Nhoroondo yediasporic yakamubata panguva iyo mapurisa akadzima hupenyu hwake, asi akanga apedza makore ari munzvimbo dzakasiyana-siyana dzekutiza. Akazopedzisira abatwa nemusungo nehurongwa hwemhirizhonga yenyika, achiva mumwe murume Mutema akaurayiwa nemapurisa muUS, mushure mekushinga uye nekupona rwendo rwunotyisa rwepasirese semupoteri.
Zvakadaro, rondedzero iyi yakanyengerwa mukubvuta kwevhidhiyo isina kusimba uye mishumo yemapurisa ekiriniki yakatevera kufa kwake. Olango zvaakanga akarara panzira munzvimbo yekupaka motokari, akaonekwa nevakawanda senhamba yakawanda kupfuura munhu, mumwe nyajambwa wemapurisa, uye mumwe mwana wehondo. Kuuraya kwake kwaita yakakonzera kuratidzira kweBlack Lives Matter munyika yose, asi mhirizhonga iri kuitika kwaari inoramba yakafukidzwa.
Olango akapfurwa mushure memasekondi mashoma ekudyidzana nemapurisa. Anga akabata mudzanga wee-cigarette, uyo anonzi nemapurisa akafungidzira kuti ane pfuti. Vakamupfura pasinei nemaitiro airatidza kuti akanga ari mudambudziko rehutano hwepfungwa panguva iyoyo; dambudziko iri rakanga riri, chaizvoizvo, chikonzero hanzvadzi yake yakanga yafona kune rubatsiro rwechimbichimbi pekutanga.
Maererano nenhoroondo yemapurisa, Quartz inoshuma, โOlango akabvisa โchinhuโ muhomwe yake, akatora โchimiro chokupfura,โ ndokunongedza kune mumwe wemapurisa. Mapurisa ese ari maviri akabva arova Olango panguva imwe chete: mumwe aine Taser stun pfuti, mumwe achipfura nekumuuraya. "
Olango aive, maererano nevaimuziva, a murume akanaka, ane mutsa, asi anonetsa. Iyewo, hongu, aive nematambudziko: Aive mupoteri wekuUganda akasvika muna 1991, aine makore 14, mushure mekunge mhuri yake yapona pakurwisana kunotyisa kwevagari vemo, maererano nevashandi vanopa rubatsiro aiziva nharaunda yeGulu. Hondo ichiri kukanganisa Uganda uye ichiri kushungurudza vapukunyuki vakapararira kunze kwenyika. Olango aiva nemhosva, nhau dzemunharaunda dzinoshuma, kunyange - kufanana nevakawanda vanorarama nematambudziko ehutano hwepfungwa - akanga asina chinyorwa chepamutemo chepfungwa dzepfungwa. Hazvizivikanwe kuti zvinhu zvese izvi zvakapindirana sei mukuparara kwake kwekupedzisira, asi semutema mutorwa muAmerica, hupenyu hwaOlango hwakaratidza hudzvanyiriri hwemamiriro ezvinhu uye neramangwana risingakodzeri.
"Ndakafonera vanhu ava katatu kuti vauye kuzomubatsira," sisi vake vakadaro vachichema muvhidhiyo yezvakaitika. Akaudza mapurisa: "Ndangofona kuti ndibatsirwe mauya mukamuuraya."
Chiito chekudaidzira rubatsiro, semupoteri uye munhu Mutema, yakazara, mukati uye pachayo. Kune vanopona mukurwisana nekushungurudzika, zvakasara zvehugandanga hwekare zvinogona kuoma zvakanyanya kutarisana nazvo. Vazhinji vanogona kutakura kushushikana kwemukati memagariro evanhu, pamwe chete neruremekedzo rwechiremera, muhupenyu hwavo hwekugariswa patsva. Asi kutya kunovatevera munyika itsva โyakachengetekaโ kunogona kurwisana zvine ngozi nezvipingamupinyi chaizvo zvenzanga. Kana dambudziko rehutano hwepfungwa richirova, vanobva kune dzimwe nyika vanogona kutarisana nematambudziko makuru ekuwana masevhisi akakodzera ekiriniki uye emagariro ekuchengetedza. Uye kutenderera pasirese, zvidikanwi zvehutano hwepfungwa zvisingaite zvinoremedza vapoteri - pamusoro pekuomerwa kwehupfumi nemagariro ivo vanofanira kutotsungirira parwendo rwavo. Vana vevapoteri, vakadai sa mhomho yevana vanotya vari kutiza Siria nhasi, vanowanzotsanangurwa nevashandi vanoyamura sevakakuvara zvakanyanya mupfungwa, asi havakwanise kutanga kupora kana vakavharirwa chikoro, vadzingwa munharaunda yavo uye vachigara vakakombwa.
Kunyange pashure pokunge vapoteri vasvika kunzvimbo yakakotsekana, maronda iwayo โasingaonekiโ anovigwa uye anokura.
Ko mucherechedzo wekushungurudzika munguva yehondo wakatevera Olango munzvimbo yekupaka? Mhuri yake yakacherechedza akanga asina chirwere chepfungwa โchisingaperiโ asi akanga achinetseka panguva yaakapfurwa, sezvo akanga achichema rufu rweshamwari yake. Chero nhoroondo yake yepfungwa, mabviro aOlango akamuita kuti ave munjodzi yemhirizhonga yenyika, semutorwa, murume mutema, uye mumwe munhu akatarisana nedambudziko rehutano hwepfungwa - zvinhu zvinonyanya kuita hutsinye uye hunouraya kusangana nemapurisa mumwedzi ichangopfuura.
Vatema vanobva kune dzimwe nyika, vachienzaniswa nemamwe mapoka evatorwa, kunyanya vangangove vakananga kusungwa, kunyoreswa kwemutemo, kudzingwa uye mamwe maitiro ehutsinye ekudzvinyirirwa kwenyika, uye vazhinji vanotarisana nekuzviparadzanisa netsika nemagariro. Kunyangwe zvisingaite kutaura kuti kusawirirana uku kungave kwakapinda sei munguva dzekupedzisira dzaOlango, vanogara vachishungurudza hupenyu hwenharaunda dzevatema.
Carl Lipscombe we Black Alliance ye Just Immigration inoti kuburikidza neemail, "Zviri nyore kutarisa izvi seimwe vhiki, imwe yeBlack life yakatorwa. Asi nyaya yaAlfred Olango inonyatsoratidza nzira idzo vese vatema vanobva kune dzimwe nyika nevaya vanorwara nepfungwa vanoparwa mhosva nehurumende.
Kunyangwe isu tisingazive chaizvo izvo zvingave zvakakonzera kuparara kwaOlango, zvidzidzo zvenharaunda dzevapoteri zvinoratidza kuti pakati pevanhu vakarwadziwa zvakanyanya, kuwanda kwehutano hwepfungwa hune hukama. inogona kusvika ku45 kana kuti kunyange 90 muzana. Mitengo yekushungurudzika kwepfungwa kunetseka ndeye yakaoma pakati pevapoteri vanobva kuEast Africa, vakawanda vavo vakachovha mabhasikoro mumisasa yevapoteri uye vakatsungirira urombo hunotyisa, kuwedzera kumhirizhonga yakawanda. Matambudziko aya anosungirirana muzvipingamupinyi zvemagariro netsika zvakakomba vechidiki vazhinji vevapoteri. (Nharaunda yeSomalia yekuAmerica muTwin Cities, semuenzaniso, yakatarisana nehukuru kunetsana nevemutemo pamwe na social alienation uye kunyimwa kwakabatana ne Hutano hwepfungwa nyaya.)
Chimwe chinhu pamusoro paOlango chakaita kuti mapurisa amuone semunhu aityisidzira. Asi Olango akanga atarisana nokutyisidzirwa kweutsinye uye kudzvinyirirwa muupenyu hwake hwose, mungava munyika yake kana kuti munyika yaifanirwa kumupa utiziro.
Olango haana kuwana nguva yekutaura nyaya yake yose asati anyaradzwa nepfuti yemupurisa. Somwana, akava nomukana wokutiza munyika yakanga yasakadzwa nehondo. Pazuva raakafa, haana kumbobvira awana mukana wekutendeuka asati apfurwa mumusha weAmerica.
Zvimwe ndosaka amai vaOlango Pamela Benge akatendeukira kuvaratidziri vakanga vashatirwa nechikumbiro chetsitsi: โHandidi hondo. Kana wakaona hondo, hauzombofi wakada kuswedera pedyo neine hondo.โ
Mharadzano iyo Alfred Olango akazviwana zuva riya munzvimbo yekupaka inoita seisingaite masanga: hondo, kutama, rudzi uye kuchengetedzwa kweAmerica. Zvakadaro yaive nzira yekudhumhana yaityisa: kubonderana kwekukuvara kwakatenderera pamuviri wemunhu paakasimudza ruoko rwake, ndokudonha. Chaive chiitiko kubva kumberi kunozivikanwa kuBlack America, uye chiitiko chinobva kunzvimbo yekunetsana inozivikanwa zvakanyanya nemupoteri.
Michelle Chen mupepeti ari kubatsira muIdzi Nguva uye anoshamwaridzana mupepeti kuCultureStrike. Iye zvakare mugadziri we "Asia Pacific Forum" paPacifica's WBAI uye Dissent Magazine's "Belabored" podcast, uye anodzidza nhoroondo paCity University yeNew York Graduate Center. Mutevere pa Twitter: @meeshellchen.
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