Mwa zovuta zambiri Cook County Commissioner Yesu "Chuy" Garcia akukumana ndi cholinga chofuna kuchotsa Meya wa Chicago, Rahm Emanuel, mwezi wa February, yemwe ndi wovuta kwambiri kwa Latino yekhayo pampikisano akukopa thandizo la osankhidwa akuda mumzindawu.
Izi zitha kuwoneka ngati chopinga chosatheka mumzinda wokhala ndi anthu ochepa kwambiri ngati Chicago, komwe zabwino zandale za mgwirizano waku Africa-America ndi Latino ndizopanda nzeru. Ndipotu, mu 1983 mgwirizano wakuda ndi wofiirira anathandiza osankhidwa Harold Washington, mmodzi wa mameya akuda aku America okondedwa. Garcia akhoza kusangalala ndi mbiri yabwino imeneyo; adachita nawo gawo lolimbikitsa anthu aku Latinos ku Washington. Koma pazaka 32 kuchokera pachisankho cha Washington, ubale pakati pa magulu awiri ang'onoang'ono amzindawu wasokonekera.
Zowonongeka zoyamba zinawonekera mwamsanga Washington itamwalira mu 1987. Pamene maziko akuda adagawanika kuti alderman ayenera kupambana Washington, othandizira a Latino adayikidwa, ndipo otsalira a Democratic Machine odziwika bwino a mumzindawu adagwiritsa ntchito kusatsimikizika kumeneko. Richard M. Daley atagonjetsa wolowa m'malo wa Washington, Eugene Sawyer, olamulira a Daley adalepheretsa mgwirizano wakuda-bulauni posokoneza zomwe gulu lina likuchita motsutsana ndi linzake - m'malo mwa akuluakulu akuda ndi Latinos, mwachitsanzo - kuti aletse mgwirizano. zofunika kwa aliyense wotsutsa Daley.
Izi sizikutanthauza kuti palibe kusiyana kwachilengedwe pakati pa magulu awiriwa. Monga wowonera kwa nthawi yayitali zoyesayesa za mgwirizano wakuda-bulauni, ndawonapo zinthu zingapo zomwe zimawalepheretsa. Chochititsa chidwi kwambiri ndi kusiyana kwa zilankhulo ndi zochitika zapadera za mbiri yakale. Cholowa cha chigonjetso ndi chitsamunda ku Latin America ndi chosiyana kwambiri ndi ukapolo waku US ndi Jim Crow, ndipo pali zoyeserera zochepa kwambiri zodziwitsa gulu lililonse mbiri ya mnzake. Anthu aku Latinos nawonso ndi azikhalidwe zosiyanasiyana kuposa aku America akuda. Ndipo anthu ena aku Africa ku America amanyansidwa ndi a Latinos chifukwa chosangalala ndi zabwino za Civil Rights Act popanda kuyika ndalama zambiri pagululi.
Poyang'anizana ndi zonsezi, ndale zochepa za ndale ku United States (kupatulapo mipikisano yapamwamba ya pulezidenti) zabweretsa magulu awiriwa pamodzi. Komabe kupanga maulalo pazisankho ndi njira yomveka bwino yothanirana ndi ulamuliro wandale womwe ukulamulidwa ndi azungu, ndipo ndikofunikira kwa anthu anayi omwe akufuna kuchotsa Emanuel - makamaka Garcia, yemwe ali ndi mwayi wamphamvu kwambiri. Anthu akuda ndi a Latinos amakhala pafupifupi 60 peresenti ya anthu amzindawu, ndipo pokhapokha atagwirizana motsutsana ndi Emanuel, akatswiri ambiri amalosera kuti adzasankhidwanso.
Masiku ano, chotchinga chachikulu kwambiri chamgwirizano wakuda-bulauni ndi chiwopsezo cha anthu osamukira kumayiko ena opanda zikalata omwe akutenga ntchito kuchokera ku Africa America. Ngakhale utsogoleri wa anthu wakuda umakhalabe wogwirizana ndi magulu olimbikitsa anthu ochokera ku Latino, zionetsero zochokera m'mabungwe aku Africa-America zikuchulukirachulukira. Voice of the Ex-Offender (VOTE), gulu lomenyera ufulu wa anthu lomwe likufuna chitukuko cha anthu m'madera osauka akuda, likutsutsa mwamphamvu mgwirizano uliwonse wakuda. VOTE imanena osati kokha kuti Latinos amatenga ntchito kuchokera kwa anthu a ku America omwe amapeza ndalama zochepa, koma amachotsa makontrakitala opindulitsa a mumzinda ndi ndalama za anthu akuda. (Cholinga choyamba chikutsutsidwa chifukwa cha kuchepa kwa anthu akuda opanda ntchito m'mizinda yomwe ili ndi anthu ambiri othawa kwawo; yachiwiri ikufotokozedwa bwino ngati kuyesayesa mwamphamvu kuti apatse Latinos mwayi wopeza makontrakitala amzinda omwe adachotsedwapo kale.)
Robert Starks, mkulu wa Harold Washington Institute for Research and Policy Studies ku Northeastern Illinois University, akuganiza kuti mpikisano wa ntchito pakati pa anthu a ku Africa America ndi osamukira ku Latino akukokomeza, komanso kuti mgwirizano wakuda ndi wofunikira kuti "kumenyere chilungamo m'dongosolo lomwe lili ndi ufulu wodzilamulira. anali ndi chidwi pa ulamuliro wa azungu.โ Akuti ambiri omenyera ufulu wakuda adawonetsa kuti amathandizira Garcia. "Ndinagwira ntchito ndi Chuy panthawi ya ndawala ya Harold ndipo wakhalabe wolimba komanso wamphamvu," akutero Starks, yemwe akuwonjezera kuti atsogoleri akuda ambiri atha kutulukira kuti athandizire Garcia panalibe anthu anayi akuda omwe adasankhidwa poyamba.
Garcia akudziwa za mkangano womwe ukupitilira pakati pa anthu akuda. Anatinso zokambirana zofananazi zikuchitikanso m'madera aku Latino pamene akatswiri a ndale omwe akupita patsogolo akupitirizabe kulimbana kuti apeze mitu yogwirizanitsa.
Ndiko kuti, wina osati mmodzi: Palibenso Rahm.
Salim Muwakkil ndi mkonzi wamkulu wa Munthawi imeneyi, kumene wakhala akugwira ntchito kuyambira 1983. Iye ndi mtsogoleri wa "Salim Muwakkil" show pa WVON, Chicago's mbiri yakuda wayilesi yakuda, ndipo adalemba zolemba za bukhuli. HAROLD: Zithunzi za Zaka za Harold Washington.
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