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AVA DuVERNAY: Bendifunda udliwano ndlebe apho ubuthetha ngento ebisoloko isengqondweni yam mva nje. Kumalunga neli xesha sikulo ukuba ndiza kukubiza nje ukubalwa kobuhlanga. Ngaba uvakalelwa kukuba besinokudibana nalo mzuzu ngendlela eyomeleleyo njengoko besiyivile kweli hlobo ngaphandle kokuba ingxaki ye-COVID ibe sisiseko? Ngaba enye yayinokwenzeka ngamandla angaka ngaphandle komnye?
Angela Davis: Lo mzuzu lindibano phakathi kwentlekele ye-COVID-19 kunye nokwanda kolwazi lwendalo yocalucalulo. Amaxesha anje ayenzeka. Aziqikelelekanga kwaphela, kwaye asinakuseka ulungelelwaniso lwethu kuluvo lokuba sinokungenisa elo xesha. Into esinokuyenza kukusebenzisa elo xesha. Xa uGeorge Floyd wabulawa, yaye sonke singamangqina aloo ntoโsonke sabukela njengoko eli polisa limhlophe lalibambe idolo entanyeni kaGeorge Floyd kangangemizuzu esibhozo nemizuzwana engama-46โndicinga ukuba abantu abaninzi bazo zonke iintlanga nezizwe, ababengekafiki. Ngokuyimfuneko ukuba siqonde indlela imbali ekhoyo ngayo ebomini bethu namhlanje, owathi, "Ewe, andizange ndibe namakhoboka, ngoko ubukhoboka bunantoni na kum?" ngequbuliso waqalisa ukuyifumana. Ukuba bekukho umsebenzi obekumele wenziwe kwangoko emva kobukhoboka obunokusithintela ukuba sifike ngalo mzuzu. Kodwa akuzange kwenzeke. Kwaye silapha. Kwaye ngoku kufuneka siqale.
Olu qhankqalazo lunike abantu ithuba lokuba bazibandakanye kwesi sinyanzeliso sidityanisiweyo sokuzisa utshintsho olunzulu, utshintsho olumandla. Defund amapolisa, aphelise umsebenzi wamapolisa njengoko siwazi ngoku. Ezi ziingxoxo ezifanayo ebesisoloko sizenza ixesha elide malunga nenkqubo yentolongo kunye nayo yonke inkqubo yobulungisa kulwaphulo-mthetho. Kwaba ngathi yonke le minyaka yamashumi omsebenzi wabantu abaninzi, ababengafumani tyala konke konke, yaba nemiphumo emihle.
Ubuqonda ubungozi bamapolisa aseMelika, ukwenziwa kolwaphulo-mthetho kwabantu abaMnyama, abantu bomthonyama nabantsundu, kwiminyaka engama-50 eyadlulayo. Ubutshantliziyo bakho kunye ne-scholarship yakho ibisoloko ibandakanya iklasi kunye nobuhlanga kunye nesini kunye nesondo. Kubonakala ngathi sikubunzima obukhulu apho uninzi lwabantu lukwaziyo ukuva nokuqonda iingqikelelo obuthetha ngazo amashumi eminyaka. Ngaba oko kuyanelisa okanye kuyadinisa emva kwalo lonke eli xesha?
Andicingi ngayo njengamava endinawo njengomntu. Ndicinga ngayo njengamava adibeneyo, kuba ngendingazange ndenze ezo mpikiswano okanye ndibandakanyeke kwezo ntlobo zentshukumo ukuba bekungekho abanye abantu abayenzayo. Enye yezinto eziye zathethwa ngabanye bethu ngokuphindaphindiweyo kukuba senza lo msebenzi. Musa ukulindela ukufumana ikhredithi yoluntu ngayo. Asimele kuvunywe ukuba siyawenza lo msebenzi. Lo msebenzi siwenza kuba sifuna ukutshintsha ihlabathi. Ukuba umsebenzi asiwenzi ngokuqhubekayo nangentshiseko, njengoko kubonakala ngathi akukho mntu uphulaphuleyo, ukuba asincedi ekudaleni iimeko ezinokuthi zibe notshintsho, ngoko umzuzu onje uya kufika kwaye akukho nto sinokuyenza. ngayo. Njengoko uBobby Seale watshoyo, asizukwazi โukulibamba ixesha.โ Lo ngumzekelo ogqibeleleyo wokukwazi kwethu ukubamba lo mzuzu kwaye uwuguqule ube yinto egqibeleleyo neguqulayo.
Ndiyakuthanda oko. Ndiyazi ukuba kukho amandla amaninzi malunga nendlela yokugcina ingqalelo. Kodwa le nto uyithethayo kufuneka yenzeka ngokuzimeleyo kuyo nayiphi na imikhosi yangaphandle. Ukuze lakufika ixesha elifanelekileyo, kubekho amalungiselelo ebesele eqhutywa. Musa ukucinga kakhulu malunga nokugcina ixesha. Hlala nje ulungele umzuzu xa ufika, kuba uya kuba njalo.
Ngokuchanekileyo. Ndicinga nangegalelo lakho. Baninzi abantu abawubonileyo umsebenzi wakho, iifilimu zakho: 13th kunye nefilimu kwiCentral Park Five.
Xa Basibona! Andikholelwa ukuba uyazi ngayo. Ndiyavuya.
Oh Thixo wam. Andizange ndiyibone kuphela, kodwa ndiye ndakhuthaza abanye abantu ukuba bayijonge. Ndabona loo ncoko ichukumisa ngokwenene phakathi kwabadlali kunye namanani okwenene. Konke oko kunceda ekudaleni umhlaba ochumileyo. Andiqondi ukuba ngesiya kule ndawo sikuyo namhlanje ngaphandle komsebenzi wenu kunye nomsebenzi wamanye amagcisa. Engqondweni yam, bubugcisa obunokuqalisa ukusenza sizive into esingekayiqondi.
Usandul' ukwenza ubomi bam ngokuthetha oko. Enkosi akwanelanga. Kukho intetho eninzi malunga nemiqondiso yobukhoboka, yobukoloniyali. Imifanekiso eqingqiweyo iyathotywa, iibhulorho zithiywa ngokutsha, izakhiwo zithiywa ngokutsha. Ngaba kuvakala njengokusebenza, okanye ucinga ukuba kukho into ekhoyo kwezi zenzo?
Andiqondi ukuba kukho impendulo elula. Kubalulekile ukukhomba kwimbonakalo ebonakalayo yembali esijijisana nayo ngoku. Kwaye loo mifanekiso iqingqiweyo izikhumbuzo zethu ukuba imbali yase-United States of America yimbali yobuhlanga. Ke kungokwemvelo ukuba abantu bazame ukuthoba ezo mpawu.
Ukuba yinyani ukuba amagama ayatshintshwa, kususwe imifanekiso eqingqiweyo, kufanele ukuba amaziko ajonge ngaphakathi kwaye azama ukuba angaziguqula njani na wona ngokugqibeleleyo. Ngumsebenzi wenene lowo. Maxa wambi siye sicinge ukuba owona msebenzi ubalulekileyo ngulo msebenzi ubalaseleyoโimiboniso yasesitratweni. Ndiyalithanda igama elisetyenziswe nguJohn Berger: Imiboniso โziimfundiso zoguquko.โ Xa sidibana nabantu abaninzi, siye siqaphele amandla ethu okuzisa utshintsho. Kodwa kunqabile ukuba umboniso wangempela uzise utshintsho. Kufuneka sisebenze ngezinye iindlela.
Ndihlala ndikuthanda ukuthetha nawe kuba ulahla iireferensi ezisithoba kwincoko. Undinika uluhlu lokufunda emva kokucaphula kwakho. UJohn Berger. Ukubhala phantsi oko. Enye yezinto othe wathetha ngazo endibambelele kuyo kukuba iyantlukwano kunye nokubandakanywa. Kumashishini amaninzi, ngakumbi amashishini okuzonwabisa apho ndisebenza khona, lawo angamazwi. Kodwa ndizibona ngendlela ondifundise ngayo ngexesha lencoko yethu I-13th. La ngamaqhinga ohlaziyo, hayi amaqhinga okutshintsha. Ukwahluka kunye nokubandakanywa kweofisi ye-studio, yeyunivesiti, nayiphi na intlangano, akusiyo isisombululo esikhawulezayo.
Ngokuqinisekileyo. Phantse onke amaziko asebenzisa elo gama, "iyantlukwano." Kwaye ndihlala ndibuza, โKe, buphi ubulungisa apha?โ Ngaba uza kucela nje abo bebejongelwe phantsi okanye bacinezelwe ukuba bangene ngaphakathi kwiziko kwaye bathathe inxaxheba kwinkqubo efanayo ekhokelele ngokuchanekileyo ekujongelwe phantsi kwabo? Ukwahluka kunye nokubandakanywa ngaphandle kotshintsho olubonakalayo, ngaphandle kakhulu utshintsho, alufezi nto.
โUbulungisaโ lelona gama liphambili. Siqala njani ukuguqula amaziko ngokwawo? Silutshintsha njani olu luntu? Asifuni ukuthatha inxaxheba ekuxhatshazweni kongxowankulu. Asifuni ukuthatha inxaxheba ekujongelwe phantsi kwabaphambukeli. Kwaye ke kufuneka kubekho indlela yokucinga malunga noqhagamshelwano phakathi kwayo yonke le miba kunye nendlela esinokuqala ngayo ukucinga uhlobo olwahluke kakhulu loluntu. Nantso ke into ethetha ukuthi โdefund amapolisaโ. Yiloo nto ke ithetha ukuthi โukuphelisa amapolisaโ.
Sinokukusebenzisa njani oko kwinkqubo yemfundo?
Ubungxowankulu kufuneka bube yinxalenye yencoko: ubungxowankulu behlabathi. Kwaye yinxalenye yencoko malunga nemfundo, kuba oko sikubonileyo kuyanda ukuthengiswa kwamashishini abucala, kunye nokuvela kohlobo oluxubileyo: izikolo ezihlawulelwayo. Ukwenziwa kwezinto zabucala yiyo loo nto izibhedlele bezingayilungelanga [i-COVID-19], kuba zisebenza ngokuhambelana nemiyalelo yenkunzi. Abafuni ukuba neebhedi ezongezelelweyo kuba oko kuthetha ukuba abavelisi ngeniso. Kwaye kutheni becela abantwana ukuba babuyele esikolweni? Kungenxa yoqoqosho. Sikwidakumba ngoku, ngoko ke bazimisele ukuncama ubomi babantu abaninzi kangaka ukuze bagcine ubungxowankulu behlabathi busebenza.
Ndiyazi ukuba ngumba omkhulu lowo, kodwa ndicinga ukuba asinakuyiqonda nyani into eyenzekayo kusapho apho abazali bengabasebenzi ababalulekileyo kwaye banyanzelwa ukuba baye emsebenzini kwaye bangakhathali. Akufunekanga kube nemfundo yasimahla kuphela, kodwa kufuneka kubekho ukukhathalelwa kwabantwana simahla kwaye kufuneka kubekho nokhathalelo lwezempilo lwasimahla. Yonke le miba iza kufika entloko. Oku, njengoko ubutshilo, ukubala ngokobuhlanga. Ukuphononongwa kwakhona kwendima edlalwe lucalucalulo ekudalweni kweUnited States of America. Kodwa ndicinga ukuba kufuneka sithethe ngongxowankulu. Ubungxowankulu bebusoloko bubukhapitali bobuhlanga. Naphi na apho sibona ubukhapitali, sibona impembelelo kunye nokuxhaphazwa kobuhlanga.
Khange sithethe kakhulu ngeloxesha leOccupy. Ndicinga ukuba xa sijonga indlela imibutho yoluntu ekhula ngayo, i-Occupy isinike isigama esitsha. Saqalisa ukuthetha ngesi-1 ekhulwini nama-99 ekhulwini. Kwaye ndiyacinga ukuba loo nto inento yokwenza noqhanqalazo lwanamhlanje. Kufuneka sicace gca malunga nenyaniso yokuba i-capitalism yehlabathi ubukhulu becala inoxanduva lokuvalelwa kwabantu abaninzi kunye ne-industrial complex complex, njengoko inoxanduva lokufuduka okwenzekayo kwihlabathi jikelele. Abaphambukeli banyanzelwa ukuba bawashiye amazwe abo ngenxa yokuba inkqubo yobukapitali behlabathi yenze kwanzima ukuphila ubomi babantu. Kungenxa yoko le nto beza e-US, yiyo loo nto beza eYurophu, befuna ubomi obungcono.
Uvakalelwa njani ngomfazi ozalelwe kucalucalulo ukubona lo mzuzu? Zeziphi izifundo ozifundileyo malunga nomzabalazo?
Ngumbuzo omkhulu ngenene lowo. Mhlawumbi ndingayiphendula ngokuthi kufuneka sibe nethemba elithile. Ngandlelโ ithile ndiye ndabandakanyeka kwiintshukumo ukususela xa ndandimncinane kakhulu, yaye ndikhumbula ukuba umama akazange asilele ukugxininisa ukuba njengoko izinto zazimbi kwihlabathi lethu elahluleleneyo, utshintsho lwalunokwenzeka. Ukuba ihlabathi liya kutshintsha. Ndafunda indlela yokuphila phantsi kwezo meko ngoxa kwangaxeshanye ndihlala kwihlabathi endithelekelelwayo, ndiqonda ukuba ngenye imini izinto ziya kwahluka. Ndinethamsanqa lokuba umama wam wayelitsha-ntliziyo elalinamava kwiintshukumo ezichasene nobuhlanga, intshukumo yokukhusela, umzekelo, iScottsboro Nine.
Bendisoloko ndiyibona indima yam njengetshantliziyo njengoncedo ekudaleni iimeko ezinokwenzeka zotshintsho. Kwaye oko kuthetha ukwandisa kunye nokwenza nzulu ukuqonda koluntu ngobume bobuhlanga, i-heteropatriarchy, ungcoliseko lweplanethi, kunye nobudlelwane babo kubungxowankulu behlabathi. Lo ngumsebenzi ebendisoloko ndiwenza, kwaye bendisoloko ndisazi ukuba uza kwenza umahluko. Ayingomsebenzi wam njengomntu ozimeleyo, kodwa ngumsebenzi wam noluntu olusokolayo. Ndikholelwa ukuba le yindlela ihlabathi elitshintsha ngayo. Ihlala iguquka ngenxa yoxinzelelo olwenziwa ngabantu abaninzi, abantu abaqhelekileyo, kwimeko ekhoyo yezinto. Ndiziva ndinethamsanqa lokuba ndisaphila nanamhlanje ukuze ndibone oku.
Kwaye ndiyavuya kuba umntu ofana noJohn Lewis ubenako ukuva oku kwaye akubone oku ngaphambi kokuba asweleke, kuba amaxesha amaninzi asiziboni iziqhamo zomsebenzi wethu. Zisenokwakheka, kodwa kusenokuba yiminyaka engama-50 kamva, kusenokuba yiminyaka eli-100 kamva. Kodwa bendisoloko ndigxininisa ukuba umsebenzi kufuneka siwenze ngokungathi utshintsho lunokwenzeka kwaye ngathi olu tshintsho luza kwenzeka kungekudala. Isenokungabi njalo; sisenokungafumani ubungqina ngayo. Kodwa ukuba asiwenzi lo msebenzi, akukho mntu uya kuze alibonele.
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