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Robin Rue Simmons anali wofunitsitsa kudziwa zoona za moyo waku America ali wachinyamata. Koma atangomaliza sukulu ya sekondale, adasiya kwawo ku Evanston, Illinois, ndikubwerera ali wamkulu - wokonzeka kugula nyumba m'dera lakale lakuda komwe adakuliramo - m'pamene adafufuza mozama mbiri ya mzinda wake ndikumvetsetsa bwino. ndondomeko zomwe zidapangitsa kuti anthu akuda akhale osauka pomwe akulemeretsa anansi awo oyera. Inde, uwu si mtundu wa mbiri yakale yomwe imaphunzitsidwa kusukulu, ngakhale ophunzira amasiku ano nthawi zina amaphunzira zowonadi zosasangalatsa za ufumu wa America. Mbiri ya m'deralo ndi yosiyana, mwina chifukwa zingakhale zovuta kufufuza momwe ufumuwo unalili pazachuma kulanda adaumba madera athu amasiku ano. Komabe kukumana ndi izi zitha kukhala zabwino m'malo ena - ndipo ndimalemba izi ngati mzungu.
Mu 2017, Simmons adathamangira Evanston City Council ndipo adapambana. Adali ndi chidwi ndi lingaliro lakubweza ndipo adayamba kuphunzira bilu yomwe yakhala ku Congress kwazaka zambiri. HR 40, monga momwe amatchulidwira - chiwerengerocho chikutanthauza lonjezo losweka la pambuyo pa Nkhondo Yachiweniweni yomwe anthu omwe kale anali akapolo ayenera kulandira maekala 40 ndi bulu - idzakhazikitsa ntchito yofufuza cholowa cha ukapolo ndi momwe kubwezeretsedwa kungapangidwe. Kubwezeredwa kwa federal kudzafunika kuthana ndi zazikulu zadziko lino kusiyana chuma chamtundu ndiye zotsatira zotsatizana za ndondomeko zopondereza zachuma kuyambira nthawi ya minda. Komabe Simmons adadziwanso kuti boma silinali lokha pochita zinthu zopanda chilungamo zotere - ndipo apa anali ndi lingaliro lamasomphenya.
"Ndidaganiza, ndiyamba ndi m'dera lathu," adandiuza pafoni. Mwachindunji, iye akanafuna kubwezeredwa paziwopsezo zomwe zidabwera chifukwa cha nyumba ya mzinda wake wazaka za zana la makumi awiri. ndondomeko, zomwe zinapangitsa kuti anthu akuda azingokhala m'dera limodzi lotchedwa 5th Ward. Pamene anthu akuda a Evanston adakula panthawi ya Kusamuka Kwakukulu - momwe anthu aku America aku America adathawa mantha ndi kuponderezana kumwera - Ward 5 idadzaza kwambiri, ndipo mtengo wanyumba unakwera. Pofika mโchaka cha 1940, pamene bungwe la Home Owners Loan Corporation la Federal Loan Bank Board linajambula mapu osonyeza โngoziโ yobwereketsa mโmalo ena, inachititsa mthunzi wa Ward 5 kukhala wofiira. Mchitidwe wa dziko lonse, wotchedwa kufotokozera, anasonyeza kuti derali linali losayenerera kulandira ngongole zomwe zingathandize mabanja achizungu kukhala ndi chuma cha mibadwo yosiyanasiyana. Masiku ano, azungu ku Evanston pafupifupi amasangalala ndi katundu kawiri za anansi awo akuda.
Pofika chaka cha 2019, a Simmons anali atakwanitsa kubweza zomwe adachita ku Evanston's City Council ndipo posakhalitsa adapeza chithandizo chofala pamalingalirowo. Kenako adatsogolera ntchito yayikulu yosonkhanitsa malingaliro a anthu ammudzi momwe kuyenera kuchitikira. Zotsatira zake, kumayambiriro kwa Disembala, milungu ingapo kuchokera pano, kubweza koyamba kwa boma latauni kudzaperekedwa kwa anthu akuda povomereza mbiri yakale ya tsankho: ndalama zothandizira nyumba $25,000 kwa mabanja 16 a Evanston - ndalama zomwe zitha kuperekedwa kubweza kapena kugwiritsidwa ntchito ngati chithandizo chanyumba kapena kukonzanso nyumba yomwe ilipo. Ichi ndi chiyambi chabe cha kubwezera ku Evanston, gawo laling'ono koma lamphamvu. Zowonadi, chowonadi ndichakuti Imperial America sikuti ndi zenizeni zenizeni. Ndi komweko monga kulikonse komwe mukuwerenga izi, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti mankhwala othana nawo atha kukhala akumalokonso.
Ufumu Wasinthidwanso
Patatha chaka Simmons adawulula lingaliro lakubwezera kwa ogwira nawo ntchito ku City Council, okhala awiri waku Amherst, Massachusetts (kumene ndimakhala), adawona kuti zikwangwani za Black Lives Matter zidachulukira kuzungulira tawuni kutsatira kuphedwa kwa George Floyd, ndikuganiza kuti anthu atha kukhalanso ndi chidwi chofuna kubwezeranso kuno. Ku Evanston, zomwe adachitazo zinali kuyankha ku ndondomeko yeniyeni ya nyumba. Chifukwa chiyani, komabe, kubweza kungakhale koyenera mu Amherst yoyera?
Yankho, kugwiritsa ntchito mawu okondedwa ndi wodziwa mibadwo Nicka Smith, zinali momwe tauni iyi inalili, kwenikweni, wokakamizika. Masiku ano Amherst amadziwika ndi ndale "zopita patsogolo" ndi chitukuko, koma m'zaka za zana la khumi ndi zisanu ndi zinayi ndi makumi awiri, atsogoleri a tawuni yoyera adachotsa mwadongosolo anthu a ku America ku Africa ndi mwayi wachuma - ngakhale, m'zaka za zana la khumi ndi zisanu ndi ziwiri ndi khumi ndi zisanu ndi zitatu, ntchito yovuta yaukapolo. anthu omwe adabedwa ku Africa adathandizira kumanga malowa. (Inde, panali ukapolo ku Massachusetts.)
Kukonzanso kwa tawuni sikunangochitika mwangozi. Pafupifupi chochitika chimodzi, akatswiri a mbiri yakale adanamizira tchati cha misonkho ya tawuni kuti asaphatikizepo kuwerengera kwa chattel ya anthu, pofuna kuchotseratu ukapolo. Nthawi zambiri, zowonadi zolimba za mbiri ya Amherst zidayeretsedwa mokomera nkhani yosangalatsa yokhudza anthu abwino aku Europe-America. Mwanjira iyi, kusinthidwa kwake kumafanana ndi mtunduwo. Pofika chaka cha 2019, ndalama zapakatikati zamabanja oyera ku Amherst zinali $108,500, zopitilira kawiri za mabanja akuda.
Komabe, mchaka chathachi, chifukwa cha omenyera ufulu wa anthu, lingaliro lakukonzanso kwa anthu amtundu waku Africa lidalowa m'ndondomeko yamaboma am'deralo. (Ndinachita nawo ntchitoyi monga wofufuza, ndikufufuza mbiri ya tawuni ndikulemba malipoti a zomwe ndinapeza.) December watha, khonsolo ya tawuni ya Amherst inapereka chilengezo "Kutsimikizira Kudzipereka kwa Town of Amherst Kuthetsa Tsankho la Structural and Achieve Racial Equity for Black Residents, โ ndipo masika ano, mu mbiri yakale yomwe zotsatira zake sizidadziwikebe, khonsolo idavomera kuti pakhazikitsidwe ndalama zobwezera.
Ndikoyenera kudziwa kuti anthu omwe poyamba adabweretsa lingaliro la kubweza ku bungwe la Amherst pafupifupi loyera anali oyera. Pakadali pano, komiti yopangidwa ndi anthu amitundu yonse akhala akukambirana ndi bungwe lomwelo pofuna kusintha momwe apolisi amagwirira ntchito kuti athe kuthana ndi nkhawa zokhudzana ndi chitetezo chathupi.
โNgati Mwabwera Kudzandithandiza, Mukungotaya Nthawi Yanuโ
Kwa zaka zambiri, sindinkamvetsa mfundo iyi: โNgati mwabwera kudzandithandiza, mukuwononga nthawi yanu. Koma ngati mwabwera chifukwa chakuti kumasulidwa kwanu kumangika ndi kwanga, tiyeni tigwire ntchito limodzi.โ Mawu amenewo akuchokera Lilla Watson, mkulu wachiaborijini wa ku Australia ndi wochirikiza, ndipo tsopano ndikuwona kuti ali ndi chilichonse chochita ndi kubwezera. Koma nthawi zonse ndimaganiza kuti: Sindingabwere kuti ndikuthandizeni? Kulekeranji?
Kumayambiriro kwa zaka za mโma 1970, Watson anali mtsogoleri wa zionetsero zotsutsa ulamuliro wa atsamunda ndi mtundu wa tsankho la ku Australia, nthaลตi imene azungu ena a ku Australia anafikadi kwa Aaborijini kuwafunsa mmene angathandizire. Watson ndi ena adakhumudwa chifukwa anthuwa amafuna kupatsidwa mayankho m'malo molimbikira kupeza mayankho okha. Kwa ine, zinanditengera zaka pafupifupi 37 (ndinakwanitsa zaka 38 posachedwapa), koma mโkupita kwa nthaลตi ndinawona kuti chikhumbo chofuna โkuthandizaโ chikhoza kukhala njira yoti anthu amene angandithandize adzimve kukhala osatetezekaโnjira yoti, โNdine chabwino. Ndi izi ena anthu omwe amafunikira thandizo. โ Chabwino, ndiroleni ine ndinene izi tsopano: Ine sindiri bwino.
Chikhalidwe cha azungu chomwe ndinabadwira ndikukulira chimadzaza ndi kupsinjika mtima kogawikana ndipo, pakati pa chuma chambiri, mantha amphamvu osakhala ndi zokwanira. Bambo anga, amene anamwalira mwadzidzidzi pamene ndinali ndi zaka 20, ankakonda kunena mwanthabwala kuti, โNdalama ndi mmene umasungirira zigoli.โ Bambo analinso mtumiki wapadela wakhama. Koma ngati gawo louma khosi lanu likukhulupirira kuti ndalama ndiye muyeso wa moyo, ngakhale ntchito zambiri zapagulu sizingakhale zokwanira kuti mumve bwino. Kumbali ya amayi anga, amayi anga anakulira m'nyumba yomwe ili ndi kachikwama kakang'ono ka khoma kosonyeza zikho zomwe iye ndi abale ake adapambana - gawo la banja lomwe silinatchulidwe kuti njira yopezera chikondi inali kukhala yabwino kwambiri pa tennis.
Abambo anga sanapange lingaliro loti ndalama ndiye chiwongolero cha moyo, chikhulupiriro chomwe chili pamtima pa nkhani yaku Europe-America komanso chilimbikitso champhamvu chazofunkha zakale ndi zamakono. Lero, mu izi zaka za mabiliyoni, ndizofunika kwambiri ku America kugwirizanitsa mtengo wanu monga munthu ndi udindo wanu wa ntchito, malipiro, kapena phindu lanu. Ndiyetu nโzosadabwitsa kuti kusatetezeka koteroko kumandivutitsa.
Makolo anga omwe a ku Ulaya anabwera ku America mu umphawi, akuthawa chizunzo chifukwa anali Ayuda. Kumbukirani kuti Ayuda sankaonedwa ngati oyera ndi ambiri mโdzikoli mpaka nkhondo yachiwiri ya padziko lonse itatha. Ndiye, iwo anali amaloledwa kugwirizanitsa mu lingaliro la morphing la kuyera kwa America mwa zina chifukwa cha mapulogalamu agulu monga G.I. Bill ndi ngongole zanyumba za federal zoperekedwa kwa azungu ku Evanston ndi kwina kulikonse (kuchokera onse aku Africa America sanaphatikizidwe). Mโbanja langa, chipambano chakuthupi ku Amereka choyamba chinali chokhudza kukhala ndi moyo, pambuyo pake chinakhala nkhani ya kulemera. Ganizirani za nkhani yathu, mwa kuyankhula kwina, ngati kuchoka ku umphawi kupita ku zolembera za imperialist mu mibadwo itatu.
Komabe, posachedwapa, ndaona kuti kupereka ngakhale ndalama zochepa kumandipatsa mpumulo. Komabe ndimaonabe kuti ndine wokanidwa kutero! Monga European-American, ndatengera bwino lingaliro lakuti chitetezo chimachokera kuzinthu zosungira. Chowonadi chikuwoneka chosiyana: kusungitsa zinthu zotere kumandipangitsa kumva kuti ndafa mkati.
Chuma Chamtundu Wosiyana
Mzinda wa Evanston ukupereka njira yatsopano yopezera ndalama, msonkho wogulitsa chamba chosangalatsa, kuti athandizire pulogalamu yake yobwezera. Ndipo ichi ndi chiyambi chabe cha njira yayitali, chifukwa zida zochulukirapo zidzafunika kuti mabanja oyenerera athe kukonza bwino.
Robin Rue Simmons tsopano akukambirana ndi mabungwe angapo azachuma pakupanga mtundu watsopano wa ngongole yanyumba (yokhala ndi chiwongola dzanja chochepa kapena zopindulitsa zina) zomwe zitha kukhala gawo la chilungamo chobwezera ku Evanston komanso, pomaliza, kwina. Ananenanso kuti mabungwe oterowo adapindula ndi machitidwe odana ndi anthu akuda zomwe zidapangitsa kuti pakhale kusiyana kwachuma masiku ano ndipo akuti ali ndi chiyembekezo kuti banki imodzi "ichitapo kanthu molimba mtima ndikukhala chitsanzo kwa anzawo pantchito yazachuma." Akulondola kuti izi zitha kuyimira njira yatsopano ya capitalism yaku America. Kapena kuika njira ina, sindine ndekha amene ndiyenera kuphunzira kupereka ndalama.
Anthu ena amakakamira chuma choposa chimene chili chofunika kaamba ka chisungiko chakuthupi kaamba ka chifukwa chomwecho chimene amayi anga, ali mwana, anaphunzira kupha adani awo pa bwalo la tenisi ndi kuwina zikho zimene akanakhoza kupita nazo kunyumba kwa makolo ake. Ndichitetezero ku zovuta zonse zomwe zingatheke: kukhala wosakwanira, wopanda pake, wosakondedwa. Mu ogulitsa kwambiri a Brenรฉ Brown Yesetsani Kutsogolera, zimene analemba kuti zithandize anthu kukhala ndi makhalidwe olimba mtima mโmabungwe, analemba kuti: โPakatikati pa njira zathu zonse zodzitetezera ndi njira zodzitetezera pali chinthu chamtengo wapatali kwambiri chimene anthu amakumana nacho: mtima.โ
Ndizomveka kuti kufufuza kwa zowonongeka za m'deralo ndi zotheka kukonzanso kwanuko kumafika pa izo. Kupatula apo, simungapeze zambiri zakumaloko kuposa mtima wanu.
Kukonza zovulaza za dzulo ndi lero kumafuna kuti musatsegule nkhokwe zokha komanso mitima, ndikusiya njira zodzitetezera komanso zopatuka. Pamafunika kuzindikira kuti zomwe mfumuyi ili nazonso. Pang'ono ndi pang'ono, pambuyo pa zonse, mpaka ambiri aife tiyambe kumva kuwawa kwa mbiri yathu yonse. Pokhapokha pozindikira kudzaza kwa cholakwika ndi momwe tingathere kuzindikira chidzalo cha zomwe zikufunika kuti chikonze.
Simmons tsopano wayambitsa bungwe lopanda phindu lotchedwa Kukonza Koyamba, kuthandiza kubweretsa maphunziro a Evanston kumizinda ndi matauni ena. Matauni ambiri (kuphatikiza Amherst) adalumikizana naye za kuthekera kobweza komweko komwe adasowa. Ndipo zikafika ku H.R. 40, zaka ziwiri zapitazo inali ndi ma cosponsor osakwana 70 mu Nyumba ya Oyimilira. Masiku ano, ili ndi 194. Izi ziyenera kukhala chifukwa cha chiyembekezo, ngakhale zili zochepa.
Anali Martin Luther King, Jr., yemwe anali wotchuka anati, "Tidzagonjetsa chifukwa chikhalidwe cha chilengedwe chonse cha makhalidwe ndi chachitali, koma chimalowera ku chilungamo." Komabe kupindika kwa arc sikuli kotsimikizika. Momwe mbiriyakale imayendera pang'onopang'ono (kapena ayi) kutsata chilungamo zimadalira mitima ya anthu wamba.
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