwa magulu awiriwa,
misa yovuta, kutsimikizira mayendedwe onse kuti kuyesetsa kwakukulu kumafunika
kuti zichitike kuti zipeze njira zowalumikizira, mwachitsanzo, chilungamo chapadziko lonse lapansi
mayendedwe ochirikiza mwatsatanetsatane kufunika kobwezera?
Tisadzinyenge tokha kuti mgwirizano wotero udzakhalapo
zopeka mosavuta, osati ku United States. Kusankhana mitundu, kuphatikizapo kusankhana mitundu
mkati mwa kayendedwe kamene kamakhala koyera, ndi kozama. Mbali inayi,
gulu lodziwika bwino la chilungamo padziko lonse lapansi ndi lachinyamatanso.
Izi ndi chiyembekezo komanso zabwino. Unyamata wawo ndi kumasuka kuphunzira ndi
kukula kumapangitsa kuti zikhale zotheka kukhala ndi thanzi labwino, mgwirizano wokhazikika komanso
maubale akhoza kumangidwa ndi olimbikitsa mitundu mkati mwa anti-racist
kuyenda.
Chinthu chinanso chabwino ndi chakuti, malinga ndi zomwe ndaona,
ambiri mwa achinyamata mu gulu la chilungamo padziko lonse mwachibadwa
yamikirani lingaliro la kudzilamulira. Monga adandifotokozera m'modzi
munthu amene adayankha ndime yanga yomaliza pa kubweza, kudziyimira pawokha
Lingaliro ndilomwe lili pachimake pa kayendetsedwe ka kubwezera-kufuna chipukuta misozi
chifukwa ndi mangawa kuti anthu ammudzi akhale athunthu, kuti athe kudziyimira okha
mapazi awiri ndikulola anthu ammudzi onse ndi anthu omwe ali mkati mwake kupanga
zosankha zawo za moyo wopanda ulamuliro wa azungu.
Sikuti onse omenyera ufulu wachizungu amachirikiza lingaliroli. Akuluakulu ambiri,
Omenyera ufulu wachizungu, mwachitsanzo, amakhulupirira kuti njira yoyenera iyenera kukhala
imodzi yogwirira ntchito yogwirizana pakati pa ogwira ntchito amitundu yonse potsindika za
kulimbana ndi tsankho pantchito komanso mdera, malinga ndi a
magulu ogwira ntchito amitundu yambiri komanso mabungwe amitundu yambiri. Izi ndi zabwino
choyamikirika momwe zikuyendera. Koma ena mwa omenyera ufulu omwewa ali ndi mavuto
ndi magulu onse aku Africa America, Latino kapena magulu ena amdera
anapangidwa mozungulira kuponderezedwa kwapadera kwa magulu amenewo.
Kwa ine, kutsutsa mitundu iyi ya dongosolo ndi mawonekedwe
za kusankhana mitundu. Chokani! Lekani kuyesa kuwongolera ndikukhala pamwamba pa chilichonse!
Chowonadi cha chikhalidwe chathu, kuphatikizapo zenizeni za moyo wa antchito ambiri, ndi
mmodzi wa onse interrelationship ndi kulekana pankhani zosiyanasiyana zathu
zikhalidwe ndi mayiko. Timafunikira machitidwe a bungwe ndi njira zolankhulirana
ndi wina ndi mzake zomwe zimalola kuti zonse zichitike, monga momwe mungafunire komanso momwe zingathere.
Momwe ma white progressives ali ovuta kwambiri
njira zothandiza za kulimbana ndi tsankho, mpaka anthu a
mtundu kukhala wotseguka kwambiri kumanga pafupi ndi amphamvu payekha ndi gulu
maubwenzi. Padzakhala maziko okhulupirira. Koma tidakali "panjira" kwambiri
mu ulendo wofunikira uwu, alongo ndi abale. Sitinafike kunyumba kwathu
cholinga cha gulu lopita patsogolo lopanda tsankho, mopanda tsankho. Mpaka
gulu labwino la mabungwe athu ali amitundu yambiri kwenikweni komanso mkati
utsogoleri; mpaka nkhani ya tsankho ndi yomwe timakambirana mosavuta komanso
mwachibadwa, popanda kuima ndi chitetezo; mpaka titayamba kuwona zambiri
zitsanzo zambiri m'magulu ambiri momwe azungu ndi anthu amtundu amalumikizana
pamodzi pazifukwa zomwezo pazifukwa zofala NDIkuphatikizira ochirikiza kufanana
zofuna mkati mwazolimbana wambaโpamenepo pamene tingaganize kuti ndife potsiriza
kukafika kwinakwake.
Ngati tifika nthawi imeneyo, tifunika
njira yamagulu ambiri, yolumikizidwa kudzera munjira za
kulumikizana ndi kugwirizana, zomwe zidzalola kuti zoyesayesa zathu zonse zikule
wamphamvu. Tikufunika, malinga ndi mawu a Immanuel Wallerstein, โkuyesayesa kokhazikika pa
kumvetsetsa zamayendedwe ena, mbiri yawo, awo
zofunika kwambiri, maziko awo a chikhalidwe cha anthu, nkhawa zawo zamakono. . . Munthawi imeneyi,
diplomacy intramovement imakhala yothandiza kwambiri yogwiritsira ntchito mphamvu. Idzatero
kupanga zotheka kuphatikiza kudumpha molimba mtima ndi kuphatikiza kokhazikika komwe
zingapangitse kusintha kwapangโonopangโono kwa dongosolo la dziko.โ
(Immanuel Wallerstein, "Antisystemic Movements," mu Transforming the Revolution,
Ndemanga ya Mwezi uliwonse Press, p. 52)
Cholinga chathu sichingakhale chocheperapo.
Ted Glick ndi National Coordinator of the Independent
Progressive Politics Network (www.ippn.org)
ndi wolemba "Future Hope: A Winning Strategy for a Just Society." Iye akhoza kukhala
anafika pa [imelo ndiotetezedwa] kapena PO Box 1132, Bloomfield, NJ 07003.