Kwincwadi yakhe entsha Ngaba Ubomi Babantu Abantsundu Bake Banenzuzo?, umbhali kunye nomlweli we-activist u-Mumia Abu-Jamal uphonononga lo mbuzo kwiincoko ze-75, ukususela ekupheleni kwe-1990 ukuya ku-2017. ngezandla zamapolisa. Kwisincoko sokuqala, “Izenzo zolwaphulo-mthetho zentiyo,” uAbu-Jamal ubuza ukuba semthethweni kwembono yolwaphulo-mthetho olunentiyo, ebonisa ukuba amapolisa awaze abekwe ityala lolwaphulo-mthetho lwentiyo xa esenza ngenkohlakalo kwaye ebulala abantu abaMnyama nabaBrown. Izincoko zika-Abu-Jamal zixoxa ngokubulawa kukaTrayvon Martin nguGeorge Zimmerman, ukubulawa kukaTamir Rice nguCleveland, eOhio, ipolisa uTimothy Loehmann, kunye nokuba yintoni umphumo woku kubulala utyhila malunga nendlela iUnited States ejonga ngayo abantu abaMnyama. Isiphelo sakhe sishwankathelwe ngokugqibeleleyo kwimigca emibini yokuqala yesincoko sakhe sikaOktobha 2015 esinesihloko esithi, “Tamir Rice yaseCleveland” — “Umbuzo: Xa umntwana engengomntwana? Impendulo: Xa ngumntwana oNtsundu.
U-Abu-Jamal uthethe neNyaniso malunga neminye imiba abandakanyeka kuyo Ngaba Ubomi Obuntsundu Bukhe Bunentsingiselo?, kubandakanywa ubundlobongela bamapolisa kunye nombutho weBlack Lives Matter (BLM).
UTasasha Henderson: Uthetha ngamatyala amaninzi obundlobongela bamapolisa angazange enze iindaba zelizwe kunye nezamazwe ngamazwe: UCarl Hardiman eChicago, uShep McDaniel kwisiXeko saseNew York. Kwaye kwiincoko zakho ezibhalwe ekuqaleni kwe-2014, udlulisela imvakalelo yokuba unoluvo lokuba kukho into enkulu ezayo - ukuba kuya kubakho isiganeko sobundlobongela bamapolisa obuza kumisa i-powder keg. Ngaba wawunengqiqo okanye imvakalelo yokuba kuya kubakho isiganeko, njengokuba kwenzeka ntoni ekugqibeleni kuMichael Brown eFerguson, eMissouri, eya kukhokelela ekuqalekeni kokuxhathisa okukhulu?
Mumia Abu-Jamal: Ndiye ndanayo inkling, ndithi, imvakalelo. Ndikhe ndayibona le nto ngaphambili, xa ukuphindaphindeka kunye nokuqina kohlaselo kubomi boMnyama kwakuhamba ze, kubi, kukhubekisa, kangangokuba ukuxhathisa kwaba yimfuneko. Abantu bakowethu banomonde ophantse ukuba ungahloneli Thixo; kodwa xa ilangatye livutha, linokuba namandla amakhulu entlalontle. Ewe, leyo yeyona nto iphambili kwimbali yabaMnyama kwilizwe laseMelika. Ndicinga ukuba uluntu lukaMike Brown lwaluyenye yemizekelo enjalo. Kwaye xa ndabona abazalwana abahlanu abancinci bexelela intatheli: "Igama lam nguMike Brown," "Igama lam nguMike Brown," yayiyimbali yembali yexesha lika "Spartacus", xa amakhoboka aseRoma aphakama aza avukela uBukhosi, kwaye zichongwe omnye nomnye.
Kwisincoko sakho "Izenzo zolwaphulo-mthetho zeNtindo," uyabuza ukuba zeziphi iintlobo zobundlobongela ezithathwa njengolwaphulo-mthetho olunentiyo, kunye nenyaniso yokuba ubundlobongela bamapolisa kubantu abaNtsundu kunye nabaBrown aluzange luthathwe njengolwaphulo-mthetho lwentiyo. Ngentshayelelo kunye/okanye nesicatshulwa Imithetho yeBlue Lives Matter kulo lonke ilizwe, ukwenza ukubetha okanye ukubulawa kwamapolisa kube “lulwaphulo-mthetho olunentiyo,” uzijonga njani iinzame ezisemthethweni zokunciphisa ugonyamelo lwamapolisa kusetyenziswa imigaqo-nkqubo enjengeekhamera zemizimba okanye uqeqesho olwandisiweyo lwamapolisa? Njengoko sibona kwimithetho yentiyo yolwaphulo-mthetho, oko bekumele kukhuselwe abantu abasesichengeni kuye kwajikiswa kuthi.
Njengoko i-Black Movement, ngoku ibonakaliswe yi-Black Lives Matter, ithathe i-hashtag kwaye yaqhuma ngaphaya kweendonga zayo, ngokunjalo nabantu kufuneka babambe iziqubulo eziphoswe ziintshaba zodidi lwabo, bazibuyisele umva, njengaku "Blue Lives are the only. Ubomi Obubalulekileyo!,” ukumba? Kuba amagama zizixhobo, kwaye xa urhulumente, i-emphaya izama ukuxhaphaza abantu ngezinto zabo ezimhlophe zokongamela ... bajike. Sebenzisa inyani ukuvula amehlo kunye neengqondo malunga nobume borhulumente.
Ngokomzekelo, siyazi, ngokuqinisekileyo, ukuba amapolisa agrogrisa amakhulu abantu minyaka le, ngokufuthi engohlwaywa. Kutheni ungabuzi ukuba, “Mangaphi amapolisa akuluhlu lokufa?” Ukuba akunjalo, kutheni kungenjalo? Injongo yam apha ayikokuvuma amanyala omgca wokufa, kodwa [ukuba] bonke abantu bayalingana, kwaye indawo yenkundla yindawo apho abantu baphathwa ngokufanelekileyo nangobulungisa, kutheni kungenjalo? Okanye ngaba umgca wokufa ngowabanye abantu kuphela? Ukumba?
Ingongoma yam kukuba urhulumente uya kuhlala esebenzisa "umthetho" wakhe njengesixhobo sokucinezela - yinto ebalulekileyo yelizwe; kodwa iintshukumo kufuneka zidale kwaye zandise isithuba sokuphakamisa ukuphikisana. Iikhamera zomzimba? Uqeqesho? BS. Ubuvuvu. Ugqibile. Sisanga soobourgeois. Ngo-1978, xa [amapolisa] abethayo Delbert Afrika engenangqiqo, ephula umhlathi wakhe, yabhalwa kwividiyo. Xa kwakuthethwa ityala, ijaji eyayichophele ityala, uStanley Kubacki, yalichitha elo qela labagwebi, yaza yazichitha ezo zityholo, isithi amapolisa (axhobileyo) anesizathu sokoyika (engaxhobanga) uDelbert, kuba wayenezihlunu!
Kufuneka siqonde ukuba urhulumente is ulwaphulo-mthetho olunentiyo kubantu abahluphekayo, abacinezelweyo, abantu abaMnyama, kunye namaLatinas, njl.
Kwisincoko sakho, “Iphi Ingqumbo?” ubhala, “umanyano lwabantu sesona sixhobo sichasene nokuthula, uloyiko, nengcinezelo ebekwe yinkqubo. Umanyano lwethu-njengoluntu, uthungelwano, kunye neentshukumo-zibaluleke kakhulu. Ngoko ke, umanyano lwethu luyahlaselwa.” Sibona uluntu oluhlukeneyo kunye nemibutho imanyanisa, ingaba inethiwekhi ye-Black Lives Matter, Ukulwela i-$ 15, amalungelo avela kwamanye amazwe, njl njl. Imibutho ingazigcina njani kwaye uluntu lunokuhlala njani lumanyene phakathi kwengcinezelo karhulumente?
Iintshukumo zivela ngaphandle kwemfuneko, ngengqiqo yokuba abasenanto yokulahlekelwa; ngokuqiniseka ukuba urhulumente ubaphosile izolo, uyasilela namhlanje, kwaye uya kubaphosa ngomso (ukulinganisa i-MOVE's John Afrika). Urhulumente ayisosisombululo, yingxaki. Yiyo le ngqiqo, ekwabelwana ngayo ngokunyuka kwamanani abantu abaninzi, evuselela iintshukumo, kwaye yakha ukuvukela, kunye nokuguquka kwengqondo. Njengobungxowankulu - kunye nokunyuka okuhambelanayo kwe-crony-capitalist-gangster-state - lusilela, abantu baqala ukubona izinto ezifanayo ngaphaya komda wethu wobuxoki, kwaye baqale ukumatsha besiya komnye, hayi ngokuchasene nomnye.
Khumbula, i-capitalism ifuna ubuhlanga, kwaye ibusebenzise ukudala ingqiqo yobuxoki kwizigidi zabantu abamhlophe abahluphekayo nabasebenzayo abahlala kwinkohliso yokuba banento abafana ngayo nama Trumpite. Umanyano alunakucingelwa, okanye lunqwenelwe ukuba lubekho. Xa abantu besebenzisana kwaye besilwa kunye, bakha umkhwa womanyano.
Kwisincoko sakho, "Kufuneka silwele ngakumbi," ubhala, "imbali yobomi ukusinika ukhetho lwekamva." Ziziphi iinketho ocinga ukuba imbali inike intshukumo yeBlack Lives Matter? Imbali inantoni ukufundisa iinkokeli zemibutho kunye nabathathi-nxaxheba namhlanje?
UMalcolm [X] wayedla ngokuthi, "Kuzo zonke izifundo zethu, imbali ivuza kakhulu uphando lwethu." Oku wakufunda kuEliya Muhammad, umfundisi wakhe. UMalcolm wasiphinda esi sifundo kuba wayesazi, kumava akhe obomi, ukuba imbali yamtshintsha njani ukusuka kwibanjwa (elaziwa nelidelekileyo njengo “Sathana”) waba ngomnye wabaphathiswa abahlonitshwayo esizweni, kunye nenye yeenkokeli ezithandwayo zeBlack America. . Imbali ibonelela ngefonti engapheliyo yamava oluntu abantu, uluntu kunye neentshukumo ezinokutsalwa kuzo ukuya phambili kwikamva. Imbali, kuba ityebile kwimizekelo yokuthanda kwabantu inkululeko, ngumthombo onamandla ngoku nakwixesha elizayo!
Kutheni ucinga ukuba oorhulumente abamhlophe baseNtshona (njengaseNew Mexico, njl. njl.) balwe kanzima ukukhupha imbali yaseChicano? Kutheni ucinga ukuba izikolo zikarhulumente zanamhlanje zitsiba kakhulu imbali yabaNtsundu? Bona azi ukuba imbali yabaNtsundu iyaqhuma! Kwaye imbali ayikho malunga nento eyenzekayo kwiminyaka eyadlulayo, okanye izolo. Ichaza isizathu sokuba namhlanje kunje; kwaye inika izimvo malunga nendlela yokuguqula ingomso.
Ngaba Ubomi Babantu Abantsundu Bakha Bubalulekile? ibandakanya izincoko ezisusela kwiminyaka yoo-1990 ukuza kuthi ga kulo nyaka, kwaye zibandakanya imiba emininzi yendlela abantu abaNtsundu abaxhatshazwa ngayo bubundlobongela baseburhulumenteni, kuquka ubundlavini bamapolisa kunye nokuvalelwa entolongweni. Uyibona njani incwadi yakho inegalelo kwincoko eqhubekayo kunye nobutshantliziyo obuphathelele kubulungisa bobuhlanga, ubundlavini obunxamnye namapolisa kunye nohlaziyo lwenkqubo yezomthetho yolwaphulo-mthetho?
Ndiyavuya Ngaba Ubomi Babantu Abantsundu Bakha Bubalulekile? ijongana nomba wanamhlanje wobugrogrisi bamapolisa, kodwa kufuneka ibonakale kwixesha elide, elinzulu, elibanzi. Amapolisa aseMelika akehli eScotland Yard eNgilani. Bazalelwa “kwi-paddy rollers” edume kakubi eMzantsi, apho abamhlophe babexhotyiselwe ukulwa naluphi na uvukelo lwamakhoboka aMnyama. Loo mikhwa iphila engundoqo nayiphi na ingxoxo yokwenyani malunga bedevils ubomi babantu abamnyama namhlanje. Oko kufanele kukubonisa ingqiqo ethile yokubaluleka kwembali kutsha nje. Ngaphandle kokuba siyaziqonda ngokwenene ezo nyaniso, ngoko izizukulwana ezingekazalwa ziya kuba zinengxaki kwaezi ngxaki, kwaye zizibuza ukuba zingayitshintsha njani na loo nto. UGqr. Huey P. Newton, kuhlelo lwamva lwephephandaba iBlack Panther, ucele inguqu enzulu kumapolisa, ukuze kuveliswe iMikhosi yoXolo lwaBemi, eyilelwe ukusombulula iingxaki, kungekhona ukuyiqhubhisa. Lixesha lokuba izimvo zakhe zithathelwe ingqalelo, aqale ukusebenzisa imbali ukudala amathuba okuvula ingomso elingcono.
Njengoko siqhubeka kwikamva elingaqinisekanga likamongameli kaDonald Trump, sisiphi isikhokelo onaso kubantu abatsha ababandakanyekayo kwintshukumo yeBlack Lives Matter kunye nezinye iintshukumo, njengoko beqhubeka nokuchasa, ukwakha nokulungelelanisa?
Jonga, sinokujonga iTump njenge-Great Boogeyman, okanye sinokujonga ngokucokisekileyo indima kaClinton kunye no-Obama, apho owayesakuba afezekise oomatshini bokuvalelwa kwabantu abaninzi, kwaye lo mva waxuba, kanye njengokuba engazange ayihoye eyona lahleko inkulu. of Black ubutyebi (okt. ubusela mortgage lolwaphulo-mthetho amakhaya Black) ukususela Reconstruction. Kufuneka siphuhlise uhlalutyo olunzulu, olusulungekileyo olusinika sonke umbono ocacileyo wengcinezelo yendalo yombuso ngokuchasene nobomi baBantsundu, imbali eqhubekayo engabonakalisi uphawu lokudakumba. Okanye singadlala "iiRiphabhlikhi ezimbi / iidemokhrasi ezilungileyo" njengabantwana abafuna imidlalo yethunzi.
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