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Zaka zisanu zapitazo mwezi uno, pa September 1, 2016, Colin Kaepernick adatsika pa bondo lopindika panyimbo ya fuko isanachitike masewera pakati pa San Francisco 49ers wake ndi Los Angeles Chargers kutsutsa ziwawa za apolisi komanso kusankhana mitundu. Buku latsopano la Dave Zirin, Zotsatira za Kaepernick: Kugwira Bondo, Kusintha Dziko, ndi mndandanda wa nkhani zochititsa chidwi zomwe zimayika owerenga pakati pa ziwonetsero zosokoneza, zowopsya, ndi zolimbikitsa za chilungamo cha mafuko zomwe, zikaphatikizidwa, zimawululira njira zotengera masewera osintha bondo ndi anthu ambiri.
Zirin ndi Nation's sports editor, wolemba nkhani za The Progressive, Mmodzi wa UTNE Reader'm “Amasomphenya 50 Amene Akusintha Dziko Lathu,” ndi mlembi wa mabuku khumi ndi limodzi onena za ndale za maseŵera—koma palibe amene ali ofunika koposa Zotsatira za Kaepernick potithandiza kumvetsetsa momwe tingamangire magulu a anthu kuti asinthe dziko.
Bukhu lodabwitsali ndilo chiyambi cha "mbiri ya anthu" njira yowunikira zakale.
Bukhu lodabwitsali ndilo chiyambi cha "mbiri ya anthu" njira yowunikira zakale. Zambiri zomwe zalembedwa za Kaepernick zimayang'ana kwambiri pakulimbana kwake ndi eni ake a NFL, momwe amakhudzira masewera ovomerezeka, kapena mikangano yapa TV. Zirin amafunsa ophunzira akusukulu yasekondale ndi aku koleji kuzungulira dzikolo, pakati pa ena, omwe adakopeka kuti agwade okha. Amatanthauzira "Kaepernick effect" m'mawu oyamba a bukuli:
"Pamene ntchitoyi inayamba, "The Kaepernick Effect" inatchula, m'maganizo mwanga, kwa mazana oiwalika ngati si zikwi za othamanga achinyamata omwe adagwada pa nyimbo ya fuko potsutsa tsankho ndi nkhanza za apolisi. Iwo anali, ndithudi, akufanana ndi zomwe wakale wa San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick. . . . Koma tsopano, nditafunsana ndi anthu ambiri ku United States, ndikumvetsetsa kuti "Kaepernick Effect" sichinali chotsatira cha zionetsero za munthu wina, koma chifukwa, chothandizira china chachikulu. Linali chenjezo lamtsogolo lomwe lidachitika pambuyo pa kuphedwa kwa apolisi a George Floyd, pambuyo pa kuphedwa kwa Ahmaud Arbery ndi Breonna Taylor.
Kuwukira kwa anthu akuda komwe kudayamba mu 2020 kutsutsa kwakukulu m’mbiri ya U.S.—ndi zosamvetsetseka popanda kumvetsa mmene zikwi za othamanga ophunzira ochokera m’dziko lonselo anasinthira maseŵero kuchokera kuthaŵira kusukulu kupita ku bwalo la nkhondo yolimbana ndi ulamuliro wa azungu. Kuti athandize kuunikira izi, Zirin amafunsa awiri mwa ophunzira anga amphamvu kwambiri ochokera ku Garfield High School ku Seattle, Washington: Janelle Gary ndi Jelani Howard.
"Anali gulu lonse, ngakhale mameneja komanso ngakhale okondwerera anayamba kugwada," Jelani akunena za chisankho cha timu yake ya mpira kuti atenge bondo pa nyimbo ya fuko, nthawi yoyamba yomwe gulu lonse linapanga chizindikiro. “Anthu amayankhapo kunena zinthu zonyansa kapena zopanda ulemu. Ndiye panali m'mawa wina pomwe mphunzitsi wamkulu wathu sanawonekere ndipo aliyense adangosokonezeka. Anafika mochedwa kwa ola limodzi ndipo anatiuza kuti munthu wina wadula matayala ake. Ndi pamene aliyense adadziwa, wow, izi ndi zenizeni. "
Palibe kukayika kuti zinali zenizeni. Mphunzitsi, Joey Thomas, anayenera kuchoka m'nyumba yake chifukwa cha kuzunzidwa; gululo lidalandira ziwopsezo zakupha, osewera adauzidwa kuti saloledwa ku koleji, ndipo Garfield High School idagwidwa ndi makalata audani.
Ngakhale kuti adatsutsa, Jelani anauza Zirin, "Ndichinthu chomwe ndidzatha kuuza ana anga nthawi zonse. Ndinachita zinazake zomwe ndidzazikumbukira nthawi zonse, chifukwa zidandiwonetsa kuti ngati ukufuna kuyimilira china chake ungopita ukachichite. Palibe amene ankaganiza kuti ana azaka khumi ndi zisanu, khumi ndi zisanu ndi chimodzi, khumi ndi zisanu ndi ziwiri angathandize kutsogolera gulu.
Kukambitsirana m’chipinda chosungiramo zinthu kunapangitsa gululo kupenda mmene kusankhana mitundu kumagwirizanirana ndi mitundu ina ya kuponderezana ndi mmene kuponderezana kumeneku kumawonongera mbali zambiri za moyo wawo, kuphatikizapo zoulutsira nkhani ndi dongosolo la sukulu. Inde, osewera mpira omwe amatsutsa kudana ndi amuna kapena akazi okhaokha angakhale osowa, koma othamanga a Garfield High ankafuna kuthetsa kuponderezana kwamtundu uliwonse. Pamene Zotsatira za Kaepernick sichikuphatikiza, othamanga adapereka pulogalamu yokhala ndi mfundo zisanu ndi imodzi yothana ndi chisalungamo:
1. Kufanana kwa onse mosasamala kanthu za mtundu, jenda, kalasi, kaimidwe ka anthu, ndi/kapena zogonana—monse m’kalasi ndi kunja kwa kalasi komanso m’deralo.
2. Kuwonjezeka kwa mgwirizano pakati pa anthu. Kusintha mmene oulutsira nkhani amasonyezera umbanda.
3. Kufanana kwamaphunziro kwa ophunzira. Masukulu ena amapereka mapulogalamu/mayendedwe omwe sapezeka m'masukulu onse kapena kwa ophunzira onse m'sukuluyi.
4. [Kutsutsa] kusowa kwa maphunziro okwanira kuti aphunzitsi azilumikizana bwino ndi ophunzira onse. Chitsanzo, "N'chifukwa chiyani chilakolako changa chikulakwika ndi chiwawa?" “N’chifukwa chiyani nditapeza A pa mayeso aphunzitsi amandiuza kuti, ‘Aaa, sindimadziwa kuti ukhoza kutero?’”
5. [Kutsutsa] kusankhana mwa kusankhana mitundu.
6. Kupangitsa ena kuwona kuti tsankho lilipo mdera lathu, mzinda, ndi boma.
Kutsutsa kwa osewera mpira wa Garfield posakhalitsa kunafalikira ku timu ya softball ya atsikana, yomwe osewera onse adagwada ndipo adzapambana mpikisano wa boma. Monga momwe Janelle, wogwirizira nyenyezi wa gululo anafotokozera, “Anthu amalankhula zinthu zoipa pofuna kukuopsezani mwadala, koma ngati mungathe kupirira—monga mmene zinalili m’masiku a gulu lomenyera ufulu wachibadwidwe—ndimaona ngati ndinu wolakwa. tiwona kusintha kwina. ”
Zimandisangalatsa kudziwa kuti ophunzira awiri aja omwe utsogoleri wawo unathandizira kugwedeza osati sukulu yathu yokha ndi mzinda wathu, komanso mtundu wonse, anali ophunzira m'makalasi anga a mbiri ya dziko lonse ndi maphunziro a mafuko ku Garfield pamene anayamba kupeza mawu awo.
Ndikukumbukira pamene Janelle anayamba kulowa m’kalasi lathu. Anali wodzikuza, ndipo sindikanamusankha nthawi yomweyo monga wophunzira yemwe akanapita kukathandizira kutsogolera gulu lotsutsa. Koma m’kupita kwa chaka, ndinamuona akudzikuza ndi kulimbikitsa zikhulupiriro zake ponena za chimene chinali choipa ndi dziko. Anayamba kutsogolera zokambirana m'kalasi mwanga ndikupanga kulumikizana kwa mbiri yakale pakati pa mbiri yayitali yaukapolo, Jim Crow, redling, ndi kumangidwa kwa anthu ambiri lero.
Mofananamo, chikhalidwe chosavuta cha Jelani, ndi kumasuka komwe kumwetulira kumatuluka pankhope yake, sizinagwirizane ndi maganizo a wophunzira wachiwawa. Ndipo komabe, lingaliro la cholinga Jelani anakula ndi kubweretsa m'kalasi linatipangitsa ife tonse kumva kuti nthawi yathu pamodzi kuphunzira mbiri sinali ya magiredi koma kuphunzira momwe tingasinthire.
Pamene tinaonera filimuyo ndi kuwerenga nkhani za Zirin, ndinali ndi chiyembekezo chakuti tsiku lina mmodzi wa ophunzira anga adzanyamula limodzi la maphunziro m’kalasi langa ndi kupita nalo kumunda.
Zaka zambiri othamanga asanalankhule zambiri zokhudza chikhalidwe cha anthu, ndinasonyeza Janelle, Jelani, ndi anzawo akusukulu a Zirin. filimu, Osati Masewera Okha, yomwe imafotokoza bwino za ntchito yamasewera potengera nkhani zazikulu zokhudzana ndi mtundu, kugonana, jenda, komanso mbiri ya othamanga omwe amagwiritsa ntchito nsanja yawo yokwezeka kuti alankhule chilungamo.
Pamene tinkawonera filimuyo ndikuwerenga zolemba za Zirin, ndinali ndi chiyembekezo kuti tsiku lina mmodzi wa ophunzira anga adzatenga phunziro limodzi kuchokera m'kalasi langa kupita nalo kumunda, koma sindikanatha kuganiza kuti ngakhale asanamalize maphunziro awo. adzachita nawo zipolowe zaunyinji za chilungamo chautundu. Ndipo chifukwa cha mphunzitsi wamasomphenya Thomas—yemwenso akufunsidwa mafunso m’bukhuli—chikhumbo cha ophunzira anga cha chilungamo chinakulitsidwa m’munda ndi kuloledwa kuphuka, mosasamala kanthu za kuukiridwa ndi anthu ankhanza.
Iwo amene ali mbali yakumanja amene adawanyoza. anaponya zinyalala, ndikuwopseza omenyera ufulu wa ophunzira omwe adagwada ndi ena mwa omwe lero amathandizira kuchuluka za malamulo a boma oletsa kuphunzitsa za tsankho. Oteteza ulamuliro wa azunguwa amanena kuti aphunzitsi—pophunzitsa za njira zimene kuphedwa kwa Amwenye ndi ukapolo wa Akuda zinayala maziko a zachuma ndi ndale a dziko lathu ndi zotsatirapo zowononga mpaka lero—akuphunzitsa ophunzira ndi kuwachititsa manyazi. za mbiri yawo.
M'malo mwake, ndi ophunzira omwe akufuna kuti zokambirana za anti-Blackness ndi chisalungamo zizichitika m'kalasi. Aphunzitsi akukakamizika kwambiri ndi achinyamata kuti ayankhe mafunso monga chifukwa chake sukulu yawo ili yosiyana kwambiri, chifukwa chiyani apolisi amalandira ndalama zambiri kuposa alangizi pasukulu, chifukwa chiyani m'mabuku ophunzirira mulibe zochepa kwambiri zomwe anthu akuda amapereka kwa anthu, kapena chifukwa chiyani ana akuda amaimitsidwa pa zotere zosagwirizana mitengo.
Ndipo ndi othamanga ophunzira omwe nthawi zambiri amatsogolera izi, kulimbikitsa chilungamo kwa anthu tsopano kukutenga chizindikiro chatsopano cha chikhalidwe. Tsopano "yayatsa," monga ana amanenera masiku ano, kuchitapo kanthu molimba mtima polimbana ndi tsankho.
Kulimba mtima kwa achinyamatawa amene akulimbana ndi mavuto ambiri amene akungochitika kumene n’kodabwitsa. Zirin analemba kuti: “Ophunzira akusekondale akuleredwa chifukwa cha kusokonekera kwa chilengedwe, kusalingana kwa kapezedwe ka ndalama, ndiponso maphunziro akukoleji akuchulukirachulukira. "Kukhala kwawo m'nthawi zovuta zino ndikukana, koma akuchita zambiri kuposa zomwe zilipo. Iwo akumenyana.”
Ochita masewera ophunzirira anathandizira kuthetsa zopinga za ophunzira onse kuti athe kuwona njira zokanira anti-Blackness ndikupeza kulimba mtima kuchitapo kanthu pa zomwe amakhulupirira. Tsopano, m'mabwalo amilandu ndi m'makalasi m'dziko lonselo, kuzindikira kwatsopano pakati pa achinyamata kwabuka pamodzi ndi kayendetsedwe ka miyoyo ya Akuda. Ngati simukugwira ntchito ndi achinyamata tsiku lililonse, simungasangalale ndi kusintha komwe kumachitika.
Achinyamata akulembanso malamulo a masewerawa, chifukwa apeza kuti masewerawa amakomera anthu olemera, oyera, komanso amphamvu. Ophunzira omwe ndimagwira nawo ntchito ndi omwe ali ndi mwayi woyambitsa chikhalidwe cha Socialism kuposa capitalism, ambiri a iwo akugwetsa matanthauzo a mibadwo yam'mbuyomu yokhudza jenda ndi kugonana, ndipo akudumphadumpha kuti alowe nawo magulu kuti abweze ndalama za apolisi ndikuyika ndalama m'njira zina zobwezeretsa. dziko la carceral.
Zirin akumaliza Zotsatira za Kaepernick pocheza ndi katswiri wodziwika bwino wa Dr. John Carlos yemwe, pamodzi ndi Tommy Smith, adakweza nkhonya yake ya Black-gloved pa mendulo potsutsa kusankhana mitundu ndi umphawi panthawi yomwe nyimbo ya fuko imayimba pa masewera a Olimpiki a 1968 ku Mexico City. Chifaniziro chimenecho cha ochita maseŵera opandukacho chinachititsa mantha padziko lonse ndi kwa nthaŵi yaitali.
Zirin akufunsa Dr. Carlos kuti ali ndi malangizo otani kwa achinyamata lero, omwe amayankha kuti, "Simungathe kumenyana ngati simukudziwa mbiri yanu. Ndipo ngati pali china chilichonse chimene ndingafune kuti achinyamatawa adziwe, ndikungoonetsetsa kuti akupitirizabe kukonda: Dzikondeni nokha. Uzikonda mnzako. Ikani chitsanzo, ndipo adziwitseni kuti ife sitiri mphamvu zoipa m'chitaganya. Ndife mphamvu yabwino. ”
Lachiwiri, September 21, nthawi ya 7 koloko masana. Central Time, Dave Zirin atenga nawo mbali pazokambirana za buku lake latsopano, Zotsatira za Kaepernick, mothandizidwa ndi magazini ya The Progressive ndi Chipinda Chake malo ogulitsa mabuku. Chochitikacho chidzawonetsedwa pa Facebook pa facebook.com/theprogressivemagazine, ndi pa YouTube pa youtube.com/theprogressive. Isungidwanso pankhokwe kuti muwonekere mtsogolo.
Lolemba, Novembara 8, 2021, nthawi ya 7 p.m. Eastern Time, Dave Zirin, adzalumikizana ndi Jesse Hagopian pazokambirana za Zinn Education Project's Phunzitsani gulu la mbiri ya anthu pa intaneti la Black Freedom Struggle kukambirana za buku lake latsopano, Zotsatira za Kaepernick: Kugwira Bondo, Kusintha Dziko. Kulembetsa pa intaneti tsopano kwatsegulidwa.
Jesse Hagopian amaphunzitsa maphunziro a mafuko ku Garfield High School ku Seattle, ndi wokonza ndi Black Lives Matter at School, komanso mkonzi wa "More Than A Score: The New Uprising Against High-Stakes Testing."
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