Akachenjera
I
funga kuti kunonzi ‘kufungidzira.’ Kana mumwe munhu asingazivi kuti a
humwe hunhu hunoshanda kwavari, uyezve kuyedza kutsvaga iyo hunhu mukati
vamwe, kuitira kurerutsa rusarura kana kusava nechokwadi kunokonzerwa nehunhu
Mubvunzo.
Ndizvo
pfungwa inonzwisiswa yemazuva ano psychology, uye inotsanangura zvakawanda: senge nei varume
avo vari kunetsekana nekusangana kwavo pabonde kazhinji ndivo vanonyanya kunze
vane ungochani. Kana nzira iyo vachena panguva yeuranda yaifananidzira varume vatema semabhinya, kunyangwe
kunyangwe vabati chibharo vekutanga vaive varidzi vevaranda vachena ivo, vachitora
rusununguko nepfuma yavo yechikadzi, kana kuti varume vachena kazhinji kazhinji, kubata madzimai avo chibharo
pasina kurangwa.
ndawana
pakufunga nezvekufungidzira nguva pfupi yadarika, mushure mekugamuchira akawanda e-mail akatsamwa kubva
vanhu vakaverenga imwe kana imwe yezvinyorwa zvangu zvakapfuura, uye vakanzwa kudiwa
kundizivisa kuti vanhu vemavara "vari kutsvaga rubatsiro," uye vari
"inotsamira" kuhurumende, uye zvechokwadi, vachena.
kwakadaro
zvirevo zviri kutenderera mazuva ano, kunyanya sezvo gakava riri kupisa pamusoro
nyaya dzakadai semuripo weuranda, kana chiito chekusimbisa. Uye izvi
kutsoropodza muenzaniso mukuru wefungidziro, nekuti muchokwadi, hapana vanhu vakaita se
kutsamira pane vamwe munhoroondo yose sevachena.
We
zvaitsamira pamitemo kudzivirira huranda nerusarura kuti atisimudzire,
zvematongerwo enyika, magariro uye hupfumi. Taivimba ne Naturalization Act ye
1790, kuita kuti vese vekuEurope vabva kune dzimwe nyika vakwanise kuve vagari vemo,
vane kodzero kupfuura vanhu vose verudzi. Taivimba nekupa nyika senge
Homestead Act, uye rubatsiro rwedzimba dzaive dzakachena-chete kune vakawanda
makore, senge FHA uye VA zvikwereti. Kunyangwe iyo GI Bill yaive yakanyanya yevachena chete, uye
zvese izvi zvinotsigirwa nehurumende zvakabatsira mukugadzira iyo
white middle class. Asi zvinodzika kupfuura izvozvo.
>Kubva
mazuva ekutanga, "vachena" vaitsamira pavhu uye zviwanikwa zve
muAmerica, Africa, neAsia. Sezvo Europe yakapa hapana yakakura yakasikwa
hupfumi kubva muvhu rayo, kufambira mberi kwehupfumi hweEurope uye kuwedzera kwaive zvachose
kuvimba nekutora ivhu revamwe vanhu nechisimba, hunyengeri kana kumanikidza.
Ndizvo, shamwari dzangu, kuvimba.
Zvadaro
maEurope mamwe chetewo aivimba nebasa revaranda kuvaka rudzi rutsva uye kugadzira
upfumi kuvachena; hupfumi hwaibatsira pakutsigira mari yekuAmerica
Revolution, pamwe nekubvumira maindasitiri ezvemachira nefodya kuti abude se
masimba epasi rose. Kubva 1790 kusvika 1860 chete, vachena uye vose
hupfumi hwakawana mabhenefiti anosvika mabhiriyoni makumi mana emadhora mumabasa evatema asina kubhadharwa.
Ndizvo, shamwari dzangu, kuvimba.
Kunyangwe vanyori vekudzvinyirirwa kwevatema vanofarira kutaura kuti maAfrica kazhinji
vakatengesa vamwe vaAfrica muuranda, izviwo zvinoratidza kuti vachena vanotsamira sei
vanga vari pavanhu vatema: kubhadhara uye chiokomuhomwe kuAfrica kuti vabate yavo
uye tiunze kwatiri kuti tikodze purofiti yevakuru vekuEurope. Isu
hatikwanise kuita izvozvo toga.
Zvadaro
varungu vaitsamira paMarudzi kuti vatidzidzise hunyanzvi hwekurima, sedu
kusakwana zvachose munzvimbo iyi kwakasiya vapambi vekutanga vachifa nenzara
uye kutendeukira kukudya nyama yevanhu apo chando chakasvika kuti vararame.
We
taivimba nevanhu vekuMexico kuti vatidzidzise matorerwo egoridhe kubva munzizi uye
quartz-yakakosha mukukura kwehupfumi hwenyika pakati pekupedzisira
1800's-uye dai tisina kutora hafu yenyika yavo muhondo isina kukonzeresa, the
kubuda kwePacific zviteshi zvakakosha kuhupfumi hweUS hwemazuva ano hungadai husina kudaro
yedu, asi yeMexico. Ndizvo, shamwari dzangu, kuvimba. Ipapo taiva takazembera
basa ravo pakati pezana ramakore rechi20 pasi pechirongwa chebracero, kuburikidza nacho
vanhu vokuMexico vanopfuura mamiriyoni mashanu vakaunzwa munyika kuti vawane zvokurima zvakachipa
basa, ndokudzoserwa kuyambuka muganhu.
uye
taivimba nebasa rekuAsia kugadzira njanji dzakagadzira
transcontinental kufamba uye kutengeserana zvinogoneka. 90% yebasa rakashandiswa kuvaka
Central Pacific Railroad muma1860 yaiva maChina, aiunzwa kunze kwenyika
chinangwa, uye yakashandiswa nekuti vakuru vechitima vainzwa kuti vaigona zviri nani
vadzore kupfuura vashandi vachena.
In
chokwadi, munhoroondo yese yebasa reU.S., vachena vakatsamira pa
kuzviisa pasi kwevashandi vemavara; nekumaka vanhu vatema nevatema se
chikamu chepasi pamanera-chitsetse chiri pazasi chavasingazotenderwi
kuwa. Nekuda kweiyi racialized class system vachena vaigona kugamuchira
"psychological wage" yekuchena, kunyangwe muhoro wavo chaiwo wakavasiya vasina.
Ikokowo kutsamira, uye rudzi rwakaratidzira kunyange vachena varombo zvikuru.
The
varidzi veminda kuMaodzanyemba vaivimba nevatema, uye nezvimwe
kupfuura basa romumunda. Taivimba nevakadzi vechitema kuti vatiyamwe nekuchengeta vana vedu.
Taivimba nevatema kuti vavake magwenzi aichengeta nzizi seMississippi
kubva pamusuwo wedu. Taivimba nevasikana veblack kuti vafefe vedu vakarara vachena so
sekuvimbisa kunyaradzwa kwavo. Taivimba nevatema kuti vaite zvese kubva mukubika,
kuchenesa, kuwaridza mibhedha yedu, kukwenenzvera shangu dzedu, kutema huni
kudziyisa misha yedu, kutiita kuti tidzokere kuhutano kana tikarwara. Takadada
pachedu pakuve (kana kushuvira kuva) varume nevakadzi vekutandara, nepo vatema uye
vanhu vebrown vakaita basa rese. Izvo, nezvimwe zvakawanda, kuvimba; uye zvakadaro isu
vachiri kusimbirira kuti ndivo simbe.
uye
kuchamhembe kwemaindasitiri capitalism yaivimba nevashandi vatema zvakare, kunyanya kuputsa
mhirizhonga yevashandi vemarudzi evachena kuburikidza nekuita boka revashandi rinopesana
chimwe chacho. Izvo zvakare, kuvimba.
Mukati mehondo yevagari vemunyika, mauto eConfederacy aivimba nevatema kuti vabikire
varwi uye kugadzira nhumbi dzokurwa nadzo dzavaizoshandisa pakurwa; uye
saizvozvowo, Union yaivimba nemasoja evatema-anosvika mazana maviri ezviuru-kusvika
pakupedzisira ndokukunda hondo. Izvo zvakare, kunyanya kutsamira.
uye
kutsamira kwakachena pavanhu vane ruvara kunopfuurira nanhasi. Gore negore, African
Vanhu vekuAmerica vanoshandisa mari inodarika mabhiriyoni mazana mashanu emadhora nemakambani evachena: mari inoenda
kazhinji muhomwe dzevaridzi vachena, vashandi vachena, vachena
vane masheya, uye nzanga dzevachena dzavanogara. Uye zvakadaro tinoti mutema
vanhu vanotida? Isu tinofunga kuti ndivo vanovimba, vachivimba sezvatinofungidzira ivo
kuita pane zvisaririra zvishoma zvenharaunda yakadzingwa? Iye zvino ngatichekei chete
crap. Ndiani aizonyanya kukuvara: vanhu vatema dai mapurogiramu ese erubatsiro akavharwa
mangwana, kana vachena vanhu, kana vatema vakasarudza vaive kuburikidza nekutamisa
hafu-triyoni yemadhora gore rega rega kune vachena uye vaizochengeta yavo
mari munharaunda dzavo?
Or
ko kuenderera mberi kwekutsamira kwemabhizimisi evachena pakushandiswa kwe
vatema? Gore rega rega, maererano nekufungidzira kubva kuUrban Institute, pamusoro
$120 bhiriyoni yemuhoro yakarasika kune veAfrica America nekuda kwerusarura mukati
musika wevashandi. Ndiyo mari isingapere mumaoko evanhu avo
yakawana, asi inoramba iri mumaakaundi ebhangi evaridzi. Kuti shamwari dzangu,
kutsamira.
Our
kutsamira pavanhu veruvara kunotowedzera kukuda kwedu kuva navo se
vatauri vepfungwa dzedu nehurongwa: nokudaro, kuwanda kwe
vepamusoro-mbiri vanochengetedza vemavara vanotuka vanhu vavo isu, saka isu
haufanirwe kuzviita wega. Ken Hamblin, Clarence Thomas, Larry Mukuru, Walter
Williams, Linda Chavez: vese, vachifamba, vachitaura, majoki e lawn, vachipenya
zviedza zvavo zveukuru hwevachena. Uye hongu, kudiwa kwedu kwavari ndiko kwakanyanya
zvirokwazvo chimiro chekutsamira.
Zvadaro,
isu tinovimba nevanhu vachiri vazhinji veruvara kuti vabatsire kufambisira mberi hurongwa hwevachena
kutonga: kureva vanhu vekuAsia, avo vatinozivisa kuti "vashoma vemuenzaniso." "Ona sei
vanoshanda nesimba vanhu vokuAsia,’ vachena vanoda kutaura, ‘nei vatema vasinganyanyi kufanana navo?
Chokwadika, tinokundikana kududza urombo hunokatyamadza pakati pavaSoutheast Asia; kana
chokwadi chekuti akabudirira zvikuru eAsia madiki-mapoka akauya munyika ino nawo
zvose ruzivo rwebhizimisi uye kazhinji dzidzo dzekoroji; kana kuti chokwadi
kunyangwe kushanda nesimba, Asia Pacific Islanders vachiri kuwana pakati 11-26% zvishoma pane
vamwe vavo vachena, kunyangwe zvikwaniriso zvavo zvakaenzana. Chiregedza
zvose izvo: muenzaniso vashoma ngano ine simba zvose zvayo, uye imwezve nzira
umo vachena vave kutsamira kune vasina.
Chokwadi, ndave kutanga kufunga kuti vachena vanotsamira pane vanhu vane ruvara
kuti hatizoziva zvekuita pasina ivo. Ah chokwadi, vamwe neo-Nazi vanoti ivo
ndingada kuedza, asi muchokwadi ndinokahadzika kuti vaigona kuzviita. Dai pasina
vanhu vatema nebrown vakatenderedza ipapo varungu vanga vasina mumwe wemhosva asi
pachavo nokuda kwemhosva yakaitika; hapana wokupomera asi ivo pachavo kana ivo
havana kuwana basa ravaida; hapana wekupomera asi ivo pachavo kana hupenyu hwavo
zvakava zvishoma pane zvavaitarisira. Muchidimbu, tinoda vanhu ve
ruvara-kunyanya mune chikamu chepasi-senzira yekuzvivaka isu, uye
kupa pfungwa yekuzvikoshesa isu neimwe nzira tinoshaya.
Kuva
chokwadi, kuvapo kwedu sevanhu vachena kunotsamira pachinhu chisina kunaka: kuva muchena
rine zvarinoreva chete maererano nezvarisingareve. Kuva muchena kune zvakunoreva
pakureva kwazvinoreva kusava mutema kana kushava. Kuchena hakuna mukati
zvinoreva tsika nemagariro: pane anogona here kutaura kuti "tsika dzevachena" zvinorevei? Kwete
tsika dzedu dzakasiyana dzemuEurope funga iwe-izvo zvine zvazvinoreva asi zvave zvakadaro
zvakanyanya kurasikirwa kwatiri mukupenga kwekugamuchira kuchena uye perks inouya
nazvo–asi tsika dzevachena pachadzo.
In
maworkshops Ndakabvunza varungu nevanhu veruvara zvavanofarira nezvazvo
kuve dema, chena, kana chero zvazvingava. Kune veAfrica-America
mhinduro dzinogara dzine chekuita nekuzvikudza kwavanonzwa, kubva kumhuri dzinoita
vakarwisana nezvipingamupinyi, vakarwisa kusaruramisira, vakatsungirira, uye vakachengeta
ruremekedzo mukutarisana nezvipingamupinyi zvikuru. Nemamwe mashoko, kuva mutema kune mukati
zvinoreva, zvinobva muzviito zvakanaka uye zviitiko zvevanhu vatema
pachavo. Kusiyana padingindira rimwe chetero kunowanzo kuratidzwa neLatinos, maAsia
nevanhu veMarudzi zvakare.
asi
kune vachena, kana vauya nechimwe chinhu zvachose, kazhinji chinhu
nezvekunaka kwazvakaita kuti usanetsekane nekuve nerusarura profiled ne
mapurisa, kana kuti hazvina kunaka sei kuti zvisafungidzirwa kuti hazvina basa nevashandirwi, kana
kusarura pakukumbira chikwereti, kana kutsvaga imba. Mune zvimwe
mazwi, kuvachena, kuzvitsanangura kwedu kwakaputirwa zvachose maererano nei
uye isu tisiri vanaani. Zvazvinoreva kuva chena zvinongoreva kusave "mumwe."
Uye kuti izvo zvive nechero chirevo chero chiripo chekutanga chinofanira kunge chiri "chimwe"
pamusoro pazvo kuzvisiyanisa.
uye
ndiko kutsamira kwakakosha pane ese.
Tim
Akachenjera munyori weNashville-based antiracist, mudzidzisi uye muratidziri. Anogona kudaro
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