Umthombo: Amanye Amagama
NgoJanuwari 15, 1968, uMartin Luther King, Omnci. wayephuma kwintlanganiso yokucwangcisa iPhulo labantu abangamahlwempu xa wabizwa ukuba abuyele kwigumbi. Yayilusuku lwakhe lokuzalwa - lokugqibela, yayiza kuvela.
Abasebenzi beNkomfa yobuNkokheli bamaKhristu aseMzantsi babedla ngokunika uKumkani isuti entsha, kodwa kulo nyaka bafuna ukumhlekisa.
UXernona Clayton waqhula wathi, “Siyazi ukuba umthanda kangakanani umongameli wethu uLyndon Johnson,” watsho ehleka. Emva koko wakhupha ikomityi yentsimbi ebhalwe oku: “Sisebenzisana neMfazwe yaseLyndon yokuNdlala. Beka iingqekembe zemali namatyala ekomityini.”
UKumkani wahleka kakhulu, kodwa isiqhulo sasiyinyani.
Ngo-1968, iMfazwe yaseVietnam yayixabisa iibhiliyoni ngelixa iMfazwe yeNtlupheko yawela ecaleni, njengokutshintsha kwekomityi. Nanamhlanje, urhulumente wethu uthe ewe ukwandisa uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lomkhosi ukuya kwi-778 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi kunyaka ozayo kuphela - kwaye akukho kwi-$ 1.7 yezigidigidi kwiminyaka eyi-10 ye-Build Back Better Act.
Ke ngoku silapha kwakhona ngomhla wokuzalwa kukaKumkani, ibuyisela izigidi zabantwana kubuhlwempu ngokuvumela iikhredithi zerhafu zabantwana ezandisiweyo ziphelelwe lixesha, unikezelo olungekho ngaphezu kokutshintsha kwekomityi.
Njengomntu ongumKristu ofunda ngoKumkani, ndicinga ukuba kubalulekile ukukhumbula ukuba uchithe iinyanga zakhe zokugqibela eququzelela iphulo labantu abahluphekayo lokucela umngeni kwizinto eziphambili kwezopolitiko ezifana nezi.
Wahlanganisa abantu abahluphekayo ababesele beququzelela uluntu lwabo, kunye neenkokeli zamalungelo oluntu kunye neenkokeli zezenkolo. Isicwangciso yayikukuzisa abantu abangama-3,000 abahluphekayo bazo zonke iintlanga ukuba bahlale eWashington, DC, kwaye bajongane nolawulo kunye neCongress malunga nokusilela kwabo ukulungisa ububi obuphindwe kathathu bobuhlanga, intlupheko kunye nemfazwe.
Nangona uKumkani wagetyengwa phambi kokuba kuqaliswe eli phulo, iPhulo labaHlubi liye phambili ngomoya wamazwi kaKumkani kunyaka ongaphambili, xa wayephikisa ingcamango yokuba iingqekembe zemali ekomityini zanele.
Kwintetho yakhe edumileyo yeCawa yaseRiverside ngowe-1967 wathi: “Imfesane yokwenene ingaphezu kokuphosa ingqekembe kumngqibi.” Kwintetho yakhe edumileyo yeCawa yaseRiverside ngowe-XNUMX: “Kuye kubonwe ukuba isakhiwo esivelisa abangqibi sifuna ukulungiswa ngokutsha.”
Ehlaba ikhwelo lokuba kubekho “inguqulelo yokwenyaniso yemilinganiselo yokuziphatha,” uKing wakwalumkisa ngelithi: “Ilizwe eliqhubeka unyaka nonyaka lichitha imali eninzi ekukhuseleni umkhosi kuneenkqubo zokuphucula intlalo lisondela ekufeni ngokomoya.”
Amazwi akhe asayinyaniso nanamhlanje. Imfesane yokwenyani ayikokuphosa iingqekembe kwintlupheko ngelixa uchitha ngokuphindwe kane kuhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lwemfazwe okanye ukubukela ubutyebi bee-CEO bukhula ngokukhawuleza ngelixa imivuzo yabasebenzi isemva kumashumi eminyaka.
Njengangonyaka ka-1968, kuya kuthatha iphulo labantu abahluphekayo ukusiqhubela kwinguquko yezithethe esizidingayo kula maxesha.
Yaziswa ngo-2018 kwisikhumbuzo seminyaka engama-50 yeyokuqala, entsha Iphulo laBantu abaHluphekileyo: Ikhwelo leSizwe lokuVuselelwa kwezimilo iye yakhula kumazwe angama-40, iququzelela abantu abachatshazelwa kukungabikho kokusesikweni kunye neenkokheli zokuziphatha ukunyanzelisa ukuba amagosa ethu anyuliweyo aphulaphule iimfuno zethu, akhusele idemokhrasi yethu, kwaye aphumelele. uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lokuziphatha elungisa ngokutsha inkqubo yethu evelisa intlupheko.
Phakathi kwesibetho sehlabathi jikelele kunye nohlaselo oluqhubekayo lwedemokhrasi kunye nabahluphekileyo, siqinisekise ilungelo lethu lokutshintsha okungaphezulu kwendebe. Ngoku silungiselela iNdibano yabantu abahluphekayo kunye neMoral March eWashington ngoJuni 18, 2022.
Sele kukho iintlanganiso ezenzekayo kwiikomiti zonxibelelaniso zikarhulumente kwilizwe liphela ukucwangcisa abathunywa abaninzi ukuya eWashington, DC, betsala. abantu abazizigidi ezili-140 abangamahlwempu nabanomvuzo ophantsi esizweni kunye kuyo yonke ijografi, imigca yamaqela, uhlanga, kunye nobuhlanga. Siza kufuna ukuba amagosa ethu anyuliweyo enze imigaqo-nkqubo yokwenene yokujongana ngokupheleleyo nobuhlwempu kunye nobutyebi obuphantsi ukusuka phezulu.
Sifuna ukugcina usuku lokuzalwa lukaKumkani ngendlela enze ngayo - ngokwakha amandla abantu abahluphekayo kwinguqu emandla yexabiso.
UColleen Wessel-McCoy ngumbhali we Inkonzo yeNkululeko yamahlwempu: Iphulo likaMartin Luther King Omnci (Lexington, 2021), kunye noNjingalwazi oNdwendwelayo weNkolo kunye noMgaqo-nkqubo woLuntu e-Arizona State. Uye wabambisana neZiko leKairos leeNkolo, amaLungelo, kunye noBulungisa beNtlalo iminyaka engaphezu kweshumi. Le op-ed yasasazwa yi-OtherWords.org.
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