Umphumo we-lynching ayikuko ukubulawa komntu omnyama, imbongi kunye nentatheli u-Hakim Bellamy uyandixelela. Umphumo we-lynching kukwenza ikhulu labanye abantu babukele, ukuthumela umyalezo wengcinezelo kunye nokoyikisa: "Lumka, lo inokuba nguwe."
Kuyafana, uBellamy ukholelwa, ngokudutyulwa kwamapolisa kunye nolunye uhlobo lwenkohlakalo kubantu abamnyama baseMelika. Ukhumbula ukuthumela ifoto kwi-Instagram yesikhululo se-BART kutyelelo lwakutsha nje kwindawo yaseSan Francisco Bay enesihloko esithi, "Ngaba akulunganga ukuba ndiziva ndinoloyiko ngoku?" Yayisisingqinisiso sokudutyulwa kokubulawa kuka-Oscar Grant kwisikhululo sase-Oakland se-Fruitvale BART ngo-2009.
“Ngokuqinisekileyo ithumela umyalezo malunga nendlela esifanele sinxibelelane ngayo nabezomthetho,” utshilo uBellamy, ekhumbula izilumkiso ezahlukeneyo awazifumana ebuntwaneni bakhe eNew Jersey malunga nendlela yokungathethi namapolisa. “Wandixelela [abahlobo bakho abamhlophe] banokuthi, ‘Kutheni unditsalela phantsi, gosa’ kwaye ‘ndiya kuba nenombolo yebheji yakho’ kwaye ndiyazi ukuba andisoze, naphakade, ndikwazi ukuthetha nomntu. ipolisa ngaloo ndlela. Bekuya kuba yingozi gqitha ukuba ndithethe nepolisa ngendlela abanye babahlobo bam abavakalelwa kukuba bekufanelekele ngayo.”
UBellamy yintatheli kanomathotholo, imbongi ewonga iAlbuquerque kunye nentshatsheli yesizwe yombongo we slam. Uthe akuva ngokufa kukaMichael Brown ezandleni zepolisa eFerguson, eMissouri wayesazi ukuba ufuna ukubhala into yokubamba ukuphoxeka, umsindo kunye nokuphelelwa lithemba okwakuqhubeka emva kokubulawa kwabantu okungenangqondo kukaTrayvon Martin, u-Oscar Grant kunye. abanye abaninzi.
“Bendinje, owu nkosi yam, nantsi indawo sihamba kwakhona,” watsho. “Ndabhala umbongo xa uTrayvon esweleka okokuqala. Ndibhale i-haikus ezininzi ezimfutshane kunye nezinto malunga nesigwebo sikaZimmerman, kodwa ayizange ivakale ngathi ndiyifumene ngokwenene indlela endiziva ngayo. Ndabhala zonke ezi zibongo zincinci kwaye ndawubamba umsindo wonke, kodwa andizange ndibambe ububudenge, ukuphoxeka, ukungaqiniseki, umcimbi wobunyani bayo. Ndaziva ngathi ndifuna ukwenza ngcono.”
NjengoMama Jones umbiko ngo-Agasti, emva kokudutyulwa eFerguson, ukuxhaphaka okothusayo kokudubula kwamapolisa kujoliswe kubantu abamnyama baseMelika kunzima ukulinganisa kuba kuxhaphake kakhulu kwaye "akukho arhente ibonakala ilandelela inani lokudutyulwa kwamapolisa okanye ukubulawa kwamaxhoba angenazixhobo ngendlela ecwangcisiweyo, ebanzi. .” Idatha ye-Federal malunga nokusetyenziswa kwamandla kwamapolisa yaphukile. Umama uJones wachaza ukuba uBrown ungomnye wamadoda amane amnyama angaxhobanga asweleke ezandleni zamapolisa ngo-Agasti kuphela kunye "kwi-2007, i-ColorLines kunye ne-Chicago Reporter baphande ngokudutyulwa kwamapolisa kwizixeko ezikhulu ezili-10, kwaye kwafumaniseka ukuba kukho inani eliphezulu kakhulu labantu base-Afrika baseMelika phakathi kwamapolisa adubule amaxhoba kuzo zonke.”
I-NAACP umbiko Ukudubula okubandakanya amagosa angama-45 kwarekhodwa e-Oakland, eCalif. phakathi kuka-2004 no-2008 kunye nama-37 abo badutyulwayo babemnyama. Akukho namnye owayemhlophe, kwaye ukudutyulwa kuka-Oscar Grant akuzange kubalwe njengoko kwakusenzeka ngoSuku lweMinyaka eNtsha, ngo-2009. UMama uJones ukwaphawula ukuba “iSebe lesiPolisa lesiXeko saseNew York linike ingxelo efanayo kwimikhwa yalo. ingxelo yokukhutshwa kwemipu, nto leyo ebonisa ukuba baninzi abantu abantsundu abaye badutyulwa ngamagosa e-NYPD phakathi kowama-2000 no-2011 kunabo bangamaHispanics okanye abamhlophe.”
Njengoko sithetha, uBellamy usendleleni eya kulanda unyana wakhe oneminyaka emi-6 esikolweni. Uthi uninzi lomsebenzi wakhe uphenjelelwa kukuba ekhulisa unyana ontsundu eMelika. Emva koFerguson, waphefumlelwa ukuba abhale a Umbongo enesihloko esithi, "AA (Afro Anonymous) aka In Recovery aka WARdrobe," ngendlela yeleta yesilumkiso kunyana wakhe. Umbongo ubamba yonke into ayivayo.
“Ukuba ngumzali ngoku, ngalo mzuzu kwinkqubo yokuvuthwa kwelizwe lethu, yinto eyoyikisayo kakhulu,” utshilo. “[Unyana wam] ngumntwana oxubeneyo, nokuba kuthetha ukuthini na oko. Ndicinga ukuba sonke sixubene, kodwa ndizichaza ngokubonakalayo njengabamnyama; Ndingangena kwindlela endiyinxalenye yesiFrentshi, inxalenye yoMthonyama waseMelika, kodwa xa amapolisa enditsala, ndimnyama. Abandibuzi, 'Uyintoni ilifa unyoko.' Abaziniki xesha lokundazi kakuhle. Unyana wam uza kuba njalo. Umama wakhe umhlophe kakhulu, umTaliyane kakhulu kunye nesiJamani, kwaye ndimnyama kakhulu. Kwaye ungumntwana omdaka ngebala eMelika.”
UBellamy uthe uhlala ecinga ngento aza kumxelela yona unyana wakhe xa kufika ixesha lokuthetha ngemiba yobuhlanga, aze azilolonge ngombongo wakhe. “Ndihlala ndiziqhelisa kwimibongo yam, ndiza kuthini kuye? Ndiza kuthini kuye?”
Kwakhe Bandcamp.com iphepha, uBellamy wazisa umbongo we-Afro Anonymous ngokuthi, “Ibhalwe nguMntu oNtsundu owayekhe waba yinkwenkwana eNtsundu enonyana oNtsundu oza kuba luhlobo olusengozini. Ibhalwe ngelixa kusetyenzwa uFerguson, MO. ” Iindinyana zakhe ezintsonkothileyo nezibuhlungu zibamba iimpembelelo zenkohlakalo yamapolisa kusapho nakwinkcubeko eMelika:
I-AA (Afro Anonymous) aka "Ekubuyisweni" aka WARdrobe
“Ndingumntu ongabonakaliyo...ndiyindoda enenyama nethambo, ifayibha kunye nolwelo—kwaye kusenokuthiwa ndinengqondo. Andibonakali, ndiyaqonda, kuba abantu abavumi ukundibona. ” -URalph Ellison (umntu ongabonakaliyo)
Nyana, ukuba ulahlekile
ihood yakho ayinakukwazi ukukufumana.
Andikwazi kukukhetha phakathi kwesihlwele,
okanye kufole amapolisa.
Ukuba wenze ukuba kude.
Ukuba bade beza bejonge bonke.
Musa ukungaziwa, mntwana.
Qinisekisa ukuba uyaphuma
njengoobhontsi besibini
ecaleni kweminye iminwe esibhozo.
Musa ukuqhwaba.
Musa ukungxama,
nokuba iminwe yabo
curl ngokuthe tye esifubeni sakho.
Abayi kutsala ukuba awutyhili,
Ndiyathandaza.
Khuphuka, phezulu.
Ngokungathi unokufikelela ngokwenene
loo maphupha achetywayo ngaphezu kwakho,
ukubola kwisebe ngalinye likarhulumente.
Ingathi nguwe ophangwe into,
kwaye yonke into iyakrokra.
Xa uzimela
iba lityala,
ngcono ugqame.
Njengeflaneli ehlotyeni.
Njengeebhutsi zokulwa ezimnyama kunye nedyasi yomsele
nanini na enyakeni.
NjengoSteven Fuckin 'Urkel
iibhulukhwe zijikeleze iingono zakho,
okanye bokufaka amakhamandela emaqakaleni akho.
IiHoodies entanyeni yakho.
Iintyatyambo zijikeleze ibhokisi yakho.
Kuba babulala ooStefano ngakumbi
ngaphezu kukaSteves rhoqo ngonyaka omnye.
Ungazifihli nyana.
Nokuba amaqabane akho anxiba ukudinwa
yonke imihla kule ndawo yemfazwe,
kwaye uyibize ngokuba yi-wardrobe,
uzulisa ezo bhulukhwe zimfutshane
njengeHlosi elingenamigca
Musa ukubhalisa kwikombathi efayo
kunye nomkhosi we-metropolitan
engababoniyo ootata be G's,
ikamva lethu lemithi.
Lixesha elivuliweyo kwiihoodies
kunye nejean ezibhityileyo.
Ekuphela kwevesti yembumbulu
Ndingakunika ungezantsi
le suti yeziqwenga ezintathu.
Sinxibe ezi neckies iminyaka
kuba sisoyikisa kancinci
ekupheleni kwentambo.
Thetha ijive kuphela
njengolwimi lwesibini,
ngokuba xa eRoma
yenza njengoko besenza abantu aboyisiweyo.
Ndiyazi…
AmaRoma ngoobani?
Ubukhosi abugutyungelwa
kude kube kudala emva kwebanga loku-1
kodwa ayisokuze ikhawuleze ukukhula
kweli hlabathi lingasemva
yamadoda anxibe iminqwazi engasemva
ukudutyulwa phantsi eWalmart
yokukhupha ipistola yokudlala
Ngelixa abavelisi behlala kwi-brand
ngolunye usuku, malunga nendlela efana nobomi
imveliso yabo...
“Yinyani ke leyo,
namapolisa awakwazi kuwenza umahluko…”
Ngoko akaziwa,
namapolisa awakwazi kuwenza umahluko.
Unyana,
ayingomapolisa nabaphangi
la ngamakhwenkwe eenkomo namaIndiya,
kwaye kuphela kwendlela yokungadutyulwa ngasemva
kukunxiba njengenkwenkwe yenkomo.
Lo mbongo
kukuphela kotolo olukwalatha ngaphaya kwe-19.
Xa ubomi babo
okanye ikratshi
usengozini,
abanako ukuwenza umahluko phakathi kwakho
kunye nerekhodi lolwaphulo-mthetho
bebegilana kwimoto yabo yokugada imini yonke.
Iividiyo ze-rap ze-gangsta
bacingela kwi-loop engqondweni yakho
ngalo lonke ixesha uvula umlomo wakho
ngaphandle kokuthi "mnumzana."
Abanakuxela,
nje ngoomama
ukuzama ukuchonga imizimba eyaphukileyo
yeentsana zabo.
Ukutsalwa kukaStefano
iziphumo zomntu
ngaphandle kwe-footlocker
zoMkhosi woMoya
kunye neejezi zePhoenix Suns
ngathi luluhlu lwamapolisa.
Ndiza kunikela
isinxibo sakho esihonjiswe ngononophelo
ukuya kwitheko elithi "Pimps and Hoes".
ebudlelwaneni awusoze ungene
ekholejini ndizimisele ukukufumana
...kwiqhekeza elinye
Le yunifomu idla umhlala phantsi,
yenzelwe ukukunceda usinde
ezi zitrato zizele yimigewu
ifuna ukunyuswa kobuso.
Ukukunceda usinde
uhlobo oluyingozi ngakumbi lokuphanga.
Ngenxa yokuba iitanki zakho ziphezulu
soze iphakame iitanki zabo.
Ukuba ukunxiba iflegi emhlophe kwakwanele
Ndiza kukuxelela ngaloo nto,
kodwa ikhangeleka kakhulu njengengubo ye-coroner
kunye neGosa le-PTSD linokuthi wenze impazamo
kwindawo yokuqala eIraq.
Lisuse elo liso lenkunzi yenkomo, nyana.
Elo bullshit liphupha lokulingana,
awukwazi ukunxiba nantoni na oyifunayo kweli lizwe
etyhola abafazi ngodlwengulo lwabo
ngenxa yento ababengenayo.
Ufaka ubumnyama bakho egazini lakho
njengetsheyini legolide elimhlophe kweyona ndawo iyingozi yedolophu,
kuba iimbumbulu zigqobhoza iipaki zerhanisi
kushiye imidiza yobukhwenkwe abantsundu ikhukulise imijelo yethu ehambisa amanzi amdaka
Kwaye ndiyaxolisa,
kodwa ndikhetha ukulila
kunokuvuza
usendleleni egodukayo.
Ngoko uya kuhlala
ngokuba ngoyena mntwana waye preppiest esikolweni.
Nxiba inkcubeko yakho
njengomlawuli kodwa eze.
Njengomntu ongabonakaliyo.
Baza kukubona xa kufanelekile,
ngaphaya kweBirkenstocks kunye neBrooks Brothers
ngexesha lokuzingela okulandelayo.
Xa amakhwenkwe edlala ngokufanelekileyo.
Ngoko, nantoni na oyenzayo
musa ukungaziwa.
Xa ubuyela kulaa kona
yiba lidada elinxibe isinxibo seLabrador Retriever
kumhlambi wamarhanisi.
Ubuncinane uyazi
abasayi kukudubula, namhlanje.
Kwaye,
ukuba unethamsanqa,
Basenokukuqhekeza nendlu,
ndikugoduse.
© Hakim Bellamy Agasti 15, 2014
Musa ukuZifihla, Nyana
"Baye baba yimveliso ngakumbi kunomntu," watsho. Kulula ukuzithatha njenge-monolith, kwaye kulula ukuzenza ezi zinto sizoyikayo—kwaye oko kuthethelela indlela esiziphatha ngayo.”
UBellamy ukhethe ukubhala malunga nobuhlanga ngethemba lokuba kuya kunceda ukusasaza uvelwano.
“Zonke izinto ziyalingana, umlungu wam, oyindoda, oneminyaka engama-36 ubudala osuka eNew Jersey akanako ukunxibelelana neTrayvon Martin, basenokungaqhagamshelani noFerguson, kodwa banokunxulumana nokuba ngumzali ozama ukucacisa into ethile. inzima kakhulu emntwaneni omncinci,” utshilo. "Ke ukuba ndibhala apho, kwaye banokuyiqonda loo nto, mhlawumbi kukho ipesenti ephezulu yempumelelo abanokuthi bayiqonde le nto bendizama ukuyithetha."
Ngoxa umsebenzi wakhe unzima, ude ube buhlungu maxa wambi, uBellamy ukhaphukhaphu yaye ukhupha ebaleni xa ethetha, esoloko ehleka. Uthi ubunzulu bomxholo buhlala buvela kuye encokweni.
"Ndihlala ndibuzwa, ubhala ngantoni? Ndixelela abantu, uyazi, ndiyintatheli ngoko ke ndibhala malunga nezinto ezingathandekiyo: ingcinezelo, ubulungisa bentlalo, zonke ezi zinto. Kwaye abantu bayahamba, owu, wow, kufanele ukuba iyadinisa loo nto. ”
Kodwa kuBellamy "ukudinwa" sisichasi xa kufikwa kumsebenzi wakhe.
“Ukuba ujonge umsebenzi wam omninzi ufana nawe ndoda, kufuneka siwuphelise ngomso kuba awukho ngcono—ukuba yiloo nto uyifundileyo, uyifunda kakubi,” watsho ehleka. . “Enyanisweni, into yokuba abantu bafune ukwenza lo msebenzi, indinika ithemba. Ibonisa amandla amangalisayo okuba intliziyo yomntu itshintshe kwaye ikhule kwaye ivakale. Abantu abawubalekeli, babalekela kuwo—ingakumbi abamhlophe, abantu abangama-Anglo baseNew Mexico bathi, ‘Ndifuna ukwenza lo msebenzi, ndifuna ukuva izinto ezindicel’ umngeni kuba zindikhumbuza ukuba sinawo. umsebenzi wokwenza.' Kuyandikhuthaza oko. Leyo yeyona nxalenye inkulu [yomsebenzi wam]. Ayenzelwanga ukuba wonke umntu agoduke kwaye azive ebuhlungu, kodwa yenzelwe ukuba abantu bahambe, injalo, isenzeka loo nto kwaye mninzi umsebenzi ekufuneka siwenze. ”
UBellamy uthe le catshulwa ilandelayo evela kwimbongi yelizwe lase-US uNatasha Trethewey, uyishwankathela: “Abanye bathi 'uqinisekile ukuba ubhala okuninzi malunga nobuhlanga' kwaye ndithi 'ndibhala ngayo kuphela njengoko idityanisiwe kwilaphu lobuhlanga. isizwe sethu'…yingxaki ke leyo; abantu abahoyi.”
"Ukuba bendiphila amava ahluke ngokupheleleyo eMelika, ndingavuya ukubhala ngeekati," utshilo uBellamy. Kodwa ngoku, into endingenakukwazi ukulala ngayo ngaphandle kokucinga ngunyana wam ohambahamba kweli hlabathi kunye nendlela yokulenza likhuseleke kancinci kuye. Ke oko kusengqondweni yam, kwaye yile nto ndithanda ukubhala ngayo. ”
U-April M. Mfutshane ungumhleli onxulumene ne-AlterNet. Mlandele kuTwitter @AprilMShort.
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