Kwilizwe apho ukuba ngumntu omnyama kwandisa amathuba akho okuba ungaphangeli, uhlwempuzeke, ungavunyelwa ukuba ubolekwe yibhanki, urhanelwa ngokwenza ububi kwaye uchazwe njengesaphuli-mthetho, ubanjwe okanye udutyulwe ngamapolisa, ingqondo ibhidekile kwisigqibo sikaRachel Dolezal kwiminyaka edlulileyo ukuqalisa. ezenza umAfrika waseMelika. Ewe mhlawumbi ubumnyama buyanceda xa ufuna umsebenzi kwisebe leZifundo zaseAfrika, uthengisa owakho umzobo wase-Afrika waseMelika, okanye unethemba lokunyusa isebe le-NAACP lendawo-zonke ezibonakala ngathi zenzeke kuDolezal-kodwa ngokubanzi ukuthetha, ukwamkela ubumnyama njengesazisi somntu kunye nokuthatha indawo yobumhlophe bokwenene ayikho kanye indlela yokuchasana okuncinci eMelika.
Ukuqonda ukunqaba apho abantu abamhlophe baye bazama ukudlula njengabantu abamnyama kule minyaka idlulileyo, abaninzi baye bavuma ukucebisa imiba yobuqu, yosapho kunye neyasengqondweni enokuthi isentliziyweni yenkohliso yakhe. Iyandichukumisa into yokuba kukho ingcaciso ebalulekileyo, engahoywanga kakhulu kwaye inokwenzeka ukuba iphindaphindwe kaDolezal, kwaye enefuthe lokwenyani kubantu abamhlophe abafuna ukusebenza ngokubambisana nabantu bemibala, nokuba kukwintshukumo yeBlackLivesMatter, ngoMvulo wokuziphatha eNorth Carolina, okanye naliphi na elinye icandelo lale mihla lamalungelo oluntu kunye nomzabalazo wokuchasa ubuhlanga. Yenye into endingazange ndicinge ngayo kangako de ndafunda into izolo, igqabaza lomnye wabazalwana bakhe abantsundu abamkhulisileyo, lokuba ngelixa uDolezal wayengumfundi onesidanga eHoward, waziva ngathi โakazange waphathwa kakuhle kakhulu,โ ubuncinane ngokuyinxenye ngenxa yokuba akazange amkelwe ngokupheleleyo. Wayeyintombazana emhlophe yaseMontana eyayipeyinta ubomi obumnyama kwiseyile kwiziko elihloniphekileyo nelingenaluxolelo.
Ngoku, kwelinye icala, kulungile kuye ndicinga ukuba ndingatoliki ukungamkelwa kwakhe ngokupheleleyo ngabantu baseHoward njengolunye uhlobo โlokubuyisa ubuhlanga.โ Ubuncinane akazange ayithathe apho, mhlawumbi apho abanye babeya kuphelela khona. Nangona kunjalo kubonakala ngathi uyithathe kwenye indawo eyingxaki, ukuba ayicacanga kangako, kwaye noko ebeyijonge ngcono kangakanani na indlela yokuphambukela.
Umanyano lubandakanya, okona kulungileyo, ukusebenza nabantu bebala, kunokuzama ukubathethela. Ndiyakrokrela ukuba uDolezal wafumanisa eHoward ukuba akwanelanga ukuthanda inkcubeko yabantu abamnyama kwaye uthi umntu umanyene nentshukumo yokulingana kwabantu abamnyama; ukuba ngenene, abantu abantsundu abavele bathembe abantu abamhlophe kuba sisithi siphantsi; ukuba ukuzibonakalisa kuthatha ixesha, kwaye inkqubo ingcolile njengesihogo, kwaye izaliswe ngokujika okungalunganga kunye neempazamo kunye nokungcatsha kunye nokuxolisa kunye nomthamo ophilileyo weentlungu. Ndiyarhana ukuba wayengenamonde wobugxwayiba, kodwa exhobe ngomsindo wobulungisa ngabantu ababemngqongile, mhlawumbi naleyo wayekhuliswe kuyo ngasentshona, wakhetha ukusika umntu ophakathi. Esihogweni kunye nobudlelwane obumhlophe (okanye njengabahlobo bam kunye noogxa bam uLisa Albrecht noJesse Villalobos bayibiza ngokuthi, "ukulandela"), esihogweni ngokusebenza nabanye; endaweni yoko, wakhetha ukuba mnyama, athethele nanjengabanye. Mhlawumbi yayiyindlela yakhe yokufumana ubunyani awayeziva efanelekile ngenxa yeemvakalelo zakhe, nawayevakalelwa kukuba waliwe ngabo wayefuna imvume yakhe.
Yinguqulelo egqithisileyo, ngokuqinisekileyo, kodwa isiqwenga esikunye nabo bantu bamhlophe abacinga ukuba ukunxulumana nenkolo yasempumalanga kubenza babe ngokomoya ngakumbi, ukuba ukunikela amaso kunye nababambe amaphupha kwizipili zabo ezijonge ngasemva kubenza babe ngabemveli, okanye ukukhwaza kakhulu. , i-brashest hip-hop beats kwi-suburbs zabo ezidala zibenza zibenzima kwaye nesitrato kwaye ziyinyani, ngandlela ithile ayinakwenzeka ngaphakathi kwemida ye-normativity emhlophe.
Ndiqinisekile ukuba engqondweni yakhe, iinjongo zakhe zazilungile; ukuba ukwala ubumhlophe, kungekuphela nje ngokwembono yezobupolitika kodwa kwanakwakhe kwakusisenzo sobulungisa, mhlawumbi kwanesokuvukela. Kodwa kwakungenjalo. Kuluguquko kubantu abantsundu bokwenyani ukuba bavukele ubumhlophe kuba banemvakalelo enzulu nehlala ihleli yomngcipheko obandakanyekayo ekwenzeni oko, hayi ngokufunda ngayo, kodwa ngenxa yokuba ibhalwe kwi-DNA yabo, kwimemori yeseli edluliselwe kuyo. bona ngookhokho babo. Ukuze abantu abantsundu bacele umngeni ubumhlophe kunye neziphumo ezoyikisayo zokongama kwabamhlophe kukufuna ukuba abantu bam baphile, nokuba kufuneka ndife.
Kubantu abamhlophe, isenzo soguqulo-guquko asibi mnyama kwaye sizenza ngathi siyabelana ngenkumbulo yembali; kunokuba, ifuna ukuba nangona ubani abe mhlophe, umntu abeke ubuntu ngaphezu kwesikhumba kunye nekratshi lobuhlanga, ukuba bathi abantu bam baya kuphila njengokuba ubukhosi obumhlophe kufuneka bafe. Kukuhlala umhlophe kwaye ucele umngeni ukuba kuthetha ukuthini oko eluntwini ngokuzama ukutshintsha olo luntu mihla le. Ngokwahlukileyo, umntu omhlophe oye waphila njengomAfrika waseMelika ukusukela kancinane ngaphambi kokufika kolawulo luka-Obama uneminyaka esixhenxe kwiminyaka emnyama, kwaye emva koko uphantsi koxinzelelo ukuba kuthetha ukuthini kunaye nawuphi na umntu omnyama oneminyaka esixhenxe ubudala kule nto. ilizwe. Umlinganiso mhlawumbi, mhlawumbi nokuba ulungile, kodwa ulinganisa nangona kunjalo. Kwaye ukuxelisa ayilomanyano.
Eyona nto yayiphazamisa kuzo zonke, kwakukho enye indlela, nangona uDolezal wayengenamdla wokuyinyathela. Nokuba bekucetyiwe okanye bekungajongwanga, ngokutyeshela imbali (kwaye nokuba kubonakala ngathi kuyenzeka) yomanyano lokwenyani oluchasene nobuhlanga, uDolezal ekugqibeleni unikezele ngempama ebusweni kuloo mbali ngokuthi ibingalunganga ngokwaneleyo ukuba ajoyine. Ukuba isiko likaJohn Brown, likaJohn Fee, oodade bakwaGrimke, baka-Anne noCarl Braden noBob noDottie Zellner, ukubala nje abambalwa, yayingelolifa elinentsingiselo elaneleyo lokuba angabanga. Wayengazimiselanga ukuhlawula iimali zakhe, ukulandela ukhokelo lwabantu bebala. Wayengafuni ukwenza umsebenzi onzima kunye nomdaka, ezamana nabanye abantu abamhlophe kwaye ebacela umngeni, yiloo nto i-SNCC yasixelela ukuba siyenze abantu abamhlophe ngo-1967, kunye nento awayesele eyithethile uMalcolm ngaphambi nje kokufa kwakhe. Wayefuna ukwahlukana nabantu abamhlophe ngokupheleleyo, azintywilisele ebumnyameni, ukanti, njengomntu omhlophe, wayesazi ukuba wayengenakuyenza loo nto ngokupheleleyo. Kwaye ke, endaweni yoko, oku.
Kukho isifundo apha, kuthi thina bamhlophe kwaye sikukhathalele ngokunzulu ukulingana ngokobuhlanga, ubulungisa kunye nenkululeko: isazisi esimhlophe esichasene nobuhlanga yinto ekufuneka siyihlakulele. Asinako ukulahla ulusu lwethu, namalungelo ethu njengedyasi yakudala. Ayizizo izixhobo zokunxiba okanye ezinganxitywanga njengoko umntu ethanda, kodwa endaweni yoko, izikhumbuzo ezizingisileyo zoluntu olungekabiyinyani, yiyo loo nto kufuneka sisebenzisane nabantu bebala ukubhukuqa inkqubo enika loo malungelo. Kodwa igama eliphambili apha ngabantu bebala, hayi njengabo. Kufuneka sizimisele ukwenza umsebenzi onzima wokufumana indlela eyahlukileyo yokuphila kolu lusu.
Eso sisiphambuka sobumhlophe kuthi, kwaye kungaphezu kokwaneleyo ukuba sithwale, kwaye kanye njengoko kufuneka. Akufuneki sizenze ngathi sithwele imithwalo yabanye ukuze sixakeke sisenza ubumhlophe bethu, nangona busabonakala, bungasasebenzi kwindawo yethu ehlabathini.
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