Zofalitsa zamakampani zidalephera ku New Orleans zisanachitike komanso pambuyo pa mphepo yamkuntho Katrina, ndipo ikulepheranso tsopano. Chuma komanso kuchuluka kwa anthu mumzindawu kukukulirakulira, koma kwa anthu osauka kwambiri, moyo wavuta kwambiri. Pamene zofalitsa za dziko zatsikira ku New Orleans, nkhani za iwo omwe akupitirizabe kuvutika kuti apulumuke zasiyidwa.
Ndi nkhani ya tsankho lokhazikika lomwe limayamba kalekale mkuntho usanachitike, pomwe atolankhani achizungu azaka makumi ambiri akunyalanyaza zovuta zomwe zidasautsa mzindawo: masukulu aboma osapeza ndalama zambiri, nyumba ndi chithandizo chamankhwala, kusowa kwa mwayi wazachuma, komanso dipatimenti yazachinyengo ya apolisi. Kupatulapo zina zodziwikiratu, atolankhani adanyalanyaza udindo wa federal pakusefukira kwamadzi, ponena kuti mzindawu udakumana ndi tsoka lachilengedwe, osati lopangidwa ndi anthu.
Ngakhale kuti mphepo yamkuntho Katrina inafika ku Gulu Lachisanu m'madzi otentha a Gulf, mphepo yomwe inagunda New Orleans inatsikira ku Gulu Lachiwiri. Koma ngakhale amangofunika kutetezedwa ku mphepo yamkuntho yocheperako kuposa momwe idanenedweratu, ndipo ngakhale mabwalo adamangidwa ndi Gulu Lankhondo la US Army Corps of Engineers kuti apirire mkuntho wa Gulu Lachitatu, chitetezo cha federal chidalephera ndipo 80 peresenti ya mzindawo idasefukira.
Masiku ankadutsa, ndipo pamene dziko linkaona anthu atasiyidwa padenga la nyumba ndiponso pamalo ochitira misonkhanoyi, panalibe mpumulo kapena kupulumutsa.
Poyamba, anthu padziko lonse lapansi ankamvera chisoni anthu a ku New Orleans, pamene ankaona mabanja akusiyidwa ndi kuzunzika mโdziko lolemera kwambiri padziko lapansi. Koma nkhani zofalitsa nkhani zidasintha, ndipo anthu aku New Orleans amatchedwa "olanda" ndi "achifwamba". Nyuzipepala ya Associated Press inatulutsa chithunzi cha mnyamata akuyenda m'madzi ofika m'chiuno ali ndi chakudya m'manja mwake pamutu womwe umamutcha wobera, pamene zithunzi zina zawaya zimalongosola opulumuka oyera kuti "apeza" chakudya.
Bwanamkubwa Kathleen Blanco adayitanitsa msonkhano wa atolankhani kuti ayitanitsa asitikali kuti asapulumutse koma kuti aukire. "Ali ndi ma M-16, ndipo amatsekedwa ndi kunyamula ... Asilikali awa amadziwa kuwombera ndi kupha, ndipo ali okonzeka kutero ngati kuli kofunikira, ndipo ndikuyembekeza kuti atero." Wachiwiri wamkulu wa dipatimenti yathu ya apolisi akuti adauza gulu la apolisi kuti aphe mwakufuna kwawo, ndikuwonjezera kuti, "Ngati mungathe kugona nawo, chitani." Apolisi anapha anthu osachepera anayi opanda zida a Black masiku amenewo pambuyo pa mkuntho, pamene alonda oyera okhala ndi zida ankayendayenda m'misewu, kuwombera mwakufuna kwake.
Nyuzipepala yathu yatsiku ndi tsiku, yomwe pambuyo pake inalandira Mphotho ya Pulitzer kaamba ka nkhani zawo, makamaka inanyalanyaza chiwawa cha boma kwa opulumuka. M'malo mwake, Alex Brandon, wojambula nyuzipepala ya New Orleans Times-Picayune yemwe pambuyo pake adakagwira ntchito ku Associated Press, adakakamizika kuvomereza pazaka zozengedwa mlandu pambuyo pake kuti amadziwa zambiri zakupha apolisi zomwe sanaulule. Yemwe anali Loya Wachigawo cha Orleans Parish Eddie Jordan adandiuza panthawiyo kuti amawona atolankhani ali pafupi kwambiri ndi apolisi. Iye anati: โAnali kufunafuna ngwazi. "Anali paubwenzi wabwino ndi apolisi. Analandira malangizo kuchokera kupolisi; anali pabedi ndi apolisi. Unali mkhalidwe wololera nkhanza za apolisi. Anasiya udindo wawo wotsutsa popereka malipoti. Ngati anthu ochepa aphedwa ndiye kuti ndi mtengo wocheperako. โ
Zipinda zofalitsa nkhani zambiri ku US zinali zoyera mpaka m'ma 1950. Atolankhani ambiri achikuda omwe adalembedwa ntchito nthawi imeneyo amatha kutchula zachiwawa zomwe zidachitika asanalembe ntchito, popeza akonzi adazindikira kuti amafunikira antchito omwe atha kunena modalirika zamagulu akuda. Koma ku New Orleans, komwe kunali pafupifupi 70 peresenti yaku Africa-America mu 2005, nyuzipepala yatsiku ndi tsiku idakali ndi atolankhani ochepa chabe amitundu. M'dziko lonselo, manyuzipepala ambiri amakhalabe olamulidwa ndi azungu monga momwe zinalili nthawi ya ufulu wachibadwidwe. Identity si njira yokhayo yomwe angafotokozere nkhani, koma ngati anthu ammudzi sakuyimiridwa mwadongosolo muzofalitsa, zimakhudza zomwe nkhani zinganene.
Buku la Leonard Moore "Black Rage in New Orleans" likuwonetsa zachiwawa zazaka zambiri za apolisi komanso ziwonetsero zakuda zomwe adapeza zidanenedwa m'manyuzipepala akuda akumzindawu koma osanyalanyazidwa ndi atolankhani oyera amtundu watsiku ndi tsiku. "The Times-Picayune ndi malingaliro ake osasamala za atolankhani ... chifukwa chokana kufalitsa zachiwawa, zionetsero ndi kukhumudwa, idanyalanyaza kudziwitsa azungu ambiri za kukhumudwa komwe kudachitika ku Black New Orleans," alemba motero Moore.
Pamene ofalitsa nkhani adasankha kuyang'ana kwambiri "kuba" pambuyo pa mkuntho, adanyalanyaza ziwawa zenizeni zomwe anthu akuda akukumana nazo kuchokera kwa apolisi ndi alonda. Izi zidapitilirabe pomanganso mzindawu, pomwe atolankhani adawonetsa anthu okhala mnyumba za anthu ngati zigawenga, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti anthu avomereze kugwetsa nyumba zawo. Panali nkhani zonena za anthu othawa kwawo omwe adagwiritsa ntchito ndalama zadzidzidzi kuti azigwiritsa ntchito mopanda phindu, koma atolankhani sankafunanso kufufuza nkhani ya tsankho yomwe inalanda anthu akuda ndalama zokwana madola mamiliyoni ambiri pomanganso thandizo.
Mโzaka za chimphepocho, atolankhani akupitiriza kuika patsogolo mawu a anthu opatsidwa mwayi, ndi kusiya amene ali ndi zochepa. Kusankhana mitundu komwe kudakwiyitsa anthu ambiri pambuyo poti Katrina adathandiziranso kuyambitsa gulu la Black Lives Matter, pomwe nkhani zowulutsa za anthu akuda omwe adazunzidwa ndi apolisi zidawonetsa ziwanda zomwe zidachitikazo mofanana ndi zomwe tidawona pambuyo pa Katrina.
Nkhani yovomerezeka ya malipoti a pambuyo pa Katrina idasewerera nkhani zachiwawa m'nyumba za anthu, kunyalanyaza nkhani za anthu omwe akupulumutsa mdera lawo, komanso mabungwe omwe adathetsa ziwawa zambiri pantchitoyi. Alfred Marshall, yemwe kale ankakhala ku New Orleans, anati: โZinali zongochitika kumene. "Zonsezi zinali zochotsa nyumba za anthu. Atolankhani anali akuwonetsa kuti kuphana konse, mankhwala osokoneza bongo, zonyansa zonse zimachitika pantchitoyo. โ
Atolankhani ambiri omwe amayendera New Orleans akondwerera kusintha kwa masukulu, omwe tsopano ali ndi masukulu ambiri obwereketsa kuposa mzinda wina uliwonse. Zosinthazi zidachitika pambuyo pochotsa dongosolo lasukulu mdera lanu, Lakuda, kuwongolera, ndikuthamangitsa aphunzitsi onse. Malipoti ankhani zokondwerera kusintha kwa masukulu ku New Orleans nthawi zambiri amanyalanyaza ziwonetsero zambiri za ophunzira omwe amadandaula chifukwa cha nkhanza komanso kusowa kwa zitsanzo. Imanyalanyaza nkhani za ophunzira omwe ali ndi zosowa zapadera, omwe sanatumikidwe ndi dongosolo latsopano. Imanyalanyaza kutumizidwa kwakukulu kwa apolisi motsutsana ndi ophunzira aku Africa-America.
Masiku ano, ambiri atolankhani m'dzikolo akuyamikira "kulimba mtima" kwa mzindawu. Amakondwerera kukwera kwachuma komanso kukonza zomangamanga. Koma monga loya woona za ufulu wachibadwidwe Tracie Washington ananenera, โSindikupirira. Chifukwa chakuti nthaลตi zonse ukanena kuti, โAa, ndi olimba mtima,โ ungandichitirenso zina.โ
Zaka khumi pambuyo pa chiwonongeko cha New Orleans, pali nkhani yabwino yoti tifotokoze pano, koma si malipoti achinyengo omwe Meya Mitch Landrieu adakankhira pa masukulu obwereketsa ndikuchepetsa umbanda ndi njira zanjinga. Ndiko kupambana kwa gulu la anthu, zomwe zapangitsa kukana kwenikweni kwa "kusintha" kwa neoliberal komwe kunakankhidwira mzindawo, ndikupambana zipambano zenizeni, monga kutetezedwa kwalamulo kwa ogwira ntchito osamukira kumayiko ena, kuyang'anira boma la dipatimenti yazachinyengo ya apolisi, ndi mwayi wochulukirapo pantchito kumanganso mzinda womwe wapatulidwira antchito amderalo.
Pachikumbukiro cha chaka chino cha Katrina, anthu masauzande ambiri azidzayenda mโmisewu. Akhala akutenga nawo gawo pazoyankha zaluso pakusamutsidwa, kuguba kwakukulu, mzinda wamahema, ndi zina zambiri. Uku ndiko kusintha, kuchokera kumidzi, komwe kungasinthe mzindawu, ndipo ndi nkhani yomwe simungapeze muzofalitsa zamakampani.
Jordan Flaherty ndi mtolankhani komanso wopanga TV yemwe amakhala ku New Orleans. Ndiwopanga The Laura Flanders Show komanso wolemba Floodlines: Community and Resistance kuchokera ku Katrina kupita ku Jena Six. Mutha kuwona zambiri za ntchito yake pa jordanflaherty.org.
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