Xa ndandisentolongweni ngenxa yezenzo zam ezichasene nenyukliya, enye yeendlela zam zokubhala into eza kupapashwa mihla le-ileta eya kumhleli, isicatshulwa soluvo, uphononongo lwencwadi, okanye imibongo ephakathi. Ikhulu leepesenti lokubhala kwam lalichasene nezixhobo zenyukliya.
Andikwazanga ukuvota ngelixa ndivalelwe. Kodwa ndala ukuyeka ukuthatha inxaxheba kulawulo lwethu lwedemokhrasi. Ukuba ndiyakwazi ukukholisa abantu ababini ukuba bakhathalele ngokwaneleyo ukuba bavote abangazange bavote nangona bekwazi, kwaye ukuba bavotele umgqatswa ochasene nezixhobo zenyukliya, ndaziva ngathi le yindlela endandiseyinxalenye ye idemokhrasi yelizwe lam.
Ngoobani abantu abangakwaziyo ukuvota kwaye abaseyinxalenye yendlela idemokhrasi yethu esebenza ngayo? Uluhlu olungaphelelanga, kodwa endinethemba lokuba lunika ithemba kwabo banqwenela ukuba bavote kunyulo lwethu lwaseMelika:
- Abafundi abasindileyo kwisiganeko esoyikekayo soSuku lweValentine luka-2018 kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo iMarjory Stoneman Douglas babebancinci kakhulu ukuba bavote kwaye okwangoku. waqala intshukumo eyakha uxinzelelo olwaneleyo koosopolitiki ukuba bafezekise uloyiso oluthile lowiso-mthetho.
- UGreta Thunberg wayeyintombazana eselula yaseSweden eyaqala intshukumo yoqhankqalazo lwemozulu eyabangela ukuba oorhulumente bangaphaya kweyakhe ukuba benze okuthile. Umncinci kakhulu ukuba angavota, engengommi wanoma yiphi na indawo ngaphandle kwaseSweden, ukanti uthatha inxaxheba kakhulu kwidemokhrasi ukusuka e-UK ukuya eNew Zealand ukuya e-US nangaphaya, wayenempembelelo kakhulu kwimagazini iTime. Umntu woNyaka kwi 2019.
- Ngentwasahlobo ka-1963, ngaphezu kwewaka labafundi abaselula batsiba isikolo e-Birmingham, e-Alabama, beqhankqalaza ucalucalulo kunye nokucinezelwa komvoti kaJim Crow ochasene nedemokhrasi abantu abamnyama ababenyamezele eAlabama. Abakwazanga ukuvota ngenxa yokuba babebancinci kakhulu kwaye abazali babo bavalwa rhoqo ukuvota kuba babentsundu. Ukanti iphulo labo, ebizwa ngokuba yi-Children's Crusade, yaba negalelo ekukhuthazeni inkxaso enkulu kulo lonke elase-US kuMthetho wamaLungelo oLuntu we-1964 kunye noMthetho wamaLungelo okuvota we-1965.
- E-Liberia, uzwilakhe uCharles Taylor waqhatha "unyulo" kwaye wagcina amandla akhe entsimbi, ngoko kwakungekho demokrasi apho wayenokuthatha inxaxheba ngexesha lolawulo lwakhe, olwabonisa imfazwe yamakhaya ekhohlakeleyo ye-14 yeminyaka kunye namajoni abantwana kumacala omabini, udlwengulo kunye. ukubulawa kwabantu abaninzi. I Abafazi baseLiberia bemanyene kuxhathiso olungenabundlobongela, bavuka kwaye bayimisa imfazwe kwaye badala idemokhrasi yokwenyani entsha.
The amabali amaninzi yabantu abahluthwe amalungelo kwihlabathi jikelele benza umahluko kwiidemokhrasi zabo-okanye nokudala idemokhrasi apho bekungekho nanye-inokusinceda ukusikhuthaza xa siziva ngathi asinathemba. Akunakwenzeka ukuba kube nzima ukuthatha inxaxheba kwidemokhrasi. Abantu abanjengoRosa Parks, uJohn Lewis, uAlice Paul, nabanye abaninzi basenempembelelo nangona sele bedlulile.
Yidemokhrasi yakho le, nokuba uneminyaka eli-15, nokuba awunampepha, nokuba uvalelwe. Sonke singabanini bayo, sonke singayenza yomelele kwaye iphendule ngakumbi koko sikufunayo, kubulungisa, kwihlabathi elilungele ubomi. Imizuzu emihlanu yokusebenza ngosuku ngezigidi zethu inokuba lolona khuselo lulungileyo lwethemba lethu, amalungelo ethu, inkululeko yethu kuloyiko, inkululeko yethu yokuthanda nokuphila.
Idemokhrasi inzulu kakhulu kunevoti enye qho kwiminyaka embalwa. Iya kuphila okanye ife, kuxhomekeke ekuzibopheleleni kwethu kuyo. Sinamandla, ngamnye wethu.
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