Likulu la United States of America likuwopseza kuti litenganso mbiri yake ngati likulu lakupha la dzikoli, komanso.
Malinga ndi deta yoyambirira kwa 2023 kuchokera ku dipatimenti ya apolisi ku Washington, DC, anthu 214 aphedwa mumzindawu kuyambira pa Seputembala 29, zomwe zikutanthauza chiwonjezeko cha 37 peresenti kuposa chaka chatha. Izi ndi nthawi yoyamba mu kotala-zaka kuti chiwerengero cha kupha kwa Washington chadutsa 200 October asanakwane.
Ozunzidwa akuphatikizapo Arianna Davis wazaka 10, yemwe analandira chipolopolo chosokera kumutu pa Tsiku la Amayi; Jamal Jones wazaka 16, anawomberedwa pafupi ndi sukulu yake ya sekondale pa September 25; ndi bambo wazaka 31 wa ana anayi Nasrat Ahmad Yar, dalaivala wa Lyft anawombera pa Capitol Hill mu July.
Ahmad Yar adathawa ku Afghanistan atagwira ntchito yomasulira gulu lankhondo laku US, koma adangotsala pang'ono kufa chifukwa cha ziwawa zamfuti za US ku likulu lachifumu lokha - kupotoza koyipa, mosakayikira, pamutu wa "kubweretsa nkhondo kunyumba".
Monga mwachizolowezi, a zambiri za kuphana kwa chaka chino zachitika m'madera osauka a Washington, zomwe, mogwirizana ndi dongosolo la tsankho lomwe limadutsa demokalase ku US, limakhalanso madera a Blacker mumzindawu.
Koma chifukwa chiyani kuchuluka kwa kuphana mu likulu la dzikoli pamene zosiyanasiyana mizinda ina yayikulu yaku US akukumana ndi kuchepa kwa mliri wapambuyo pa mliri wakupha?
Zachidziwikire, gulu la "zachigawenga" lili ndi zofotokozera zakezake zomwe zikuyenda bwino, monga kuti mfundo zachilungamo ku Washington zimalola anthu kuti asaphedwe komanso kuti palibe apolisi okwanira. Osadandaula za kupha apolisi nthawi ndi nthawi, monga mu Marichi pomwe wapolisi wa DC adapha Dalaneo Martin kumbuyo kwa wachinyamata wakuda.
Ndipo ngati a apolisi ankhondo sizinali zokwanira, monga Washington, DC Councilmember Trayon White ali nazo akuitanidwa kutumizidwa kwa National Guard m'misewu yakumaloko kuti athane ndi "boma ladzidzidzi" komanso "dera lankhondo". Kupatula apo, palibe chomwe chimapangitsa kuti anthu azikhala ogwirizana komanso ogwirizana kuposa kupangitsa anthu kudzimva ngati adani m'dziko lawo.
Kubwerera ku 2015, mwatsoka, National Guard anali kumasulidwa M'misewu yapafupi ndi Baltimore, Maryland - malo ena odziwika bwino opha anthu - kuti athetse ziwonetsero pambuyo pa imfa ya Freddie Gray, bambo wazaka 25 wakuda yemwe msana wake udadulidwa modabwitsa "80 peresenti" ali m'manja mwa apolisi. chifukwa cha mlandu"akuthamanga pamene Black".
Boma ladzidzidzi lidalengezedwa ku Baltimore, lomwe lidangotsindika maulalo omwe nthawi zambiri amakhalapo pakati pa "maiko angozi" ndi ziwawa za boma.
Washington, DC, pakadali pano, yakhala nthawi yayitali yomwe mungatchule "zadzidzidzi" kwa anthu amitundu. M'malo mwake, udindo wa likulu la US ngati siboma - komanso kuchepa kwake kwa oyimira ndale - ndi zotsatira za kuyesa kwakanthawi kochotsa anthu aku America aku America. Chisalungamo choterechi chikhalabe chokhazikika pachimake cha ndale za US ndiye kuti ndi koyenera kudziko lokhazikitsidwa paulamuliro wa azungu ndi kuponderezana.
Kuphatikiza apo, gentrification yomwe yabwera kudzatanthauzira dera la Washington, DC ndi mtundu woyipa watsankho ngati chitukuko. Ndipo mukudziwa chiyani? Monga katswiri wa zachikhalidwe cha anthu Tanya Golash-Boza, mlembi wa, Before Gentrification: The Creation of DC's Racial Wealth Gap, posachedwapa anachitira ndemanga kwa ine, "Madera a DC omwe akukumana ndi kusamvana kwakukulu ndi malo omwe amapha anthu masiku ano."
Pofotokoza za momwe Washington idakhalira likulu la kupha dziko kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1980 ndi koyambirira kwa zaka za m'ma 1990, Golash-Boza adati ziwopsezo zopha anthu ambiri m'zaka zimenezo zidachitika chifukwa cha "kupatula anthu akuda" komanso "kupezeka kwa mfuti zamanja" komanso "zambiri za anthu akuda". msika womwe ukukula wa crack cocaine”. Monga momwe wophunzira aliyense wa mliri wa crack amadziwira, mphamvu zomwe zili ku US zinagwiritsa ntchito mankhwalawo mwachidwi kugonjetsa anthu akuda.
Golash-Boza ananenetsanso kuti kuchuluka kwa kupha anthu ku Washington kungathetsedwe bwino pogwiritsa ntchito njira "zochepetsera kusagwirizana kwakukulu" mu mzindawu, m'malo modutsa njira yakale ya apolisi ndi ndende. Zaka za m'ma 1990 zomwe zidapangitsa kuti anthu ambiri azitsekeredwa m'ndende komanso kuwononga anthu.
Koma zizolowezi zakale zimafa movutirapo, ndipo kusintha kwamilandu komwe kumapita patsogolo kwazaka zaposachedwa kukubwezanso m'malo mokomera malingaliro a "mano dura". Iyi ndi njira yothandiza yowunikiranso mlandu wachiwawa kwa anthu omwe ali ndi ziwawa m'malo motengera, tinene, makampani ankhondo aku US omwe amapha anthu - ndipo asintha. kuwombera misala kukhala chisangalalo chosavomerezeka cha dziko.
Njira yaupandu yolimba imathandizanso kusokoneza mfundo yakuti moyo wa anthu ambiri ku US uli pafupi kutsutsidwa nthawi zonse ndi boma lomwe limawamana mwayi ndi ufulu wofunikira, kuyambira chithandizo chamankhwala ndi maphunziro mpaka nyumba ndi zakudya. . Pamapeto pake, anthu sangakhale onse ofanana pansi pa ukapitalist - popeza kufanana kungagonjetse cholinga chonse.
Koma mukakhala ndi anthu ambiri osataya chilichonse okhala m'malo odzaza ndi mfuti, siziyenera kudabwitsa kuti "dera lankhondo" likubwera.
Monga Washington, DC ikadali panjira yoti ikwanitse chaka chomwe chafa kwambiri pazaka zopitilira makumi awiri, ndi njira yabwino kwambiri yazadzidzidzi ku US, pomwe kudzipereka mwadongosolo ku capitalism kumatsutsana ndi omwe amati. Chabwino ku "moyo, ufulu ndi kufunafuna chisangalalo". Ndipo pamene matupi akupitiriza kuwunjikana, ndi nthawi yoti tikambirane zambiri za nkhondo ya ndani kwenikweni.
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