UTim Wise ayingomntu wakho omhlophe ophakathi.
Umbhali kunye nomlweli, owaqala umsebenzi wakhe njengomququzeleli kunye neLouisiana Coalition Against Racism and Nazism, uchithe amashumi amathathu eminyaka edlulileyo esilwa ubuhlanga ngaphakathi "kwisisu serhamncwa elimhlophe," njengoko ebeka.
Kwincwadi yakhe entsha, Phakathi kweBarack kunye neNdawo enzima: ubuhlanga kunye nokuphika okumhlophe kwiXesha lika-Obama, Osisilumko uyacamngca ngoko akubizayo Ubuhlanga 2.0-uphawu olutsha lolawulo lwabamhlophe olusebenza phantsi kocalucalulo lwasemva kobuhlanga.
Wathetha naye Imibala yeMibala malunga nendlela yakhe yokulwela ubulungisa bobuhlanga kunye nemingeni kunye nezinto ezinokwenzeka abameli abajongene nazo phantsi kolawulo olutsha.
Uwulungelelanisa njani umyalezo wakho kuwo onke la maqela ohlukeneyo uthetha nawo kunye nawo? Ngoobani obabona njengabaphulaphuli bakho abaphambili?
Ngokucacileyo, okokuqala, kunye nabaphulaphuli abaphambili ngabantu abamhlophe abangakhange bacelwe ukuba bacinge ngale miba kakhulu, ngakumbi hayi ngomnye umntu omhlophe.
Ndithatha olo lwalathiso ukuze ndenze loo nto kwimithombo emibini: Okokuqala, isiluleko sakudala esathi iKomiti yoLungelelaniso yoBundlobongela yaBafundi [SNCC] yasinika amatsha ntliziyo amhlophe ngo-'67, eyayisithi, "Hamba usebenze nabantu bakho."… wenze ngamanye amaxesha. Kulula kakhulu ukwenza into yomzuzu we-mbamba, kunokuba uhambe uyokucela umngeni eyakho, kwaye ndithatha elo cebiso linikwe ngabantu bemibala ngokubaluleke kakhulu.
Kwaye okwesibini, ubudlelwane bam nabantu kwiZiko laBantu lokuSinda kunye nangaphaya, kunye nabanye abacebisi bemibala endinabo, abaye bathi, "Sifuna ngokwenene ukuba usebenze ngokucela umngeni kwabanye abantu abamhlophe ukuba bacinge ngabo. ezi zinto ngendlela entsha. "
Ngaba injongo yintsebenziswano engcono phakathi koluntu okanye incoko ngenxa yengxoxo? Yintoni umdlalo wokugqibela?
Asiyondima yababizwa ngokuba ziingcali, nokuba bamhlophe okanye ngabantu bebala, ukwenza ngokwenene oko kucinga kubantu abaphantsi.
Xa amalungu eSNCC edibana kumagumbi angaphantsi ecawe eMazantsi ngo-1961, '62,'63, kwaye ahlale apho iiyure ezisibhozo besenza amacebo malunga nendlela abaza kuwuqhawula ngayo umva wocalucalulo eMississippi, abazange baye. ngaphakathi kwaye uphulaphule iqela leengcali zibaxelela ukuba benze ntoni. Bangena, baza bamamelana, bacinga kakuhle, baqulunqa ezinye zeenjongo kwaye baphuma nezicwangciso ezimangalisayo. Kwaye akukho nalinye kwezo zicwangciso elanikezelwa ngabo bazibiza ngokuba ziingcali.
UGqr King, uJames Lawson, bonke abo bantu-ababalulekileyo njengoko bevela kwi-angle yokukhuthaza kunye ne-angle ekhuthazayo kunye ne-framework angle-ayingabo abo babeka phambili isicwangciso esikhulu. Abo yayingabantu abaphantsi….. Ke ngoko indima yombhali, umbhali wezincoko, isithethi, kukwandisa ucazululo lwabantu kunye nokuqonda into ekufuneka beyijongile, baze bathembe ukuba banaso isakhono kunye nobuchule, kwaye. ngokuqinisekileyo oko, kunye nomnqweno, ukuba zibe zizixhobo zenkululeko yabo.
Ngaba sifuna ukukhangela umphefumlo kwintshukumo yobulungisa bobuhlanga malunga nendlela esinokuzenza ngayo sibaluleke ngakumbi kolunye uluntu kunye neentshukumo?
Ukugocagoca umphefumlo kufuneka kulingane. Ndicinga ukuba ingxaki yokwakha imanyano ibe yingxaki enkulu yeminye imibutho yobulungisa kwezentlalo engafuni ukujonga ubuhlanga kunye nelungelo…. Kodwa kwangaxeshanye, kufuneka kuqala sithi, "Asitsho ukuba sifuna ukuthatha indawo yomsebenzi okhoyo obalulekileyo kukhathalelo lwempilo, imfundo, impi, indalo, kunye nomsebenzi ochasene nobuhlanga." Ayithi, "Heyi yeka zonke ezinye izinto, kwaye wenze le siyenzayo."
Oko sikuthethayo kukuba, "Sizama ukunika uhlalutyo, i-lens onokuyizisa kumsebenzi wakho obalulekileyo, ukwenza umsebenzi wakho obalulekileyo uphumelele. Kwaye ndicinga ukuba mhlawumbi, asizange sihlale sinxibelelana [oko] njengoko kufuneka."
Ukusukela oko kwakunyulwa umongameli wokuqala omnyama wesizwe, ucinga ukuba umsebenzi wakho njengetshantliziyo utshintshile?
Into endiyibonileyo iphuma kolu lonyulo yile yobuhlanga 2.0. Obu buchule babantu abamhlophe bokuthi, "Kulungile, uyazi, ndisenezimvo ezingalunganga malunga nabantu abaninzi bebala, kodwa ndiyayithanda loo mfo. Luhlobo lwekhadi elitsha-abahlobo-bam-abangcono-abamnyama, ukuphuma-e-jele-free.
Kwangaxeshanye, bekukho olu hlobo logqabhuko-dubulo lwezinto zocalucalulo ngokugqithisileyo, ezingagungxulwanga, zingena-ingalukwa-e-e-seams, ziphuma kwintetho zikanomathotholo kunye nezinto ezinjalo.
Unyulo lukhuphe kwi-woodwork yonke inkxalabo emhlophe kunye noloyiko. Kwaye loo nto ibangela ukuba le ncoko iqhubele phambili. Ngelishwa ukuba kuthathe olo hlobo lokusabela ukwenza loo ncoko iqhubeke, kodwa ndicinga ukuba abantu bahoye ngoku.
Ucinga ntoni ngohambo lukaMongameli Obama umva kwizimvo zakhe zokuqala malunga namapolisa enza "ngobudenge" ekubanjweni kukanjingalwazi waseHarvard uHenry Louis Gates, Omnci.?
Into ayithethileyo [ngokubanjwa kweGates] yayinobulali kakhulu…. Kodwa ngelishwa, nantsi ingxaki: Apha unomfo othe, kuba ebesoloko eyiphepha le ncoko yogqatso ixesha elide njengosopolitiki, akaselungelanga ukungena kulo kwakhona…. Ke ukubuya umva, kum, luphawu nje lweparameters ngelishwa abantu bebala ngokukhethekileyo babajikelezile ngalo lonke ixesha befuna ukuthetha ngokunyanisekileyo malunga nobuhlanga. Bayabethwa ngempama. Yiloo nto eyenzekayo.
Ucinga ntoni ngoxinzelelo olubonwayo phakathi koluntu lwemibala kunye noluntu lwe-LGBT emva kokupasa kweSindululo sesi-8?
Isekelwe kwindlela umzabalazo we-LGBT uqulunqwe ngayo-kwaye uqulunqwe ngamajelo omabini, kodwa kunye nobunkokeli be-LGBT be-activist ngokwayo, kwaye kuzo zombini iimeko, ndicinga ukuba yenziwe njengomhlophe ngokungaqhelekanga.
[Kubantu be-LGBT bebala], ubuhlanga ngumcimbi ongaqhelekanga. Kwaye ukuhlamba iqueer ngumba wogqatso…. Ukuzama ukuthetha malunga nobugqwirha njengokutenxa nje kwinto ebonwa liqela elilawulayo njengesiqhelo (kwaye ke ngoko esempilweni, kwaye ke ngoko ifanelekile, kwaye ilungile) yenye indlela yokwandisa le ncoko. Ukuba uyayandisa incoko ngolo hlobo, ngokwenene uvumela umanyano olukhulu olunokubakho lwabantu abahlukileyo kunobu buqhetseba, abathi, ukunyaniseka, akuzange kube yinto eqhelekileyo.
Ndicinga nje ekuphela kwendlela yokuba olu xinzelelo luza kwenziwa luluntu lwe-LGBT, olumhlophe olulawulwa kwinqanaba lobunkokeli, ukuqonda imeko yobuhlanga kwaye baqale ukwenza ezinye zokufikelela phakathi kwabaNtsundu nabantsundu. .
Ngaba ngokwenene kukho "ingxabano emnyama-mdaka," njengoko amajelo eendaba ehlala ecebisa?
Kukho, kodwa umbuzo osezantsi awuzange ubuzwe ngoyena mntu ulawulayo kwimithombo yeendaba, ethi: Kutheni le nto abantu abaNtsundu nabantsundu bedubulana, besilwa omnye komnye, phezu kwamaqhekeza epayi ubukhulu becala. Akukho namnye kubo?… Kukuzeyisa. Kukuzitshabalalisa. Kwaye ukuyicwangcisa njengoxinzelelo "omnyama-nomdaka", ngokuchasene nesiphumo esishiyekileyo senkqubo yolawulo lwabamhlophe, ukongama kwabamhlophe kunye nelungelo elimhlophe-apho omabini la maqela angabandakanywanga-kukuqinisekisa ukuba abantu bahlala bekhomba. omnye komnye, ngelixa abo ngokwenene phezulu kweso sakhiwo amandla nje uhlobo bahlale emva kwaye bahleke.
Ngoko akukhona ukuba akukho kwahlukana-kukho. Kodwa oku kwenzekayo xa abantu abaphantsi kwesakhiwo sentlalo bevakalelwa kukuba abanalo indawo yokutshintsha eso sakhiwo. Bajikela abo basondeleyo kubo. Kwaye oko kuyakwenzeka nokuba ngababantu abaMnyama nabaseLatino, okanye ngaba ngabantu abamhlophe abasebenzayo kunye nabantu abaNtsundu abasebenzayo. Uyazi, yiyo yonke imbali yento eyenzekayo.
UMichelle Chen ngumbhali ozimeleyo ozinze kwisiXeko saseNew York. Ubloga e Racewire.org.
UTim Wise ungumbhali weencwadi ezininzi; eyona yakutshanje phakathi kweBarack kunye neNdawo eNzima, ubuhlanga kunye nokukhanyela okumhlophe kwiXesha lika-Obama, epapashwe kwi-Open Media Series yi-City Lights Books, www.citylights.com
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