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Kwa zaka mazana anai yakhala ili American Way.
Kulanda ntchito komanso kukhala kwa anthu amtundu waku Africa. Akamayankha, kanizani, ndipo perekani zochepa momwe mungathere. Kenako dikirani kuti zinthu "zikhazikike" ndikubwezeretsanso momwe mungathere.
Zida zakhala zosiyanasiyana: uchigawenga wa Klan ndi misonkho, kukonzanso malo ndi kusankhana masukulu, kutsekeredwa m'ndende ndi apolisi ankhondo, womaliza kuchotsedwa ntchito.
Chitsanzo ndi chomwecho. Kusankhana mitundu. Tsindikani. Bwerezani.
Zachitikanso kambirimbiri kuyambira 1619. Mโminda ndi mโmafakitale, mโmidzi yakumidzi ndi mโmizinda ikuluikulu, mโmasukulu ndi mโmaofesi a zamalonda, mโmapaki, mโmisewu ikuluikulu ndi mโmisewu ya mโmizinda.
Tamika Mallory amadula pamtima pa nkhaniyi muvidiyo ili pansipa.
KUSINTHA KUDZABWERA
Zipolowe zomwe zikuchitika masiku ano zalimbikitsa tsankho lomwe lakula komanso lozama kuposa kale. Oteteza ulamuliro woyera amagawanika ndipo ali ndi nkhawa, popanda chida chotsalira kupatula mphamvu yamaliseche - chizindikiro cha kufooka kwawo pandale. Ngati mphamvu zomwe zikuwonekera m'misewu zitha kukonzedwa, kuyang'ana, ndi kukhazikika, kukwera kumeneku kungapangitse mliri, chipwirikiti, ndi post-Trump America kukhala malo osiyana kwambiri.
Tili ndi zokumana nazo ndi zopindula za chipwirikiti cham'mbuyomu motsutsana ndi ulamuliro wa azungu kuti tipitirirepo. The arc from abolitionism through Civil War to Reconstruction inathetsa ukapolo wachattel ndikutipatsa chizindikiro 13.th, 14th ndi 15th Amendments. Maboma a nthawi ya Reconstruction Reconstruction kumwera ndi omwe adapita patsogolo kwambiri ku Dis-United States awa, atadzazidwa ndi demokalase ya ogwira ntchito kotero kuti WEB DuBois adawatcha kuti ndi wopondereza wa olamulira.
Kumanganso kunathetsedwa chifukwa chophatikiza uchigawenga wosankhana mitundu komanso kukana chilolezo kwa anthu aku Africa America. Dongosolo la Jim Crow linakhazikitsidwa.
Zaka makumi asanu ndi atatu pambuyo pake kuzungulira kwatsopano kunayamba kuchokera ku Montgomery, Alabama. Mothandizidwa ndi zaka khumi zakuchitapo kanthu, bungwe la Civil Rights Movement linakakamiza kutha kwa Jim Crow. Mu gawo lake la 1965 Black Power / chipwirikiti chakumatauni, Black Freedom Movement idawonjezera nkhondo yachifumu komanso kusalingana kwachuma pamndandanda wawo waukulu.
M'zaka khumi zachiwiri za Kumangidwanso Kwachiwiri uku, zigawenga za ku Africa America zinatsegula malo obadwa kapena kutsitsimula mayendedwe a madera ena onse oponderezedwa. Zinali zofunikira pakuthetsa kusamvana kwa anthu osamukira kumayiko ena, kuyambitsa Medicare, ndikupereka anti-Vietnam War Movement ndi nkhonya yamphamvu yolemetsa.
Zaka makumi asanu za kubwereranso zinatsatira ngati usiku ukutsatira masana. Rodney King. Trayvon Martin. Michael Brown. Eric Garner. Ahmaud Arbery. Breonna Taylor. George Floyd. Ndipo ife tiri pano.
2020 SI 1968
Usiku womwe Martin Luther King adaphedwa pa Epulo 4, 1968, zigawenga zakuda zidabuka m'mizinda yopitilira 100. Lawi lamoto linabwera mkati mwa midadada isanu ndi umodzi ya White House; Asitikali 70,000 adaitanidwa kuti "abwezeretse mtendere."
Lachiwiri, panali zipolowe mโmizinda 140. Purezidenti Trump adawopseza kuti atumiza usilikali. Woyimira wamkulu wa a Trump, Woyimira milandu wamkulu William Barr, adalamula kuti anthu ochita ziwonetsero zamtendere aziwombera pafupi ndi White House kuti a Trump athe kujambula chithunzi atanyamula Baibulo.
Chitsanzocho chikubwereza, koma zinthu zingapo zofunika ndizosiyana nthawi ino.
Mamiliyoni omwe adakhamukira m'misewu m'zaka za m'ma 1960 adapereka mphamvu - zomwe zinali - ndiye mantha abwino kwambiri. Ochuluka aife timakhulupirira kuti kuwerengera komaliza kunali pafupi.
Otsutsa athu a gulu lolamulira adagawanika pazinthu zambiri, koma gulu lirilonse lofunika linawona zigawenga za 1968 - Black America poyamba - monga chiwopsezo chachikulu ku dongosolo lawo la ulamuliro. Iwo anali ndi nkhaลตa yaikulu ponena za kuchuluka kwa zomwe akakakamizika kuvomereza, ndi mtengo wandale umene akanalipira pano ndi padziko lonse lapansi chifukwa cha kupha kovomerezeka kumene iwo anatulutsa. Koma magulu onse a anthu osankhika anali ndi chidaliro kuti magazi akauma, mbewa yachifumu yomwe idakali ndi chuma chosayerekezeka idzapambana. Zosintha zina mwatsoka zikanayenera kupangidwa m'njira zopangira phindu, koma zomangira zomwe amadalira sizikhala bwino.
Izi sizili choncho lero.
Gulu lolamulira mgwirizano ndi chidaliro wakhala kugwedezeka kwambiri. Dongosolo lawo lazachuma la neoliberal lili pachiwopsezo, lomwe silinapezekebe kumavuto azachuma a 2008 komanso moto wochokera kumadera onse. Mphamvu zapadziko lonse za Washington zakhala zikutsika pang'onopang'ono. Kuyankha kwa boma pa mliri wa COVID-19 kwapangitsa US kukhala choseketsa padziko lonse lapansi, pomwe ikuwonetsa kusayeruzika kozama kwa dziko lino. Zipolowe zomwe zikuchitika mdziko muno zapangitsa kuti pakhale gulu la anthu omenyera ufulu wachibadwidwe lomwe lakhalapo kwanthawi yayitali mdziko muno.
Chotsatira chake ndi vuto lomwe lili ndi chiopsezo chachikulu komanso kuthekera kwakukulu kuposa mafunde amphamvu a 1968. Choopsa chagona pa kukhazikitsidwa kwa boma laulamuliro latsankho. Kuthekera komwe kulipo ndikukhazikika panjira yopita ku a Kukonzanso Kwachitatu izo zidzasintha dziko.
DZIKO LASINTHA
Mu 1968, azungu omwe sanali a ku Spain anali oposa 80% ya anthu aku US. Lero ndi choncho 60.4%. Pofika 2017, azungu amapanga a ochepa a ana a US zaka zosakwana 10. Ngati zomwe zikuchitika pano zikupitilira kuchuluka kwa anthu aku US kudzakhala anthu ambiri amitundu muzaka 20 mpaka 25.
Ndale zachibadwidwe zikugwiranso ntchito motsutsana ndi oteteza momwe zinthu ziliri. Millennials (wobadwa 1981 mpaka 1996) ndi Gen Xers (wobadwa 1997 ndi pambuyo pake) ali kumanzere kwa mibadwo yakale. Theka la Zakachikwi zoyera nenani kusankhana mitundu ndi chifukwa chachikulu chomwe Akuda ambiri amalephera kupita patsogolo, 15% kuposa gulu lililonse lachizungu.
Kusiyana kwamitundu pazovuta za COVID-19 - yemwe wamwalira, yemwe ali ndi kachilombo, yemwe amakakamizika kugwira ntchito m'malo osatetezeka, yemwe alibe ndalama zokwanira zolipirira lendi kapena kuyika chakudya patebulo, yemwe amapanga anthu ambiri. gawo la anthu omwe ali pachiwopsezo kwambiri omwe ali m'ndende - latsegula maso a anthu ambiri kuti aone momwe tsankho lambiri likuchitira.
Gulu latsopano la omenyera ufulu wamtundu wa anthu, olankhula mwaluso, okonza zaukadaulo, ofufuza ndi akatswiri aukadaulo, komanso akuluakulu osankhidwa mwachipongwe apita patsogolo. Ntchito yawo yapanga mabungwe, maudindo, ndi ziganizo monga mawu apakhomo awa:
Moyo Wakuda Wofunika. Kutsekera M'ndende. The New Jim Crow. Gulu. Hafu Sanauzidwepo. Racial Capitalism. Selma. Pepani pokuvutitsani. Chotsani ICE. Mwala Woyimirira. Islamophobia. Movement for Black Lives. Pemphani Apolisi.
Kuphatikizika kwa jenda ndi kukwera kwamasiku ano ndi mphamvu ina yayikulu. Azimayi ndi anthu omwe kugonana kwawo sikunagwirizane ndi zomwe zimaonedwa kuti ndi "zabwinobwino" akhala akugwira ntchito zofunika kwambiri pamayendedwe aku US kuyambira tsiku loyamba. Koma mu 1968 omwe anali kutsogolo ndi kuyika kamvekedwe kake anali amuna okhaokha, ndipo chithunzi cha zigawenga nthawi zambiri chinali jekete lakuda lachikopa. Lero akazi, queer ndi trans people ali kutsogolo komanso kuseri, ndipo chotsatira chobweretsa-wekha-cholandiridwa ndi maginito amphamvu.
ZOLIMBIKITSA ZOTSANA NDI TSANTHU
Zinthu zonsezi ndi zina zambiri zadyetsedwa mu kukula, kukula kwa kutenga nawo mbali, ndi chilakolako chowonekera m'misewu. Gulu lamasiku ano lodana ndi tsankho likusangalala ndi chithandizo chambiri cha anthu ochita ziwonetsero kuposa momwe zinalili mu 1968. Ambiri amavomereza apolisi amatha kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu mopitirira muyeso ndi munthu wakuda kusiyana ndi mzungu (kuchokera pa gawo limodzi mwa magawo atatu a zaka zinayi zapitazo) ndipo 76% amati kusankhana mitundu ndi fuko ndi vuto lalikulu, kuchoka pa 51% mu 2015.
Chotsatira chake ndi kutsogolo kwamphamvu ndi kokulirapo motsutsana ndi ukulu woyera. Mphamvu zake zikuwonekera pamiimidwe ya osankhidwa ambiri a Democratic Party. Milandu yaposachedwa yakupha apolisi yotsatiridwa ndi zigawenga nthawi zambiri inkatha mphindi yotentha kudzudzula nkhanzazo kenako ndikudzudzula ngati osalamula kuti ochita ziwonetsero aziponderezedwa. Zolemba ndi zosiyana nthawi ino. Mpaka pano, moto wawo waukulu wolankhulira idakali yolunjika pakusankhana mitundu komanso kukakamiza kwa olamulira a Trump kuti awononge mwamphamvu.
Palibenso mwayi wochita chidwi ndi izi. Gulu la abwenzi a nyengo yabwino likhoza kusokoneza nthawi iliyonse. Koma ndichizindikiro cha mphamvu za kuwukirako kuti zawasunga kwambiri mpaka pano.
TRUMP'S IRON FIST PLAYBOOK
Otsutsa ankhondo akuukirawo ali ndi zida zankhondo. Koma agwidwanso ndi mantha.
Trump adakwera birtherism, kunyansidwa ndi anthu ochokera kumayiko ena komanso kudana ndi Asilamu kupita ku White House. Ulamuliro wake ndi udindo wolamula kuti anthu asachite tsankho masiku ano.
Ngakhale mliriwu usanatchule ziyembekezo zake zosankhidwanso, gulu la a Trumpist likuyenda motsata ulamuliro wankhanza. Magawo akuluakulu a maziko ake amakhulupiriradi kuti ngati dziko lisunga ngakhale demokalase yododometsa (kupatula munthu m'modzi weniweni, mavoti amodzi) "America weniweni (yoyera, yachikhristu)" idzatha. (Mdani Wagulu adatchula malingaliro awo zaka 30 zapitazo: Kuopa Black Planet.) Kotero Trump, tsopano akukumana ndi mdani wina yemwe sangathe kugonjera kugonjera, akufulumizitsa kuukira kwake pa TV, mawu otsutsa mkati ndi kunja kwa boma, ndi malo onse a demokarasi. Amenya chizindikiro cha zigawenga ku Antifa ndikuwopseza kuponderezana kopanda chifundo, pomwe Mlembi wake wa Chitetezo akufuna "kulamulira malo ankhondo.โ
Pakhoza kukhala kuphana mawa. Ndipo pongotsala pang'ono kupambana zomwe gulu la Movement for Black Lives - 'Trump Must Resign' - titha kuwona kuyesa kuba zisankho za 2020 kudzera pakuponderezedwa kwa ovota, kuwopseza (kapena kuipiraipira) m'malo oponya voti, ndi kukana kuvomereza zotsatira ngati chiwerengero cha mavoti chimati Trump wataya.
Zidzatengera khama lokhazikika - lokonzekera, lolunjika komanso lokhala ndi mphamvu zofanana ndi zipolowe zomwe zikuchitika - kuti izi zisakhale bwino.
KUKWEDWERA KUKONSO KWACHITATU
Pali mapiko odana ndi Trump a gulu lolamulira. Wosankhidwa wawo adapambana mu ma primaries a Marichi a Democratic, akuchita kampeni pamgwirizano wawo panthawiyo kuti kupambana mu Novembala kuyenera kupangitsa kuti dziko likhale labwinobwino.
Pamene mliri wa COVID-19 ukukula komanso kusakhutira kwakukulu kukukulirakulira, malingaliro amenewo adasiyidwa. Atalandira kuvomerezedwa ndi Bernie Sanders, Biden adalengeza kuti ndi "kusintha kwakukulu kwachuma,โ osati kubwerera ku zakale. Pomwe zipolowe zidachitika, a Biden ndi ma Democrat ena apamwamba akhala akungolimbikira kuti apitirize, kudzudzula kupondereza kwa a Trump ndikulonjeza kuchitapo kanthu pazinthu zingapo zomwe ochita ziwonetserozi akufuna.
Kukangana kumeneku kumasonyeza kuti (1) amatha kukakamizidwa; ndipo (2) sali ogwirizana pa masomphenya awoawo okhudza kumene angatenge dziko. Sakonda Lipenga; sakonda awo amene saganiza kuti โnjira zoyenereraโ ndi zokwanira kuthetsa ulamuliro wa azungu. Koma akugwira ntchito mopitilira muyeso kuposa dongosolo lililonse logwirizana lothana ndi zovuta zosagwirizana ndi chisalungamo chamitundu, kusakhazikika kwaufulu, kusalingana kwachuma komwe sikunachitikepo, COVID-19, komanso kusintha kwanyengo.
Izi zikutanthauza kuti mphamvu zomwe zimafuna kusintha kwadongosolo komanso mgwirizano wapadziko lonse lapansi uli ndi mwayi waukulu. Zomwe zingachitike ngati a Trump akamenyedwa zimatengera zochepa zomwe Biden kapena gulu lake lamkati amakonda kuposa momwe ukali wolungama wamasiku ano ungasinthidwe kukhala gulu lokhazikika landale.
Kusuntha kwa Black America kudzakhala kotsimikizika. Zipolowe zomwe zikuchitika komanso kuyankhidwa kwa magulu osiyanasiyana komanso magulu osiyanasiyana azikhalidwe zikuyenera kuchotsa kukayikira konse kuti mitundu ndi tsankho zili pakati pa kusamvana komwe kulipo mdziko muno. Ndi umboni wokwanira kuti gulu la Black Freedom Movement ndilomwe limayambitsanso kusintha kwa chikhalidwe cha anthu.
Zili kwa mayendedwe onse ndi anthu achikumbumtima kuti agwirizane ndi mphamvu yoyendetsa iyi. Kulumikizana ndi omwe akhala akuchita nkhondo zantchito, obwereketsa, komanso azaumoyo panthawi ya COVID-19 komanso omwe amenya nawo nkhondo yolimbana ndi kusintha kwanyengo komanso nkhondo ndi omwe akupanduka m'misewu. Ntchitoyi ndi kupanga mtundu wokulirapo komanso wogwirizana wa ma surges omwe adatipatsa Kumanganso Koyamba ndi Kwachiwiri, momveka bwino pakugwirizana kwapakati pakati pa tsankho ndi capitalism.
Kukwera phiri kumakhala kocheperako komanso kumakhala ndi zokhota komanso zokhota kuposa momwe timafunira. Ndilo dziko losokonezeka la ndale. Koma zomangira za a Kukonzanso Kwachitatu zomwe zimalowa mkati mozama mumtundu uliwonse wopanda chilungamo m'dziko muno. Black America ikutsogolera zomwe zingatipangitse tonse kukhala nthawi yatsopano komanso yabwinoko.
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