Tallulah idhorobha diki riri kuNortheastern Louisiana, imwe yenzvimbo dzine hurombo muUS. Ingangoita mamaira makumi mapfumbamwe kubva kudhorobha rekare reJena, uye seJena idhorobha rine jeri hombe revechidiki rakavharwa mushure mekupomerwa mhosva yekushungurudza uye hutsinye. Zvakare saJena, vagari veTallulah vanobatanidzwa mukurwira kodzero dzevanhu. Dhorobha ravo rave nhandare yekurwira mugakava renyika rekuti voshandisa mari kudzidzisa here kana kusunga varombo, kunyanya vatema, vechidiki.
Mamwe masikati eMugovera achangopfuura ndakashanyira Hayward Fair, murwi weboka rekodzero dzevanhu anobva kuTallulah. VaFair ndomumwe wevakatanga vePeople United for Education and Action, sangano rakadzika midzi rakazvipira kushandura jeri reko (yava kunzi Steve Hoyle Rehabilitation Center uye kunyanya kubata vanhu vakuru vakabatwa nemhosva dzisina mhirizhonga) kuita "nzvimbo yebudiriro" iyo yaizopa. makirasi uye kudzidziswa. Kana vakabudirira mukurwira kwavo, kanenge kari kekutanga munyika muno - uko kwave nemakumi emakore mari yedzidzo ichigurwa uku majeri achivakwa - kuti jeri rivharwe rikatsiviwa nechikoro, izvo zvave kukanganisa nyika yose. trend.
Pandakasangana naVaFair vaienda imba neimba nevashori kubva kumasangano akadzika Mhuri neShamwari dzeVana Vakasungwa veLouisiana, Southern Center for Human Rights uye Safe Streets Strong Communities. Pamakore anoda kusvika makumi manomwe, ane maoko ane tsandanyama uye musoro wakaveurwa, haaratidzi kuderera. โNdave ndichiita zvishomanana kuronga nzanga,โ akatsanangura kudaro, zvine mwero. Sezvaaienda paimba neimba, kwakaratidzika kuti munhu ari wose muguta aimuziva uye aimuremekedza, uye munhu ari wose akanga ane mufungo pamusoro pezvose zviri zviviri torongo uye izvo Tallulah anoda. Aine ruremekedzo kubva kuzera rake uye nemukurumbira wake wekurwira kururamisira munharaunda, Fair aiunza chiono cheTallulah itsva kune vagari vakaona guta richifa rakavapoteredza.
Vachitaura nezwi rakashata uye nedanho remaune rine huremu hweruzivo, VaFair vakanditungamira kunzvimbo yejeri. โApo jeri rakauya kutaundi vanhu vakawanda vakanga vasingatombozivi zvachaizova,โ akadaro. "Chaive chimwe chinhu chaiburitsa mabasa uye vanhu vaida mabasa saka pakanga pasina chekupikisa chaiko." Asi ikozvino, hupfumi hwemunharaunda hwaparara, uye Fair anopomera jeri, pamwe muchikamu. โKuri kuuraya upfumi hwenzvimbo iyi, semaonero angu,โ anodaro. "Majeri anongounza mari kuvaridzi."
Paunopinda mumuganhu weguta, chinhu chekutanga chaunoona mushure mekunge wapfuura chikwangwani che "Welcome to Tallulah" ijeri, hombe yezvivakwa 33 zvakakomberedzwa nefenzi newaya ine minzwa. Kumira pedyo, Fair gestures pasi pemugwagwa. โTiri chinhambwe chinhambwe kubva kujunior high school, tiri mabhuloki mashanu kubva kuchikoro chesekondari. Vana vedu vanofanira kubuda mukirasi uye chinhu chinotevera chavanoona iaya mabhawa neshongwe uye neizvi zvivakwa zvikuru. Zvaiva nemafungiro epfungwa pavana nevakuru zvakare. Zvakangoparadza guta rose rino.โ Kwemakore akati wandei, vanhu veTallulah, vakabatana neMhuri uye Shamwari dzeVana Vakasungwa veLouisiana, vakarwa hondo iyi, kwete kungovhara jeri reko, asi kuti vavhure chimwe chinhu chakasiyana munzvimbo yacho, kuratidza kuti mataundi madiki ekumaruwa haaite. vanofanira kutendeukira kumajeri kuti vawane mabasa.
Tallulah, inova makumi manomwe muzana yevatema, yaimbova dhorobha raifamba nevatema kubva kunharaunda yese kuti vashanyire. Kuratidza pfungwa yake, Fair akandiendesa kudhorobha, kumugwagwa wezvitoro zvakavharwa, pasina kana vanhu kunze. โPazuva rakadai, manheru eMugovera, waisagona kufamba mumigwagwa yeTallulah, unenge uchidhumana nevanhu. Wanga uine mabhizinesi ese kumagumo edhorobha," akadaro nemaoko mhiri kwemugwagwa. โKudzika kwose, hapana chimwe kunze kwemabhizimisi; zvitoro zvegirosari, macafe, zvitoro zvembatya, mabhawa, unozvipa zita. Guta racho rakanga rakashama, raigara rakavhurika maawa 24 pazuva, mazuva manomwe pavhiki.โ
Zvino Fair anoti, dhorobha inzvimbo yakasiyana kwazvo. "Tiri kushanda kuyedza kudzosa mufananidzo wedu, asi tave kunzi idhorobha rejeri." Semunzvimbo zhinji dzenyika, majeri ibhizinesi hombe kumaruwa eLouisiana, uye chikamu ichi chenyika chine akati wandei. โIwe enda kumabvazuva une jeri revechidiki. Kumadokero zasi kuno une nzvimbo iyi, unoenda kumaodzanyemba une majeri maviri kunze kweguta. Tallula ikozvino yave kure nembiri yayo yekare. Vechiduku vanotama nokukurumidza pavanokwanisa. "Tinorasikirwa pamwe ne70% yevechidiki vedu," anodaro. โVagarirei? Hapana mikana pano kwavari. "
Jeri riri muTallulah rine mukurumbira wakareba uye wakashata. Seneta weMinnesota, Paul Wellstone, akashanya muna 1998, uye vana vakasungwa vakapaza padenga kuti vadanidzire zvichemo nezvekurapwa kwavo. The New York Times yakanyora zvinyorwa zvakawanda gore rimwe chetero, kusanganisira peji rekutanga rekuti Tallulah ijeri rakaipisisa revechidiki muUS, uye Dhipatimendi reJustice reUS rakamhan'arira nyika yeLouisiana pamusoro pekushungurudzwa kwakarongeka kwakaitika mujeri, apo kunyange muchengeti akati. โzvinoita sokuti munhu wose akanga ane simbi yenzeve yakaboborwa kana kuti mhuno yakatyoka.โ
Mutori wenhau weNew Orleans-based Katy Reckdahl akarondedzera kutanga kwekurwira kushandura jeri iri mumutsara wakakosha wezvinyorwa makore akati wandei apfuura. Asi iye zvino kuedza kwacho kwava pedyo nemazuva ako ekupedzisira. Varatidziri vakaisa mutsara werutsigiro rwenzvimbo uye mudunhu rekuchinja kwakakosha uku, kubva munharaunda kuenda kumisangano naGavhuna, kutsigira vanobatana nenyika vakaita seCentre for Third World Organising uye Southern Center for Human Rights. NeGavhuna mutsva ari munzira, mavhiki mashoma anotevera achave akakosha kuhondo iyi, uye nekuguma kwaTallulah. Kana vanhu veTallulah vakakunda, kuchava kukunda kunokosha kwevanhu kwose kwose vane hanya nenhau dzedzinza, dzidzo, uye kururamisira kwemhosva.
VaFair vanodada nenhoroondo yekodzero dzevanhu yeTallulah, iyo iri pedyo nekwakaumbwa Deacon for Defense, boka rinozvidzivirira rakapayona reVatema panguva yebato rekodzero dzevanhu. "Takanga tine vamwe vanhu pano vakaenda kuhondo yenyika yechipiri, vobva vadzoka pano uye vaive vagari vekirasi yechipiri," akatsanangura kudaro. โVaitofanira kuchovha kuseri kwebhazi. Vakataura kuti havasi kuzotsungirira izvi. Saka takatanga kufamba isu pachedu, kuti tibvise izvozvo. "
Vakanaka vane ruzivo rwakanyanya kuchena kuramba kodzero dzevatema vanhu. โPane imwe nguva vaKlan vakasangana anenge mamaira matatu kunze kweguta uye vakaita musangano uye vaizouya muguta manheru iwayo. Vaifunga kuti vaizodzinga vaMutema vese muguta,โ anodaro Fair. Asi kuramba kwakasimba mutaundi racho. โPavakapinda mutaundi migwagwa yakanga yakazara vanhu. Vanhu vaifamba vakaoma makumbo, pfuti dzakadzika pasi pebhurugwa. Takaudza mapurisa kuti aizozvitarisira; hatidi kuti utichengete. Vaifunga kuti vaizotyisidzira mumwe munhu, asi pano hapana aivatya.โ
Ndakabvunza Fair kuti Tallulah anopinda sei mukurwa kwakakura. โMaziso ese enyika akatarisa paJena Six. Asi nzanga duku iri yose kumaodzanyemba, uye kuchamhembe, ine Jena Six yayo. Zvimwe haugone kuzviona kana kuti zvimwe haudi kuzviona, asi aya haasi madhorobha madiki ekumaruwa. Tarisa kuNew Orleans, panguva yedutu. Apo vanhu vakanga vachiedza kuyambuka zambuko kuti vabude mumafashamo, kwakanga kune vanhu kune rumwe rutivi, vakapakata zvombo, vaisavabvumira kuyambuka. Munyika yose vanhu vari kubatwa nenzira imwe cheteyo. Chicago, New York, hazvina basa kuti uripi.โ
Ndisati ndaenda, ndakabvunza Fair kuti chii chaimutadzisa kutambura. โHandisi kutamburira, ndakasununguka,โ akapindura kudaro, achitsanangura kuti kurwisana uku hakusi kwake. โNdichaita zvandinoziva kuti zvakarurama, uye handina basa kuti ndiwe ani. Ndinoona vechidiki munharaunda vanoda rubatsiro. Ndizvo zvinoita kuti ndirambe ndichienderera mberi. Kana ukaona chimwe chinhu wonzwa kuti hachina kunaka, usati vanofanira kuchichinja, pinda imomo, monera maoko mudenga uchiti ngatichinje. Ndiyo nzira chete. Unofanira kugara wakagadzikana uye woita chinhu chakanaka. Paunenge uchiziva zvakanaka uye uchirwira, unohwina. "
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