Tim Wise si mzungu wanu wamba.
Wolemba ndi wotsutsa, yemwe adayamba ntchito yake monga wokonza bungwe la Louisiana Coalition Against Racism and Nazism, wakhala zaka makumi atatu zapitazi akulimbana ndi tsankho kuchokera mkati mwa "mimba ya chilombo choyera," monga akunenera.
M'buku lake latsopano, Pakati pa Barack ndi Malo Ovuta: Tsankho ndi Kukana Koyera M'nthawi ya Obama, Wanzeru amasinkhasinkha zimene amazitcha Kusankhana mitundu 2.0-mtundu watsopano waulamuliro wa azungu womwe umagwira ntchito motengera kusankhana mitundu.
Iye anayankhula ndi Mitundu ya Mitundu za njira yake yomenyera chilungamo pakati pa mitundu ndi zovuta ndi zomwe amalimbikitsa omwe akukumana nawo muulamuliro watsopano.
Kodi mumayika bwanji uthenga wanu kumagulu osiyanasiyana awa omwe mumalankhula nawo komanso za? Ndi ndani omwe mumawawona ngati omvera anu?
Mwachiwonekere, omvera anga oyamba, komanso oyamba ndi azungu omwe sanafunsidwe kuti aganizire kwambiri za nkhaniyi, makamaka osati ndi mzungu wina.
Ndimatenga malangizowo kuti ndichite izi kuchokera kuzinthu ziwiri: Choyamba, malangizo akale omwe a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee [SNCC] adapereka kwa omenyera ufulu wachizungu mu '67, omwe anali, "Pita ukagwire ntchito ndi anthu ako."โฆ Ndizowopsa kuchita nthawi zina. Ndikosavuta kupanga chinthu cha kumbaya mphindi, m'malo mopita kukatsutsa zanu, ndipo ndimatsatira upangiri womwe anthu amitundu adapereka mozama.
Ndipo chachiwiri, ubale wanga ndi anthu a ku People's Institute for Survival and Beyond, ndi alangizi ena achikuda omwe ndidakhala nawo, omwe adati, "Tikufunika kuti mugwire ntchito yolimbana ndi azungu ena kuti aganizire. zinthu izi m'njira yatsopano."
Kodi cholinga chake ndi kuphatikizana bwino pakati pa madera kapena kukambirana chifukwa cha zokambirana? Masewera omaliza ndi chiyani?
Si udindo wa anthu otchedwa akatswiri, kaya ndi azungu kapena amtundu winawake, kuti azichitadi maganizo amenewa kwa anthu a mโmunsi.
Pamene mamembala a SNCC amasonkhana m'zipinda zapansi za tchalitchi kumwera mu 1961, '62,'63, ndikukhala pamenepo kwa maola asanu ndi atatu akukonza ndondomeko za momwe angawonongere tsankho ku Mississippi, sanapite. mkati ndikumvetsera gulu la akatswiri akuwauza zoyenera kuchita. Iwo analowa, ndipo anamvetserana wina ndi mzake, analingalira izo bwinobwino, anakonza zina mwa zolinga ndipo anatuluka ndi mapulani odabwitsa. Ndipo palibe imodzi mwa njirazi yomwe idaperekedwa ndi otchedwa akatswiri.
Dr. King, James Lawson, anthu onsewoโofunika kwambiri monga momwe analiri kuchokera ku ngodya yolimbikitsa komanso yolimbikitsanso ndi dongosolo la chimango-sikuti ndi amene amaika patsogolo kwambiri njira. Amenewo anali anthu apachiyambiโฆ.. Choncho udindo wa mlembi, wolemba nkhani, wokamba nkhani, ndi kukulitsa kusanthula kwa anthu ndi kumvetsetsa zomwe akuyenera kuyang'ana, ndikukhulupirira kuti ali ndi luso komanso luso, komanso. ndithu, ndi chokhumba, kukhala zida za ufulu wawo.
Kodi tifunika kufufuza moyo mu gulu la chilungamo cha mafuko momwe tingadzipangire kukhala ogwirizana ndi madera ena ndi magulu?
Kufunafuna moyo kuyenera kukhala kogwirizana. Ndikuganiza kuti vuto lomanga mgwirizano lakhala vuto lalikulu la magulu ena achilungamo omwe sakufuna kuyang'ana mtundu ndi mwayiโฆ. Koma nthawi yomweyo, tiyenera kunena kuti, "Sitikunena kuti tikufuna kuchotsa ntchito yanu yovuta pazaumoyo, maphunziro, zankhondo, chilengedwe, ndi ntchito yolimbana ndi tsankho." Sitikunena kuti, "Ikani zinthu zina zonsezo, ndipo chitani zomwe tikuchita."
Zomwe tikunena ndikuti, "Tikuyesera kupereka kusanthula, lens yomwe mungabweretse kuntchito yanu yofunika, kuti ntchito yanu yofunika ikhale yopambana. Ndipo ndikuganiza kuti mwina, sitinalankhulepo nthawi zonse [kuti] komanso momwe tiyenera kuchitira."
Chiyambireni chisankho cha pulezidenti woyamba wakuda mdziko muno, kodi mukuganiza kuti ntchito yanu yomenyera ufulu wa anthu yasintha?
Zomwe ndidawona zikutuluka pachisankho ichi ndi Racism 2.0. Kuthekera kumeneku kwa azungu kunena kuti, "Chabwino, mukudziwa, ndidakali ndi malingaliro oyipa okhudza anthu amitundu yambiri, koma ndimamukonda munthu ameneyo. Titha kusiyanitsa anthu ochepa awa."โฆ. Ndi mtundu watsopano wa anzanga-abwino-a-anzanga-akuda, otuluka-mundende opanda khadi.
Pa nthawi yomweyi, pakhala pali kuphulika kwa mtundu uwu wa zinthu zatsankho mopambanitsa, zosasunthika, zosamveka, zotuluka m'mawailesi okamba nkhani ndi zina zotero.
Chisankho chatulutsa kuchokera kumatabwa nkhawa zambiri zoyera ndi mantha. Ndipo izi zikupangitsa kuti zokambiranazi zipite patsogolo. Ndizomvetsa chisoni kuti zatengera mtundu woterewu kuti zokambiranazo zichitike, koma ndikuganiza kuti anthu akumvetsera tsopano.
Mukuganiza bwanji za kuyenda kwa Purezidenti Obama kuchokera ku zomwe ananena zoyamba za apolisi akuchita "zopusa" pomanga pulofesa waku Harvard Henry Louis Gates, Jr.?
Zomwe ananena [zokhudza kumangidwa kwa Gates] zinali zofatsa kwambiriโฆ. Koma mwatsoka, vuto ndi ili: Pano muli ndi mnyamata yemwe, chifukwa wakhala akupewa kukambirana za mpikisano kwa nthawi yaitali monga wandale, salinso bwino kuti alowemoโฆ. Kotero kuyenda kubwerera, kwa ine, ndi chisonyezero chabe cha magawo omwe mwatsoka anthu amtundu makamaka amakhala nawo pafupi nawo nthawi iliyonse akafuna kuyankhula moona mtima za tsankho. Amamenyedwa mbama. Ndi zomwe zimachitika.
Mukuganiza bwanji za kusamvana komwe kulipo pakati pa magulu amitundu ndi gulu la LGBT pambuyo pa ndime ya Proposition 8?
Zimakhazikitsidwa ndi momwe kulimbana kwa LGBT kumapangidwira-ndipo adapangidwa ndi atolankhani onse, komanso ndi utsogoleri womenyera ufulu wa LGBT wokha, ndipo muzochitika zonsezi, ndikuganiza kuti adapangidwa moyera modabwitsa.
[Kwa anthu amtundu wa LGBT], kusankhana mitundu ndi nkhani yachilendo. Ndipo kukwera kwa queer ndi nkhani ya mpikisanoโฆ. Kuyesera kuyankhula za queerness monga kupatuka pa zomwe gulu lalikulu likuwona ngati zabwinobwino (ndipo choncho zathanzi, choncho zoyenera, choncho zolondola) ndi njira ina yofutukula zokambiranazi. Ngati mukulitsa zokambirana mwanjira imeneyi, mumaloladi mgwirizano waukulu wa anthu omwe ali osiyana ndi chikhalidwe ichi, chomwe, kunena zoona, sichinakhale chachilendo.
Ndikungoganiza kuti njira yokhayo yomwe kusamvanaku kuthetsedwere ndi kwa gulu la LGBT, lomwe ndi loyera kwambiri pautsogoleri, kuti amvetsetse momwe amasankhana mitundu ndikuyamba kuchita zina mwazagulu la anthu akuda ndi a bulauni. .
Kodi palidi "kukangana kwamtundu wakuda," monga momwe ma TV amasonyezera?
Pali, koma funso lofunika kwambiri silinayambitsidwe ndi omwe amatsogolera pawailesi yakanema, yomwe ndi: Chifukwa chiyani anthu akuda ndi a bulauni akuphulika, kumenyana wina ndi mzake, pazidutswa za pie zomwe nthawi zambiri zimawomberana. palibe aliyense wa iwo?โฆ Ndi kudzigonjetsera. Zimangodziwononga zokha. Ndipo kuyiyika ngati mikangano ya "Black-and-brown", mosiyana ndi zotsatira zotsalira za dongosolo la ulamuliro woyera, utsogoleri woyera ndi mwayi woyera - kumene magulu onse awiriwa sakuphatikizidwa - ndikuwonetsetsa kuti anthu akupitiriza kuloza. wina ndi mzake, pamene iwo omwe ali pamwamba pa dongosolo la mphamvu amangokhala pansi ndikuseka.
Choncho si kuti kulibe magawanoโkulipo. Koma izi ndi zomwe zimachitika pamene anthu omwe ali pansi pa chikhalidwe cha anthu akumva kuti alibe njira yosinthira dongosololi. Amatembenukira kwa omwe ali pafupi nawo. Ndipo izi zichitika kaya ndi anthu akuda ndi a Latino, kapena ndi azungu ogwira ntchito komanso anthu akuda omwe amagwira ntchito. Inu mukudziwa, ndiyo mbiri yonse ya zomwe zimachitika.
Michelle Chen ndi wolemba pawokha wokhala ku New York City. Amalemba mabulogu ku Racewire.org.
Tim Wise ndi wolemba mabuku angapo; chaposachedwa kwambiri chomwe chiri Pakati pa Barack ndi Malo Olimba, Kusankhana mitundu ndi Kukana Koyera mu M'badwo wa Obama, lofalitsidwa mu Open Media Series ndi City Lights Books, www.citylights.com
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