Kule veki uMongameli uTrump uchaze umsebenzi wombhali-mbali oyintsomi uHoward Zinn, owasweleka ngo-2010, njenge "propaganda" ethetha "ukwenza abafundi babe neentloni ngembali yabo." Kodwa uZinn wayekholelwa okwahlukileyo koko, ukuba ukufundisa inyaniso engangxengwanga ngembali kwakuyeyona ndlela ilungileyo yokulwa nepropaganda kwaye engahlolisiswanga wafumana ubulumko. Sisasaza izicatshulwa zodliwanondlebe noZinn ngo-2009 apho wayecacisa indlela yakhe yemfundo. “Sifanele sinyaniseke kulutsha; masingabaqhathi. Kufuneka sinyaniseke ngembali yelizwe lethu,” utshilo uZinn.

NGABA INDAODA ELUNGILE: Siqukumbela umboniso wanamhlanje ngamazwi ombhali-mbali ongasekhoyo uHoward Zinn. NgoLwesine, uMongameli uTrump wagxeka abafundisi-ntsapho abafundisa ngembali yase-US yobukhoboka kunye nobuhlanga, ebhengeza oko kubizwa ngokuba yinkqubo yemfundo yokuthanda ilizwe ukulwa nento awayeyibiza ngokuba "yipropaganda enetyhefu" ezikolweni. UTrump ubize imfundiso yethiyori egxekayo yogqatso “luhlobo lokuxhatshazwa kwabantwana,” yakhalazela iProjekthi ye-1619, iBhaso lePulitzer. series by The New York Times ephonononga ngokutsha ilifa lobukhoboka. UTrump uphinde wamgxeka ngokuthe ngqo uHoward Zinn kwintetho yakhe kwiNational Archives Museum eWashington, DC

PRESIDENT HLALUTYA I-TRUMP: Uqhushululu kunye nesiphithiphithi sisiphumo esithe ngqo samashumi eminyaka yokufundiswa ngasekhohlo kwizikolo zethu. Ihambile ixesha elide kakhulu. Abantwana bethu bafundiswa ngamaphecana osasazo, afana nalawo kaHoward Zinn, azama ukwenza abafundi babe neentloni ngembali yabo.

NGABA INDAODA ELUNGILE: Ke, sibuyela umva ngoku ku-2009, Howard Zinn ukuvela on Intando yeninzi Ngoku! ngaphantsi konyaka ngaphambi kokuba afe. Usanda kupapasha Imbali Yabantu Abaselula yaseUnited States. Ndamcela ukuba aphendule kumbuzo awayesoloko ebuzwa ngomsebenzi wakhe: Ingaba kulungile ukugxeka imigaqo-nkqubo karhulumente, yamaqhawe emveli elizwe?

INDLELA IZINN: Liyinyaniso elokuba abantu baye bawubuza lo mbuzo ngokuphindaphindiweyo. Uyazi, ngaba sifanele sixelele abantwana ukuba uColumbus, abaxelelwe ukuba wayeligorha elikhulu, ukuba uColumbus wagebenga amaIndiya waza wawaqweqwedisa waza wawabulala ngenxa yokusukela igolide? Ngaba sifanele sixelele abantu ukuba uTheodore Roosevelt, obanjwe njengomnye wabongameli bethu abakhulu, ngokwenene wayengumntu othanda ukulwa nomkhosi kwaye wavuyisana nenjengele yaseMelika eyenza ukubulawa kwabantu kwiiPhilippines? Ngaba sifanele sibaxelele loo nto abantu abaselula?

Yaye ndicinga ukuba impendulo ithi: Sifanele sinyaniseke kubantu abaselula; masingabaqhathi. Kufuneka sinyaniseke ngembali yelizwe lethu. Kwaye akufuneki sithathele phantsi kuphela amaqhawe emveli afana no-Andrew Jackson kunye noTheodore Roosevelt, kodwa kufanele ukuba sinika abantu abatsha iseti eyenye yamagorha.

Esikhundleni sikaTheodore Roosevelt, baxelele ngoMark Twain. UMark Twain - ke, uMark Twain, wonke umntu ufunda malunga nombhali we Tom Sawyer kwaye IHuckleberry Finn, kodwa xa sisiya esikolweni, asifundi ngoMark Twain njengosekela mongameli we-Anti-Imperialist League. Asixelelwa ukuba uMark Twain wamgxeka uTheodore Roosevelt ngokuvuma le ndyikityha kwiiPhilippines. Hayi.

Sifuna ukunika abantu abatsha amanani afanelekileyo afana noHelen Keller. Kwaye ndikhumbula ndifunda ngoHelen Keller. Wonke umntu ufunda ngoHelen Keller, uyazi, umntu okhubazekileyo owoyisa ubulwelwe bakhe waza waduma. Kodwa abantu abafundi esikolweni kwaye abantu abatsha abayifundi esikolweni into esifuna bayifunde xa sisenza iincwadi ezifana Imbali Yabantu Abaselula yaseUnited States, ukuba uHelen Keller wayengunontlalontle. Wayengumququzeleli wabasebenzi. Wala ukuwela umgca wepikethi owayechola iholo yeqonga ebonisa umdlalo othetha ngaye.

Kwaye ke, kukho la magorha atshintshanayo kwimbali yaseMelika. Kukho uFannie Lou Hamer kunye noBob Moses. Kukho amaqhawe ombutho wamalungelo oluntu. Baninzi abantu abangacacanga, abangaziwayo. Sinayo kule nto Imbali Yabantu Abaselula. Sineqhawe eliselula elalihleli ebhasini eMontgomery, eAlabama, lala ukushiya umphambili webhasi. Kwaye oko kwakuphambi kweRosa Parks. Ndiyathetha, iRosa Parks idume ngokufanelekileyo ngokwala ukushiya isihlalo sakhe, kwaye wabanjwa, kwaye eso yaba sisiqalo seMontgomery Bus Boycott kwaye ngenene sisiqalo sentshukumo enkulu eMzantsi. Kodwa le ntwazana eneminyaka eli-15 ubudala yaqala yakwenza oko. Ke ngoko, sinokuninzi-sizama ukubuyisela uninzi lwaba bantu bangaziwa ukuba babuyele phambili kwingqalelo yethu kwaye sikhuthaze abantu abancinci ukuba bathi, "Nantsi indlela yokuphila."

NGABA INDAODA ELUNGILE: NguHoward Zinn lowo ukuvela on Intando yeninzi Ngoku! in 2009. Howard Zinn wahlaselwa nguMongameli Trump ngoLwesine. Iprojekthi yeZinn Education igxekile ikhwelo likaTrump "lemfundo yokuthand' izwe." Le projekthi ibhale kuTwitter, “Ke ngoko icacisa ntoni imvukelo ngo-1676, 1680, 1786, 1831, 1859, nangakumbi ngamaMerika Omthonyama, ama-Afrika angamakhoboka, abasebenzi basezimayini zamalahle, nangaphezulu? #HowardZinn wayengekho ngelo xesha,” ungacaphuli.

Ukubona wethu Udliwanondlebe olupheleleyo kunye noHoward Zinn, ungaya kwi-democracynow.org, ngokunjalo lonke udliwano-ndlebe lwethu noHoward Zinn kule minyaka idlulileyo.