Kwintetho yakhe kanomathotholo yamva nje yeveki ekhumbula iNyanga yeMbali yabaNtsundu, uMongameli Bush uthembise ukunyuka okukhulu kwinkxaso-mali kwiikholeji zamandulo zabantsundu. Kwiveki engaphambi kweMcDonalds Restaurants yathembisa ukubonisa iipowusta ezinemixholo yase-Afrika-yaseMelika kwiindawo zokutyela zase-US ngeNyanga yeMbali yabaMnyama. Oku kubonakale njengophawu lokuvunywa ligosa eliphezulu elinyuliweyo laseMelika kunye nelinye lamaqumrhu aziwa kakhulu kwihlabathi ngegalelo elikhulu labantu base-Afrika-baseMelika kwizithethe zaseMelika.
Kodwa kwakutheni ukuze uBush alinde de kube yiNyanga yeMbali eNtsundu ukuba abhengeze ukuba ingxowa-mali yekholeji inyukile? Abongameli kunye nabalawuli kwiikholeji ezimnyama ngokwembali iminyaka baye bacenga kurhulumente kunye namagosa omanyano ukuba izigidi ezingakumbi zigcine iingcango zabo zivulekile. Amaxesha amaninzi izicelo zabo ziye zawela kwiindlebe ezingevayo.
Kwiminyaka elishumi edlulileyo inani leekholeji zabantsundu ziye zavala iingcango zazo, okanye zacutha kakhulu iinkqubo. Ukanti, imfuno yokungena kwezi kholeji inyukile. Phantse i-20 pesenti yabantsundu ngoku abafunda kwezi kholeji. Nangona kunjalo, uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali olucetywayo lukaBush kwiikholeji luyi-12 yezigidi zeedola. Kwangaxeshanye, kwakutheni ukuze iMcDonalds ithi izakukhuthaza iphulo layo lokubhiyozela impumelelo yabantsundu kuphela kwinkqubo kanomathotholo yabantsundu ehlanganiswe kuzwelonke, nakwiimpapasho zabantsundu?
Isibhengezo sikaBush sokunyuswa kwengxowa-mali yeekholeji zabantsundu kunye neMcDonalds ejolise kumajelo eendaba abantu abantsundu iphulo layo lokwazisa libethelela imbono kawonke-wonke eyendeleyo yokuba igalelo le-Afrika-Amerika linokubanjwa kwinyanga enye. Kwaye loo minikelo iseyiyo kakhulu kwabantsundu nabo babhiyozele.
Ukunqunyulwa kwamava ase-Afrika-Amerika ukusuka kuyo yonke imbali yaseMelika sisizathu esikhulu sokuba kutheni uninzi lwabamhlophe kunye namaMelika azo zonke iintlanga bengenalwazi ngokulusizi kwaye bengakhathali kwixa labo elidlulileyo. Kwabaninzi baseMelika, kwaye oko kubandakanya abaninzi abantsundu, ulwazi lwabo ngegalelo lembali yabantsundu luqala kwaye luphele ngoMartin Luther King noMalcolm X. Abasazi ukuba abantu base-Afrika baseMelika badlala indima enkulu ekubumbeni amaziko aseMelika. Abaqambi abamnyama, abahloli bamazwe, izazinzulu, abayili bezakhiwo kunye neemanyano zabasebenzi bancedisa ekwakheni isiseko soshishino lwaseMelika. Abolitionists abamnyama, iinkokeli zenkolo kunye namalungelo oluntu zanceda ukubumba umthetho, ezopolitiko kunye nenkolo eMelika. Amagcisa amnyama, ababhali kunye neemvumi banike iMelika ezinye zeendlela zayo zobugcisa benkcubeko. Umbutho wanamhlanje wamalungelo oluntu awuzange uphelele nje ngokuqhawula imiqobo esemthethweni yocalucalulo, ukwavule nocango lwamathuba kurhulumente, kushishino nakumaziko emfundo yabasetyhini, abantu abambalwa.
Yiloo nto kanye eyabangela ukuba umphengululi nomfundisi-ntsapho omnyama onguvulindlela, uCarter G. Woodson, aqalise oko kwakubizwa ngokuba yiVeki yeMbali yeNegro kwiminyaka engamashumi asixhenxe anesithandathu eyadlulayo ukuze acazulule ukuqhawulwa kwembali nenkcubeko uninzi lwabantu baseMelika kwimbali yabo. UWoodson wayefuna ukubuyisela imbali yabantu abamnyama kwimbali yaseMelika kwaye ayenze ibe ngumthombo wokuzingca kungekuphela nje kwabantsundu, kodwa bonke abantu baseMelika. Ngemihla yakhe ukuba abamnyama bakhankanywe kwiimibhalo zembali jikelele kuphela kwicandelo lobukhoboka.
Kodwa kungakanani okutshintshileyo ngokwenene? NgoFebruwari, abezopolitiko bamisela iintsuku ezikhethekileyo, bakhuphe izibhengezo, kwaye banike iminikelo kwabantsundu abadumileyo. Abaphathi beTV bacinezela uninzi lwezinto zabo ezikhethekileyo, amaxwebhu kunye neempawu zabantsundu. Xa inyanga iphela ibuyele emsebenzini njengesiqhelo.
Umbuzo wokuba kutheni amagalelo abantu abamnyama kuluntu lwaseMelika engabhiyozelwa nyanga zonke ububuzwa ngokuphindaphindiweyo. Abaninzi abantsundu bakhalela ubuhlanga. Kodwa ukugxeka ubuhlanga ngokusilela kweMelika ukuqaphela igalelo labantsundu akwanelanga. Inyaniso yeyokuba ababhali bembali nabahlohli abantsundu benza impazamo enkulu ngethuba lokutyhalela phambili kwabo ngeminyaka yoo-1960 kwizifundo zabantsundu. Balibele ukuba imbali emnyama ayinakwahlulwa kwimbali yaseMelika. Basilela ukuxelela indlela amava amnyama aye atyebisa ngayo ubomi baseMelika bayo yonke imibala. Imbali yabantsundu yabekwa yodwa kwityhubhile ebhalwe โabantsundu kuphela.โ Iphathwe ngabafundi kunye nababhali beencwadi zezifundo njengento engaphantsi kombhalo osemazantsi kwimbali "yokwenyani" yaseMelika. Xa ingqumbo yokulingana yaphela, yaba yinkcitho.
Kukho indlela yokuphelisa ukushiyeka okucwangcisiweyo okanye ukuzibaxa ngokuzinikela kwamagalelo abantu abamnyama kuluntu lwaseMelika. Abapapashi kufuneka bahlaziye zonke iitekisi zeklasi ezahlula impumelelo yabantu abamnyama kwisahluko esinye (umzekelo, ubukhoboka, okanye amalungelo oluntu) kwaye zibabandakanye kuzo zonke izahluko. Abalawuli bezikolo nootitshala kufuneka baqinisekise ukuba impumelelo yabantsundu ilukwa kuyo yonke ikharityhulamu, ukusuka kwisayensi nethekhinoloji ukuya kwezobuntu. Amagosa karhulumente, kwaye oko kubandakanya uMongameli Bush, kufuneka akhumbule impumelelo yabamnyama kwimibhiyozo unyaka wonke. Iinkampani kufuneka rhoqo zibonise impumelelo emnyama kwizinto zabo zentengiso kunye nentengiso.
UMcDonalds uthi izakubonisa iipowusta zayo ezinemixholo yase-Afrika-yaseMelika ziya kuhlala emva kukaFebruwari. Uvavanyo olukhulu lolokuba amanye amaqumrhu ayakulandela umzekelo wawo kwaye enze ngakumbi ukukhuthaza impumelelo yase-Afrika-yaseMelika unyaka wonke.
Xa amava abantsundu iba yamkelwa njenge nxalenye yesiqhelo yonke amava American, ngoko kwaye kuphela emva koko imbali emnyama ibe yinto ebekufanele ukuba ihlale, into bonke baseMelika bazingca kwaye babhiyozele, kwaye hayi nje ngoFebruwari.
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