Ndakhala Detroiter kwa zaka 60 ndipo aka ndi nthawi yoyamba muzochitika zanga kuti mabungwe ambiri osiyanasiyana omwe ali ndi malingaliro ndi umunthu wosiyana azindikira kuti nthawi yafika pamene tiyenera kugwirizana kuti tikane ndikugonjetsa kutsutsa-kusintha.
Izi zotsutsa-zosintha ndizopanda mfundo, zowopsa kwambiri ndipo zimatenga mitundu yambiri, Chifukwa chake kugonjetsedwa kwake kudzatenga mgwirizano wambiri, kulimba mtima, ndi kulimbana koyenera.
Kukhazikika mu mpikisano, ndi kufunafuna American Dream, kunayamba kumapeto kwa Nkhondo Yadziko II pamene azungu anasamukira kumidzi kuthawa akuda m'mizinda ngati Detroit kumene azungu anali kukhala ochepa. Kutenga nawo masukulu awo, mabizinesi awo ndi misonkho, adasauka m'mizinda ndikukopa chidwi ndi ndalama za anthu ochita bwino kwambiri monga abale a Koch.
Chotsatira chake nโchakuti, mโkupita kwa zaka midzi ya mโtauniyo yakhala ikuipiraipira. Asankha abwanamkubwa ngati Scott Walker ndi Rick Snyder. Iwo adutsa malamulo odana ndi mgwirizano wogwira ntchito, odana ndi akazi, ndi malamulo odana ndi akuda "Imani pansi", omwe apatsa amuna ngati George Zimmerman chilolezo chopha achinyamata monga Trayvon Martin ngati kuti ndi mphemvu.
Zikuchulukanso m'makoleji. Apulofesa akulemba mabuku okondwerera Senator Joe McCarthy, ponena kuti afiti ake omwe amawotcha kwambiri analidi machenjezo oyambirira otsutsa boma lalikulu lomwe Obama akufuna kutikakamiza. Chaka chilichonse, Phyliss Schlafly wosamala kwambiri amakhala ndi msonkhano wapadziko lonse wa Collegians Summit ku Heritage Foundation kuti apatse maprofesawa gulu lachinyamata.
Zotsatira zake, m'masukulu ena ophunzira achizungu amachenjeza aphunzitsi akuda kuti asamawapusitse - kapena ayi. Kusukulu ya zachipatala ya UCLA Dr. Christian Head, dokotala wa opaleshoni wakuda, anamenyedwa ndi ntchentche yosonyeza iye ali ndi thupi la gorilla likugonekedwa ndi pulofesa wina. Anasumira ndipo adapatsidwa $ 4.5 miliyoni.
Ndi kuchuluka kwa kusowa kwa ntchito, zovuta ku Middle East, komanso kuchepa kwa ulamuliro wadziko lonse lapansi, tafika kumapeto kwa American Dream. Mkhalidwewu umandikumbutsa za m'ma 1930 pamene Ajeremani abwino, okhumudwa chifukwa cha kugonjetsedwa kwawo mu WWI, kusowa ntchito ndi kukwera kwa mitengo, adatsatira Hitler ku Holocaust.
Masiku ano, mโdziko lathu, azungu ochuluka akuona kuti pamene akukhala ochepa komanso munthu wakuda wasankhidwa kukhala pulezidenti, dzikoli silikhalanso lawo. Iwo akukhala osimidwa kwambiri ndi owopsa.
Tiyenera kuthana ndi mantha awo, ndipo panthawi imodzimodziyo tiitanitse ndi kuwatsutsa kuti agwirizane nafe popanga American Dream yatsopano.
Sizidzakhala zophweka. Zidzatengera kufunitsitsa kuyika pachiwopsezo kumangidwa komwe North Carolinians akuwonetsa mu Moral Monday movement.
Zidzatengera mtundu wa zigawenga zomwe ophunzira akuwonetsa atakhala-ins motsutsana ndi malamulo a '''Imani kumbuyo kwanu'.
Zidzatengera kulimba mtima ndi kulimbikira komwe Senator wa State of Texas Wendy Davis adawonetsa pomwe adachita filibuster ya ola la 13 motsutsana ndi bilu yomwe ikanaletsa amayi ufulu wosankha.
Tangoyamba kumene kumenyana....
Grace Lee Boggs wakhala wotsutsa kwa zaka zoposa 60 ndipo ndi mlembi wa mbiri ya moyo wake Kukhala moyo wosintha ndi Scott Kurashige, The Next American Revolution: Chiwonetsero Chokhazikika cha Zaka makumi awiri ndi chimodzi.
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