M'ntchito yake yoyamba yayitali, Michelle Alexander akuwunika njira yathu yazaupandu m'njira yomwe imasokoneza ife omwe timakonda kuganiza za America ngati gulu la 'colorblind'. Amayang'ana kusintha kwa kayendetsedwe ka milandu kuyambira pomwe lamulo lalikulu la ufulu wachibadwidwe linakhazikitsidwa m'zaka za m'ma 1960, makamaka kudzera m'milandu ya Khothi Lalikulu la US, kuwonetsa momwe kutsatiridwa kwa mfundo zazikuluzikulu - makamaka nkhondo yolimbana ndi mankhwala osokoneza bongo - kwakhudza kwambiri Africa- Achimerika, makamaka anyamata achichepere. Ngakhale zonena ngati izi zakhala zovuta m'mbiri kutsimikizira kulibe tsankho lodziwika bwino, malinga ndi umboni womwe Alexander akupereka, n'zosatsutsika kuti kuphulika kwa ndende yathu kwakhudza anthu akuda ndi a bulauni ku America mwachindunji. Tsoka ilo, buku lake likutiwonetsa tonse momwe tapitira patsogolo kuyambira pomwe tidapambana nkhondo yomenyera ufulu wachibadwidwe.
Alexander mwadongosolo amaseka njira zomwe zimalola kuti mfundo zosalowerera ndale izi ziwongolere anthu akuda ndi abulauni aku America. Chomwe chimanena pamalingaliro ake ndikuti chizindikiro cha zigawenga, komanso momwe chimagwiritsidwira ntchito mosavuta kwa African American - makamaka pankhani ya milandu yamankhwala osokoneza bongo - chapanga njira yodziwika bwino komanso yovomerezeka yodzipatula pakati pa anthu mamiliyoni ambiri. kulekanitsa mwalamulo. Zigawenga ku US ndizoletsedwa kuvota ndi kutumikira m'mabwalo oweruza, kulephera kupeza ntchito ndi tsankho lina lazamalamulo lomwe silinamveke m'maiko ena otukuka. Kuphatikiza apo, zilango zomwe amakumana nazo zimafanana modabwitsa ndi malamulo a Jim Crow akumwera akale, omwe, Alexander akutikumbutsa, iwowo anali osalowerera ndale pamtunda. Amatsutsanso nthano yoti anthu ang'onoang'ono amachita zachiwembu mopanda malire komanso mafotokozedwe ena azikhalidwe omwe amakhudza tsankho. Tsoka ilo, apolisi amachirikiza zonena zake akamachita zigawenga pafupifupi m'madera akuda okha, kapena pamene ozenga milandu ndi oweruza apezeka kuti nthawi zonse amagwiritsa ntchito malamulo okhwima kwa omwe akuimbidwa mlandu azungu kuposa akuda, Alexander ali ndi zitsanzo zambiri, zina zomwe zimakhala zovuta kuweruza. kusiyana komwe kumatsutsana ndi kufotokozera kulikonse.
Ngakhale kuti bukuli likuwunikira zowerengera za anthu onse aku America, mwina ndi lothandiza kwambiri kwa ife omwe timakhulupirira kuti tadutsa m'magulu osankhana mitundu ndipo tikuganiza kuti Dr. King angavomereze movomereza momwe anthu ochepa amachitidwira m'madera athu. Alexander akutikumbutsa kuti mapangidwe a mphamvu ndi okhazikika komanso osagwirizana ndi kusintha ndipo tiyenera kukhala tcheru poteteza kufanana ndikuzindikira kuti sitidzakhalapo ngati tipitiriza kukana kusiyana kwathu.
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