Tim Wise
apo
zvinouya kunhaurirano dzerusaruraganda, kana chero imwe mhando ye "ism" yeiyo
nyaya, dzimwe nguva tinosuwa sango nokuda kwemiti. Zvakanga zvakadaro munguva pfupi yapfuura
pazvakanzi Atlanta Braves yekuyamura pitcher John Rocker akanga acheka
kusununguka netambo dzerusaruraganda, sexist, ethnocentric, uye homophobic slurs panguva
bvunzurudzo neSports Illustrated.
Rocker-driven
anoti ne "kukwikwidzana kushingaira" -akadaro, pakati pezvimwe zvinhu kuti Asian
vakadzi havagone kutyaira, uye kuti aisazotambira New York Mets nekuti angadaro
vanofanira kukwira subway ne "queers vane AIDS" uye matsotsi emabasa.
Akaenderera mberi nekupa kuti "haana hanya zvakanyanya nevatorwa," uye
akabvunza "Ko gehena vapinda sei munyika muno?" Zvose izvi, munguva pfupi
asati ataura kune mumwe wevaaishanda navo vatema se "tsoko yakakora," uye
zvino—kungoita chokwadi chokuti akanga asina kunzwisiswa—achitsanangura kuti akanga ari
"kwete rusaruraganda kana rusaruro."
ikozvino
usandifungire zvisizvo: Ini pachangu ndinofunga kuti Rocker anofanira kudzingwa basa. "Free
kutaura" zvisinei-uye zvechokwadi, pfungwa iyi haina kushanda
kudivi rakazvimirira zvakadaro-chokwadi chinoramba chiri chekuti kana vanhu vachiri kuwana
vakadzingwa basa munyika iyi nekuyedza kuronga mibatanidzwa, bvaaita mhungu seRocker
chokwadi kunofanira kukanhirwa kumuganhu nokuda kwekutaura kwakadaro kworusarura chaiko.
asi
ndizvo chaizvoizvo here? Uye ita iyo Atlanta Braves chaizvo ine yakawanda wiggle-kamuri
kana zvasvika pakushora rusaruraganda? Ndinoreva, ava ndivo vanhu vakafanana vanofona
mascot avo "Chief Knock-a-Homa," uye vachizvikudza vanoratidza grotesque
caricature yeAmerican Indian pane zvese zvavanotengesa, uye vakakurumbira
iyo stereotypic uye inogumbura "tomahawk chop" senge fan pick-me-up. The
Braves vakafuratira kuratidzira kwezvikamu zvakakura zvechivanhu, kutanga
nharaunda dzevanhu kwemakore pazvibodzwa izvi, sezvakaita zvimwe zvikwata zvine maIndia
mazita ari muzvikwata zvemitambo zvakasiyana-siyana, uye zvakadaro zvino vanoedza kuzvimisa
seshasha dzokushivirira noruremekedzo? Ndiregerereiwo kana ndisiri kungozvitenga.
uye
kutumira Rocker kune psychological counseling-sezvakaitwa komisheni Bud Selig
munguva pfupi yapfuura-chete zvakare inoratidza chiyero icho vanhu vazhinji vachiri vasingadaro
nzwisisa kuti rusaruraganda chii: kana kuti zvimwe vanochiwana, asi ndoda kusataura
nezvenyaya chaiyo. Rusaruraganda, uye hunhu hwayo, hunhu hwepabonde, nezvimwe
nzira dzakafanana dzekudzvinyirirwa hadzisi dzeunhu husina kurongeka, hwakakanganiswa
psyches, kana kudzvinyirirwa chero chinhu. Asi, dzine musoro
kugadzirisa-kunyanya kunhengo dzemapoka makuru munharaunda-kunyanya
real institutionalized, structural kusaenzana: kusaenzana kunopa mubayiro mukuru
nhengo dzeboka, chero bedzi ivo vachienda pamwe chete nechirongwa, kungave kuri pachena, kana pa
zvishoma zvishoma, kugamuchira ropafadzo dzinouya nekuve murume, kana muchena,
kana kuti murume nemukadzi.
For
Rocker kutaura zvinhu zvaakaita, uye kuzvitenda, hausi hunhu husina kunaka.
Zvose zvakajairika. Kuti Rocker ataure hutsinye hwake pachena hungadaro
zvinofungidzirwa sezvishoma, asi zvishoma nekuti izvo zvinotendwa pachazvo hazviwanzo
zvakabatwa, kupfuura izvo vanhu vazhinji-kunyanya avo vari kubhadharwa pamwe nenyeredzi
vatambi-vanoziva nguva uye sei kuchengeta miromo yavo yakavharwa.
If
Rocker akateerera makore mashoma apfuura, angadai akadzidza kuti
nzira yekusvotesa ngochani haisi yekuvadaidza kuti queers uye kubvisa matyira eAIDS ekare
izvo zviri kupfuura zvakanyanya munguva yemarabhoni matsvuku, asi pane kutaura nezve
"chingochani chirongwa," uye "kupinza basa" kwevana. Aizodaro
vakadzidza kuti nzira yekurova vanhu vekuAsia haisi yekutsoropodza kutyaira kwavo, uye
kudaidza vakadzi vekuAsia "bitches," asi pane kudaro, kuti vaone kuti vari sei
"kutenga America." Angadai akadzidza kuti vanobva kune dzimwe nyika ndivo vakanaka
kurwiswa kwete nekutaura kuti "hauvafarire zvakanyanya," asi kuti, na
uchiti unovada, chero bedzi vachiuya kuU.S. zviri pamutemo, dzidza Chirungu
pakarepo, uye usadya madhora akawanda erubatsiro. Rocker akanamatira
Rudzi urwu rwechinyorwa, angadai akarasikirwa nebasa nemaBraves, uye zvakadaro,
akapinda mubasa rine mari yakawanda semutambi wenhepfenyuro yeredhiyo,
munyori anotengeswa zvakanyanya, kana pamwe mumiriri weMutungamiri.
The
kubata kwechiitiko cheRocker chinoratidza kusakwanisa kukuru kwevanhu
kugadzirisa rusaruraganda pamavambo emasangano, kusiyana nekuedza
"rapa" vanhu mumwe panguva kuburikidza nezvinhu zvakaita sekunzwa
kudzidzisa. Rocker anogona kusangana naAndrew Young. Anogona kupfuura gumi nemaviri kana kupfuura
workshops. Anokwanisa kuita izvo nezvimwe zvakawanda, uye zvakadaro, nyaya huru dzichaita
sarai. Senge nei nyanzvi dzemitambo franchise dzichikurumidza kushandisa iyo
matarenda evatema nevatambi veLatino, asi vachizeza kuhaya vanhu vane ruvara
kudzidzisa kana kutarisira zvikwata? Uye chii chinokonzeresa kusarura kwenyanzvi
indasitiri yemitambo inochengeta chiroto chemari huru kuvarombo vatema nebrown
vana-kunyangwe vashoma vachizobudirira-apo maguta achirwira timu yavo,
kazhinji vachipa mari yeruzhinji nechinangwa, nokudaro vachikanganisa chikoro
mabhajeti, uye vana vakafanana vemavara edzidzo mikana mu
process? Iyi mibvunzo inoramba isina kubvunzwa uye saka isina kupindurwa sesu
enda unotsvaga nhubu dzega dzega kuti tinyaradze hana dzedu uye tivimbise
kuti dambudziko nderemumwe munhu.
ichi
Kusarurana kwemunhu mumwe nemumwe kwave chinhu chinofarirwa nevaraidzo
President mazuvano. Kubva 1997, Bill Clinton akakumbira ruregerero kune akati wandei
matare emauto asina mhosva-anorwisana nemasoja evatema munguva yeHondo Yenyika II, uye
yepurojekiti yeTuskeegee Syphilis, iyo yakakonzera kushandiswa kwezvibodzwa
yevarume vatema muAlabama pamusoro pemakore makumi mana: vakaudzwa kuti vaigamuchira kurapwa, asi
muchokwadi kurambwa akati kurapwa uye kucherechedzwa semishonga guinea pigs. In
nyaya dzese idzi, President vaigona kuvimbisa nyika kuti zvakaipa izvi zvaive nazvo
vapari vemhosva chaivo uye vanozivikanwa, uye zvakafanana zvakananga uye zvinozivikanwa
vanyajambwa. Uye nekudaro, kukumbira ruregerero kwakauya nyore, nekuti hapana chavairatidza
zvakafara: hapana kuzvidavirira, ndoda kukumbira ruregerero, ndoda kutsiva
hunhapwa kwemakore 260. Hapana kuzvidavirira, kana kukumbira ruregerero, regai
kuregererwa kwezvishandiso zvega mushure mekubvisa rusaruraganda. Kwete kana serious
kuzvipira kuchengetedza chimwe chinhu sechiito chekusimbisa, kana kwete kana zvakadaro
dziviriro inogona kusanganisira kukurukura nhaka, uye chokwadi chiripo che
kusarura kwemasangano. Muchokwadi, kusafarira kwaPresident pakurudziro iyi
Advisory Commission on Race kuti mushumo wake wekupedzisira nezvenyaya iyi utarise
nyaya ye "white racial privilege" yanetsa kudhindwa kwenyaya iyi
report. Usazvitsvaga chero nguva munguva pfupi, kana zvachose, nekuda kwechinhu ichocho.
The
chinonyanya kusiririsa pane zvese izvi ndechekuti nekuregeredza kugadzirisa
masangano rusarura uye mamwe marudzi kusaenzana kwemaitiro, inova iyo yose
zvakanyanya kuoma kutarisana zvakakwana nemaitiro emunhu-mwero
zvatinonzwa zvakawanda pamusoro pazvo. Zvichitaurwa zviri nyore, chero nzanga yedu iri imwe mairi
vamwe vanhu-vanoti, vachena, varume vanoita zvepabonde-vanowanikwa zvisina mwero mukati
ane mukurumbira ekuita sarudzo, uye vamwe vamwe vanhu-vanoti vanhu ve
ruvara, vakadzi vemarudzi ese, nengochani nengochani-vanowanikwa zvisina kuenzana
munzvimbo dziri pasi, ichaonekwa nevakawanda sezviri pachena (kana pamwe
kwete kumbofunga zvachose, asi kungoita internalized) kuti vaya vakatwasuka chena vakomana
inofanira kuva yakangwara, kana kushanda nesimba kudarika vamwe vose, uye nokudaro, "vakakodzera"
chinzvimbo chavo, nepo vasina simba vachifanirawo “kufanirwa”
kuzviisa pasi kwavo nekuda kwechimwe kana chimwe chikanganiso chemajini, chetsika kana chetsika. Izvi
ndiyo nzira iyo ngano ye meritocracy inoshanda maererano nekirasi, uye inoshanda sezvakangoita
zvakanaka nerudzi, murume kana mukadzi, kana hunhu hwepabonde: kuroverera pfungwa yekuti
"vakundi" vakakunda nekuti "vakakundwa" ndivo, vakundwa.
So
chero bedzi kusaenzana kunooneka kuchibvumirwa kuvapo kune chero chakakosha
dhigirii pakati pemapoka-akavakwa uye akakamurwa mapoka, musanganiswa we
iyi stratification padivi peiyo subjective propaganda yeAmerica
"individualism" sekiyi yekubudirira kana kukundikana ichaenderera mberi
kubudisa vanhu vane rusaruraganda: avo vakaita saJohn Rocker, uye avo vakaita semamiriyoni evamwe
vanhu vaibvumirana pachena nezvaakataura, vachingosiyana nemaitiro e
delivery. Yave nguva yekuti takabatikana kugadzirisa dambudziko racho, kwete
zvinongoitika zvaro apo neapo, zviri pachena, zviratidzo zvezviratidzo. Zano rakanaka:
uye waisatombofanira kuzvitarisa kuti uwane kurapwa kuti uiwane.
Tim
Akachenjera muNashville-based activist, munyori uye mudzidzisi. Anogona kusvikwa pa