"Utsogoleri wa ndale ndi nkhani ya pulogalamu, njira ndi njira, osati mtundu wa omwe amawatsogolera, umodzi wawo ndi anthu awo, kapena ntchito zomwe achita." CLR James, The Black Jacobins
Mwinamwake chaka cha maphunziro kwambiri mโmoyo wanga chinali chaka chimene ndinakhala mโndende ya ku United States potsatira chigamulo chopanda chiwawa pa maofesi a Selective Service ndi FBI ku Rochester, NY kumapeto kwa 1970. Izi zinali mโnthaลตi yautali wa ndende ya Selection Service ndi FBI ku Rochester, NY. gulu lamtendere lolimbana ndi nkhondo ku Vietnam. Mโmiyezi 11 ndinakhala mโndende zitatu za boma ndi ndende zisanu za mโchigawocho.
M'gulu lililonse lomwe ndidakhala ndi akaidi anzanga ambiri anali African American ndi Latino. Ichi chinali chondichitikira chatsopano kwa ine. Ndinali ndi zaka 20-21 panthawiyo, ndipo kukula ndinalibe pafupi ndi anthu a chikhalidwe china kapena mtundu wina.
Ndimakumbukirabe ena mwa anthu amene ndinakumana nawo ndiponso mphamvu zimene anandipatsa chifukwa cha kukoma mtima kwawo ndiponso chidwi chawo pa moyo wanga. Panali ochepa kwambiri amene ndinkacheza nawo omwe ankaoneka ngati โzigawengaโ kwa ine. Pamene ndinawadziลตa bwino kwambiri, mโpamenenso ndinazindikira kuti kusankhana mitundu ndiponso kusauka kwa anthu nโkumene kumachititsa kuti anthu ambiri akhale osauka.
Ndinaphunziranso kuti ngati mumalemekeza ena nthawi zonse amakuchitirani ulemu.
Kuyambira pamene ndinatuluka mโndende zaka 33 zapitazo ndayesetsa kukhalabe ndi chikhulupiriro ndi abale aja amene ndinaphunzira zambiri kwa iwo.
Ndayesetsa kukhala mthandizi wabwino wodana ndi tsankho pamene ndikugwira ntchito yothandiza kupanga gulu lodziwika bwino lakusintha kwachikhalidwe ku US.
Pali zinthu zambiri zomwe zimapangitsa kuti pakhale mgwirizano wabwino:
kuphunzira mozama, kuphunzira kukhala odzichepetsa, kumanga maubwenzi ndi anthu a zikhalidwe zina, kutsatira utsogoleri wa anthu amitundu ina makamaka pa nkhani zofunika kwambiri kwa iwo, ndi kukhala wololera kuika pachiswe maubwenzi owonongeka, mikangano kapena choipitsitsacho polankhula mosapita mโmbali mawu kapena zochita za tsankho pamene mwa anthu a ku Ulaya.
Koma mwina chinthu chovuta kwambiri ndikukana ufulu wachibadwidwe mukamayanjana ndi omenyera ufulu wamitundu.
Liberal paternalism imakhala chete pamene munthu wamtundu wanena chinthu chomwe simukugwirizana nacho kapena akufuna kuchita zomwe mukuwona kuti ndizolakwika. Ndiko โkupita limodzi kuti tigwirizane,โ kuopa kukambirana mosapita mโmbali komanso mosapita mโmbali, pamene mwaulemu, kukambirana nkhani zofunika kwambiri, mโmalo momangotengera maganizo a munthu kapena anthu amtundu amene mukulankhula naye chifukwa choopa. kumaganiziridwa ngati wokakamizika kwambiri kapena wodzikuza.
Izi ndizovuta kwambiri chifukwa ndikudziwa bwino zomwe anthu ambiri amtundu wamtundu akhala nazo ndi azungu ambiri omwe amalumikizana nawo monyada kapena mopanda chilungamo. Ndimayesetsa kwambiri kuti ndigwire ntchito mosiyana, ndipo izi zingapangitse kuti zikhale zovuta kusagwirizana poyera chifukwa choopa kuti kusagwirizana kungatengedwe molakwika.
Ndikuganiza kuti pakufunika zomwe wina adazitcha "kupindika kwa ndodo." Ndiko kuti, pakakhala mbiri yakale yaulamuliro wa azungu m'dera lathu, kuti tibwerere ku mkhalidwe wofanana komanso wowongoka, pamafunika kupindika kwa ndodo kupyola pakati kwa kanthawi. kotero kuti maunansi amayanjano ndi anthu apamtima atha kudziwongola okha.
Koma mawu a CLR James pamwambapa sangayiwale. Pali zitsanzo zambiri za omenyera ufulu wamitundu (ndi
whites) kukhala oipitsidwa ndi kugulidwa. Anthu amene amachokera mโmikhalidwe yoponderezedwa ndi kudyeredwa masuku pamutu akhoza kudzikweza kukhala opondereza ndi kudzidyera masuku pamutu. Ndipo awo amene poyamba anapereka mwaufulu chifukwa cha ufulu wa anthu akhoza kutaya kulimba mtima ndi kubwerera mโmbuyo.
Phokoso la "pulogalamu, njira, njira" - inde, izi ndizofunikira.
Chofunikira ndicho kupitirizabe chitukuko cha chikhalidwe chaumunthu komanso chowona, chamitundu yambiri, chotsutsa chomwe chingatithandize tonsefe kukula ndi kuphunzira, kukhala okhazikika, kukhala anthu abwino m'mbali zonse za moyo wathu. Sitingathe kugwira ntchito m'mayanjano athu aumwini ndi andale mofanana ndi machitidwe achinyengo komanso opanda umunthu omwe akuwononga chilengedwe chathu, zambiri zamoyo ndi anthu ake ambiri. Tiyenera kudziwika monga anthu omwe angathe kuthana ndi kusiyana ndi kusagwirizana m'njira yotsimikizira ndi yomanga, osati yachinyengo ndi yowononga.
Mโmawu a malemu Fred Rogers (Bambo Rogers): โPakati pa chilengedwe chonse pali mtima wachikondi umene ukupitirizabe kugunda ndipo umafunira zabwino munthu aliyense. Chilichonse chomwe tingachite kuti tithandizire kukulitsa nzeru ndi mzimu ndi kukula kwamalingaliro kwa anthu anzathu, ndiyo ntchito yathu. Ife amene tili ndi masomphenya amenewa tiyenera kupitirizabe ngakhale titakumana ndi vuto lililonse. Moyo ndi utumiki.โ
Ted Glick ndi National Coordinator wa Independent Progressive Politics Network (www.ippn.org), ngakhale malingaliro awa ndi ake okha. Iye akhoza kufikiridwa pa [imelo ndiotetezedwa] kapena PO Box 1132, Bloomfield, NJ
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