Umthombo: The Progressive
Nokuba awuzange undwendwele iPasifiki kuMntla-ntshona, unokuba nomfanekiso ngqondweni wendlela ummandla ujongeka ngayo. Ngokusisiseko, yonke into esentshona yeCascade Range lihlathi elinemozulu elipholileyo, elinemithi emide, egqunywe bubulembu kunye nohlaza oluchumileyo olunika ioksijini eninzi kubemi baloo ndawo.
Kodwa kwiiveki ezimbini emva koSuku lomSebenzi kulo nyaka, encediswa ngummandla oneenyanga mbalela kunye nokugqithisa isiganeko somoya, iOregon neWashington zazivutha njengeCalifornia, edume ngokutshabalalisa imililo etshabalalisayo kwiminyaka yakutshanje.
IiBlazes e-Oregon zazingekho kulawulo, zitshabalalisa ngokufanelekileyo iidolophu ezincinci kulo lonke ilizwe. Le mililo, idityaniswe naleyo ikwimpuma yeWashington nakumantla eKhalifoniya, yagquma uMntla-ntshona wePasifiki ngomsi oshinyeneyo, onetyhefu, kungekho kuphumla kubonakala.
Kuyo yonke iveki kaSeptemba 7, amagosa ezempilo karhulumente cetyiswa abahlali ukuba bahlale ngaphakathi kwaye bavale iifestile zabo, njengoko ukuphefumla kulo moya mbi kakhulu ixesha elide kunokukhokelela kuluhlu lweziphumo zempilo zexesha elide.
Abahlali abaninzi baseOregon naseWashington, nangona kunjalo, abakwazanga ukuhlala ngaphakathi. Ngokuka a
2018 ingxelo federal ukusuka kwiSebe leZindlu laseUnited States kunye noPhuhliso lweDolophu, omabini la mazwe aphambili kuluhlu lwamaxabiso aphezulu abantu abangenamakhaya. Phakathi kuka-2007 kunye no-2018, abantu base-Oregon abangahlaliyo benyuke ngeepesenti ezili-12.8, ngelixa iWashington yonyuka phantse ngeepesenti ezingama-24.
Ngo-2018, bekukho abantu abangaphezu kwe-36,000 abanengxaki yokungabi namakhaya e-Oregon naseWashington kudityanisiwe, phantse abangama-20,000 baba bantu behlala bengenamakhaya. Kwaye ngokudendwa kwabantu kwilizwe ngokubanzi phakathi kwe-COVID-19, uncedo oluncinci lukarhulumente, kunye nentshabalalo eyenziwe yimililo yasendle, loo manani akulindelekanga ukuba aphucuke naliphi na ixesha kungekudala.
U-Inez Cooper ngumfazi oneminyaka engamashumi amathathu anesibhozo ubudala ohlala e-Eugene, e-Oregon, emalunga neekhilomitha ezili-100 emazantsi ePortland. I-Eugene yidolophu yasekholejini, ikhaya leYunivesithi yaseOregon kunye nabantu abangaphezu kwe-170,000. Ikwanayo ne izinga eliphezulu yabantu abangenazindlu, ngomntu ngamnye, esizweni.
UCooper ebehlala kwiziko lasekuhlaleni elibonelela ngeentente zomkhosi apho abantu abanengxaki yokungabi namakhaya banokulala. Eli ziko, likumgama omalunga nemizuzu engamashumi amathathu ukusuka kumbindi wedolophu i-Eugene, lisandula ukunyusa umthamo walo, kodwa ngenxa yeemfuno zempilo zoluntu ze-COVID-19, linendawo encinane kakhulu yangaphakathi ngaphakathi emini.
UCooper uthi, ngexesha leentsuku ezilishumi apho umgangatho womoya e-Eugene wawunobungozi ngenene, eli ziko lalingenandawo yangaphakathi efumanekayo kubahlali balo. Uthi ngaphandle kokuba bafumane enye indawo abanokuya kuyo, kwakubakho iiyure ezimbalwa ebudeni bemini apho wonke umntu kwakufuneka ahlale phandle emsi.
“Ndandinomhlobo owandivumela ukuba ndize kwindawo yakhe. Ukuqala kwam ukuya apho, ndandigqunywe luthuthu,” utsho. “Kwakumnandi kakhulu kumsi macala onke.”
UCooper uneengxaki ezininzi zempilo ezingapheliyo, kubandakanya i-asthma kunye nemigraines engapheliyo, kwaye usebenzisa isitulo esinamavili. Ngokutsho kwe-2019 Inqaku kuBalo lweXesha kwiNqila yaseLane, apho i-Eugene ikhoyo, phantse ama-40 ekhulwini abantu ababengenamakhaya babesoloko bengenamakhaya, ngokufuthi bebonisa ukuba banesiphene ngokwasengqondweni okanye ngokwasemzimbeni. Kwi-Multnomah County, ebandakanya isixeko sasePortland, ngaphezu kwe-70 yepesenti yabo bonke abantu abangenazindlu bakhubazekile.
Ezi ziphene azenzeli nje kube nzima ukuba abantu bafumane umsebenzi okanye bafumane indawo yokuhlala esisigxina—uCooper uthi uye wakufumanisa kunzima ukufumana indawo yokuhlala nesitulo sakhe esinamavili—kodwa zikwabangela ukuba kube nzima ngakumbi ukuba sesichengeni semozulu embi, njengomsi. Kubukho bendyikityha yehlabathi ejolise kwinkqubo yokuphefumla, oku koyikeka ngakumbi.
Imililo yasendle ibeka isoyikiso esiyingozi ngokukhethekileyo . IYunivesithi yaseWashington yeSikolo soNyango sika-2019 inqaku Ithi ngenxa yokuba umsi womlilo uqulathe amasuntswana (iingceba zezityalo ezitshisiweyo ezingaphantsi kwe-2.5 micrometers), kulula ukuba izinto ezingaziwayo ziqokelelane emiphungeni yomntu. Xa imililo yasendle idibana nezinto ezenziwe ngabantu, njengeplastiki kunye nenkunkuma, umsi uba yityhefu ngakumbi.
Izixeko ezinqumla kuMntla-ntshona wePasifiki zanikezela ngezixhobo ezithile kumalungu asekuhlaleni angenazindlu ngexesha lemililo yasendle, kodwa abaninzi bathi abo babengonelanga. Yaye nokuba ezi zixeko zibonelela ngobuncwane obuninzi ukuze abantu abangenazindlu baphumle emsi, bekukho ukungathembani phakathi kwabantu abangenazindlu namagosa esixeko.
UDaniel Rushton, itshantliziyo elizinze ePortland, usebenza nabantu abangenazindlu ukubonelela ngamanzi kunye nezixhobo zogutyulo kwiindawo abahlala kuzo. Uthi abantu abanengxaki yokungabi namakhaya ePortland abanasizathu sokuthembela esixekweni ukuba sibabonelele ngoncedo olwaneleyo ngexesha lobunzima.
“Akukho mntu unemibono ephosakeleyo yokuba isixeko sinikela i-shit malunga nempilo yabo,” utshilo uRushton. “Kunzima ukuchaza indlela esinokuphucula ngayo isixeko. Benza kancinane kangangokuba ukuba bebenokwenza enye into, bekuya kuba ngcono.”
URushton uthi kulo lonke ubhubhani we-COVID-19 kunye nomsi womlilo wasendle, isixeko sasePortland senze izizathu zokutshayela iinkampu zabantu abangenazindlu kwiindawo zikawonke-wonke, bekhankanya iinkxalabo zokuncitshiswa okanye iingozi zomlilo.
URushton uthi: “Okwenene abakhathali ngeengozi zomlilo, bakhathalele kuphela kuba umnini wendawo wabucala wakhalaza ngabo.
Kodwa nanjengoko oorhulumente basekhaya besilele ukubonelela uluntu lwabo olungenazindlu, kuMntla-ntshona wePasifiki sisityebi nge amaqela okuncedana, imibutho esebenza ngokuthe ngqo, kunye nabantu ngabanye abafuna nje ukunceda.
U-Pat Hadley ngowasetyhini oneminyaka engamashumi asixhenxe anesihlanu ubudala e-Eugene ongazange afumane ndlu ukusukela oko wagxothwayo kwizindlu ezinemivuzo ephantsi kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo ngenxa yokuvumela usapho lwakhe luhlale naye phambi kokuba baphumelele iitshekhi. Ngoku uhlala ententeni kwiyadi yommeli wasekuhlaleni ongenakhaya, kwaye uthi, ngelixa isixeko singamniki ncedo lungako, abamelwane bebelungile.
“Nantso indlela endiphila ngayo apha, bantu,” utshilo uHadley.
Uthi amaqela ancedisana asekuhlaleni ahambisa iimaski ezi-N95 ebantwini ezitratweni ukunceda ukucoca umoya ombi. Amanye amaqela ase-Eugene akhuphe ukutya, unyango, kwaye aqokelele imali ukuze abantu abangenazindlu bahlale kwiihotele zasekuhlaleni ngexesha lomlilo.
USeattle kunye nePortland bobabini babenoqhanqalazo olubanzi lweBlack Lives Matter kweli hlobo-kutsha nje, bobabini bonyulwe “imimandla ye-anarchist” liSebe Lezobulungisa laseUnited States—yaye amaqela amatshantliziyo alapho omelele ngakumbi kunangaphambili.
Xa uqhanqalazo oluchasene nenkohlakalo yamapolisa ePortland luye lwaphela ngenxa yomlilo wasendle, amaqela ancedisanayo abandakanyeka kuqhanqalazo aye atshintsha iinzame zawo zokunceda abantu abachaphazelekileyo.
URushton uthi: “Kukho izinto onokuzenza ngoku ukunceda abantu abakungqongileyo. “Uqhanqalazo sisiqhamo sabantu abaziva benovelwano olugqithisileyo kunye nomsindo olungileyo nothando. Kwenze ukuba kube lula kakhulu ukubandakanyeka kunye nokufumana iindlela zokwanelisa imfuno. ”
IPacific Northwest, ebikhe yahlala ngaphambili kulindeleke ukuba kuhambe ngcono kuneminye imimandla yelizwe njengoko imozulu ishushu, ebengekalungi ngenxa yale mililo. Njengoko utshintsho lwemozulu luya lusiba lubi, oko kwenzekayo ngokukhawuleza kunoko bekulindelekile, ummandla uya kuba ngaphezulu kwebhokisi ye tinder.
Imbalela kunye namaqondo obushushu ashushu kuwo wonke lo mmandla kuya kuthetha imililo emikhulu minyaka le, kwaye njengoko abantu abaninzi befuduswa yintlekele yemozulu, baya kufuna indawo yokuya.
“Into esiyifunayo kukwakhelwa abantu izindlu. Akunangeniso ukugcina abantu abangakwaziyo ukuyihlawula, kodwa yinto elungileyo ukuyenza,” utshilo u-Indi Keith, itshantliziyo lobulungisa bemozulu ePortland. "Ubulungisa bemozulu nayo yonke enye into."
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