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Pamwe chete nemamiriyoni evamwe vekuSouthern California, mhuri yangu neni tanga tichidzidza kurarama nemukana muhupenyu hwedu hwekudengenyeka kukuru, kudengenyeka kwenyika kukuru kwakakonzerwa kwete nekufamba kamwe kamwe munharaunda yekumaodzanyemba kwe800-mamaira-yakareba San. Andreas Fault, asi zvakare inogona kukonzeresa nekukwidziridzwa nezvimwe zvisingaverengeki zvimwe zvinokanganisa munharaunda yedu.
Munzira dzakawanda, denda rekoronavirus rave riri kudengenyeka kwenyika pasirese, richiparadza nekuuraya makumi ezviuru, zvichikuvadza zvakanyanya hupenyu hwehupfumi uye magariro emarudzi, uye kufumura kudzika kwakadzama kwekusaenzana uye kusarongeka muAmerica nemunyika yese. nyika. MuUS, denda iri rakasimbisa kupararira kwerusarura munharaunda yedu, kuratidza senge zvikanganiso munzira dzakawanda uye zvichiunza zvipingamupinyi zvinotyisa mukupora uye kubudirira kwehupi hwakafanana nehupenyu hwedemokrasi netsika. Matanho ese anodiwa kuti ave nekudzora hutachiona anofanirwa kuenda kumberi, asi anofanirwa kutungamirwa nekunzwisisa kwekusarurana kwemarudzi kunounza njodzi inoenderera kune demokrasi uye kugarika munharaunda. Kukundikana kuita kudaro kuchakonzera kupora kuzere kwemakore akawanda ari kuuya.
Nevanhu vangangosvika miriyoni 2.3 vakasungwa, US inoramba iine nhamba yepamusoro yevasungwa pasi rose, inhaka yemakumi emakumi emakore erusarura hurongwa hwekupa mutongo wakakasharara uye kuvaka jeri nekukurumidza. Isu tinovharira huwandu uhu mune izvo mumwe mukuru wejeri akadana kuti "petri ndiro" dzekufukidzira uye kutapukira: nzvimbo dzisina hutsanana hwakakwana, hutano, uye nzira dzekushamwaridzana. Hazvishamisi, naizvozvo, kuti majeri ari kuona kuwedzera kwehuwandu hwehutachiona. Mhosva dzinopfuura 14,000 uye kufa mazana maviri nemakumi maviri nevaviri kwakashumwa pakati pevanhu vakavharirwa mumajeri ehurumende nemubatanidzwa pandakanga ndichinyora chinyorwa ichi, uye nhamba pasina mubvunzo dzakakura nekukurumidza kubva ipapo. Uye muhuwandu uhu mune huwandu husina kuenzana hwevanhu vane ruvara (African-Americans, semuenzaniso, vakasungwa mumajeri ehurumende kakapetwa kashanu kuwanda kwevachena).
Nyaya dzakafanana dzakatarisana nenzvimbo dzinovharirwa vanobuda kunze kwenyika, uko ruzhinji rwevanhu vakasungwa vanobva kuMexico neCentral America. Tichifunga nezvezvinoitika mumajeri nedzimba dzokuvharirwa, mumwe anoti nzwisiso yakagoverwa nemunyori wenhau dzakaitika Kelly Lytle Hernandez: โKudzorwa kwokupinda kwokupinda munyika nokuiswa mutorongo kukuru kwakatanga segadziriro yokudzora nzanga iyo inoparira kuparadzanisa vagari vemo uye vatami vanoparira utsotsi seboka rakarurwa revokunze muUnited States. nhasi.โ Sezvo denda richiramba richiwedzera, masisitimu aya ekudzora magariro anowedzera kusadzivirirwa kwemamiriyoni evanhu akatsanangurwa uye akaumbwa.
Hernandez nedzimwe nyanzvi dzakataura pamusoro pezvinokonzeresa masisitimu aya kwete kune vakasungwa chete, asiwo makumi emamiriyoni evamwe vanhu (vamiriri, vasungwa, nhengo dzemhuri, vashandi vekururamisa, uye vagari vanogara padhuze nemajeri), uye rusaruraganda mukuru wezviitiko izvi. Achinyora nezvemajeri makore anodarika gumi apfuura, nyanzvi Ruth Wilson Gilmore akatsanangura rusaruraganda seโkugadziriswa kwehurumende uye/kana kugadzirwa zvisiri pamutemo uye kushandisa mukana wakasiyana-siyana wekufa nekukurumidza.
Nhasi, tsananguro yaGilmore zvakare inotaura zvisina kukanganisa kune njodzi uye kusaenzana kukanganisa kweiyo coronavirus. Zvinoenderana nedata iripo kubva muna Kubvumbi 13, vanhu vemuAfrica vanoumba zvikamu zvitanhatu kubva muzana zvevanhu muWisconsin asi vakaverengera makumi matatu nepfumbamwe muzana yevakafa kubva kukoronavirus. Vanoumba 6 muzana yehuwandu muLouisiana asi vangangoita makumi matanhatu muzana evakafa kubva kuchirwere. Kusiyana kwakafanana kuripo mune dzimwe nyika dzakawanda.
Vatsigiri veConservative, vanosanganisira Surgeon General Jerome Adams, vakatsvaga kuisa basa kune veAfrica-America pachavo (Surgeon General achangobva kuraira vanhu vatema kuti vasiyane nedoro, fodya, uye zvinodhaka), vachisimbisa mutoro wega pane kuomarara kwemagariro uye. zvinhu zvakatipoteredza zvinokanganisa nzanga dzemavara. Zvakasiyana, boka guru retsvakurudzo yezvokurapa uye yehutano hweveruzhinji inosimbisa kwete chete kusaenzana kwemhedzisiro yekusarongeka kwezvakatipoteredza (sekunyanya kuratidzwa kusvibiswa) munharaunda idzi asiwo hutano hwakaipa hwekusarurana kwemarudzi. A 2003 National Academy of Sciences yakashuma, "Kurapwa Kusina Kuenzana: Kutarisana Nekusiyana Kwemarudzi uye Ethnic Muhutano Hwehutano," yakawana kurapwa kwerusarura kuve kwakapararira muAmerican health care system. Zvidzidzo zvinotevera zvinoramba zvichisimbisa kuvepo kwekusarura uku uye kunyora mhedzisiro yayo yekurapa, kusanganisira izvo mumwe muongorori akadana kuti "kuchembera kwakakurumidza" kunoenderana nekushushikana kunokonzerwa nerusaruraganda.
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Ndira wapfuura, denda risati ravhara nzvimbo zhinji dzeAmerica, nyanzvi Michelle Alexander akaburitsa New York Times op-ed iyo, pakati pezvimwe zvinhu, yakaongorora kusarongeka kwerusarura kubva pakadhindwa makore gumi apfuura kwebhuku rake rinokosha, The New Jim Crow: Mass. Kusungwa muZera reColourblindness. Alexander akatsoropodza nzira inoenderera mberi yekuvandudzwa, kudzingwa basa, uye kuumbwa patsva kwemapoka emarudzi ayo akaratidzira shanduko yemagariro nezvematongerwo enyika kubva mukusunungurwa makore angangoita 160 apfuura. Uye akashora kurambwa kwakadzama uko kuri kuramba kuchikanganisa kufambira mberi kwerudzi muAmerica. Zita rake? "Kusarongeka Kwenguva Ino hakusi 'Kukanganisa'."
Mwedzi yakati wandei gare gare, nedenda richipisa uye sarudzo yenyika kwangosara mwedzi mitanhatu, iko kukurumidza kudzinga hutongi hwevachena hwehutongi hwechimbichimbi hwave kukurumidza kupfuura kare. Asi kukunda kwakadai, kana kukaitika, kuchange kuine mhunga kana kusingaperekedzwe nekwakadzika, kwakasimba kunetsana nekusarongeka kwakakanda mimvuri yavo pamusoro penyika ino kwenguva yakareba. Z
Andrew Moss, akabatanidzwa nePeaceVoice, purofesa ari kubuda (Chirungu, Nonviolence Studies) paCalifornia State Polytechnic University, Pomona.