UJaji uKyndra Stockdale uvule igumbi lakhe lenkundla e-Independence, Mo., nge-5 kaJanuwari, 2021, kwaye wazama ukutsalela umnxeba wokuqala wokugxothwa kwidokethi lakhe. Uthe engekalifundi igama lommangalelwa, kwavakala ilizwi kwizithethi ezinxibelelanisa inkqubo yokukhupha abantu ekude nabo bangaphakathi enkundleni.
Akukho mntu kufuneka agxothwe ngexesha lobhubhani. Oku asikuko ubulungisa. Le asiyonkqubo elindelekileyo. Bubundlobongela obu. Konke ukukhutshwa kufuneka kuphele. Abantu bayafa. Abaqashi emgceni: ayilotyala lakho eli. Ufanelwe likhaya elindilisekileyo; ufanelwe yindawo yokuhlala ngexesha lobhubhani. AWUKHO wedwa. I-KC Tenants inomqolo wakho. Jaji Stockdale, ubandakanyeka kuko konke ukugxothwa okuvayo. Wenza abantu bangabi namakhaya ngexesha lobhubhani. Ubulala abantu. Akunyanzelekanga ukuba kube njalo. Unokukhetha. Phelisa ukugxothwa, abantu bayafa.
Unobhala wenkundla wangxala ukuvula isiphazamisi kumgca wefowuni, kodwa kamsinya nje bakuba bemkile, isiphazamisi esitsha saqala ukusebenzisa iskripthi esifanayo. Kwafika usekela-sherifu eze kwazisa unobhala wenkundla ukuba iqela labantu lenze ityathanga labantu ngaphandle kwesakhiwo, livale iingcango zenkundla. Kwimizuzu engama-30, ijaji yalivala inkundla imini yonke; ukukhutshwa komntu wonke kwalibaziseka ubuncinane ngenyanga.
U-Kenneth Gobble, umpheki owayeza kugxothwa ngaloo ntsasa, waphuma enkundleni wabamba i-megaphone ukuze athethe nesihlwele ngaphandle:
Igama lam ndinguKenneth. NgoMarch, ngenxa yentsholongwane, ndaphelelwa ngumsebenzi ndaza ndaphulukana nomnye. Umvuzo wam ucuthiwe kwaye iiyure zam zanqunyulwaโฆ. Ndiphelelwe ngamandla ombane malunga noMbuleloโฆ. Ndihlala ngaseoveni ukuze ndifudumale.
Konke oku bekwanele ukundophula intliziyo. Ngokoqobo. Bendihlaselwe yintliziyo emsebenzini mva nje. Bendingaziva mnandi kodwa bendisoyika ukuphumla emsebenzini. Ndandiyifuna loo mali.
Musa ukuyophula intliziyo yam kwakhona, Kansas City. Asinakwenza oku omnye komnye. Andikwazi ukuhlala esitratweni. Enkosi ngokuba nomqolo wam namhlanje. Kufuneka sikuphelise ukugxothwa.
Omnye ophazamisa ifowuni wafowunela unobhala wejaji.
Umphazamisi: Ndifowunela abagxothwayo namhlanje emva kwemini. โฆ Wonke amatyala alibazisekile?
UMabhalane: Ewe, nkosikazi.
Mphazamisi: Uyazi ukuba kutheni?
UMabhalana: Abaqhankqalazi baye baphazamisana neenkqubo zenkundla kwaye asikwazi ukuqhuba imicimbi yasenkundleni.
Umphazamisi: Kengoku akukho kukhutshwa kwabantu kwiindawo abahlala kuzo namhlanje?
UMabhalane: Hayi, nkosikazi.
I-KC Tenants yimanyano yabaqeshi besixeko sonke kwisiXeko saseKansas, eMo. yasekwa ngoFebruwari 2019 nguTiana Caldwell, uDiane Charity, uBrandy Granados, kunye noTara Raghuveer. Ngexesha lokusekwa kwethu, uTiana wayehlala ehotele, engenakhaya emva kokuxilongwa ngumhlaza. Umninimzi kaBrandy wamgxotha emva kokuba efowunele edolophini kuba iheater yakhe iqhumile. UDiane, inkokeli yabahlali ixesha elide kwicala elingasempuma lesiXeko saseKansas, wayegula kukubona abamelwane bakhe bephathwa kakubi kwaye begxothwa. Abaseki bethu benza uludwe lwabantu ababaziyo abangakwaziyo ukuhlawulela irenti baza babamemela kwintlanganiso kwiholo yomanyano yasekuhlaleni.
Rhoqo ngeMigqibelo sibamba intlanganiso yabaqeshi, isithuthi sesicwangciso sethu kunye nenqaku lokumanyana kwiinkokheli zombutho wonke. Iintlanganiso zethu ziqhutywa iiyure ezimbini, kwezi ntsuku kumgangatho ongaphantsi wecawa. Abaqeshi abalishumi elinesibini badibana kwiiyure ezimbini kwangaphambili ukuze bagqibezele i-ajenda kwaye bahlule izabelo zoququzelelo. Ubude kunye nokuphindaphindwa kweentlanganiso azibalulekanga kangako kuneziphumo: abaqeshi bahamba beziva bengabodwa, ngokungathi ixesha labo belihlonitshiwe, ngathi kukho isicwangciso, kwaye ngokucacileyo indima yabo kulo. Kwindawo ethile phakathi kwama-50 kunye nama-80 abantu bayajoyina kwaye babuya iveki emva kweveki. Iintlanganiso zethu ziyasebenza kwaye zikhuthaza; sidlala umculo, sabelana ngamabali, sihlekisana, kwaye ngamanye amaxesha sibandakanyeka kwingxoxo eshushu. Sivavanya yonkโ into, sibeka indawo yokungavisisani kunye nemibuzo engekaphendulwa kwigumbi ngaphambi kokuba intlanganiso iphele.
Intlanganiso nganye yomqeshi iqala ngokucamngca ngokungenakuthintelwa. Siqwalasela oko kunokuziva kungenakuthintelwa - ukonyuka kwerente, ukuqeshisa ngokungafanelekanga, amagumbi okuhlambela anobundi, amagumbi anqabileyo athatha indawo yamakhaya ethu abantwana. Rhoqo ngeveki sithi, "Akukho nanye kwezi zinto zingenakuphepheka, hayi ukuba siyaququzelela." Eli candelo lentlanganiso liyinxalenye yesibhengezo kunye nenxalenye yomthandazo; ezinye iiveki siyayikholelwa, kwaye ezinye iiveki sinethemba lokuba yinyani, sizikhumbuza ukuba elinye ihlabathi linokwenzeka ukuba sizimisele ukulilwela.
Kwiinyanga nje ezimbalwa emva kwendibano yethu yokuqala, iinkokeli zethu zabhala zaza zaphumelela iBhili yamaLungelo aBaqeshisi. Ngo-2020, ukuphendula ubhubhani we-Covid-19, saqala umnxeba wokuqhafaza kunye nengxowa-mali yokuncedisana. Siye saququzelela iimanyano zabaqeshi kwizakhiwo nakwimimandla yonke. Sazama amaqhinga okukhusela ukugxothwa. Ekupheleni kuka-2021, sasiphumelele ukumelwa simahla kuye wonke umqeshi okwinkundla yokugxothwa. Kulo nyaka uphelileyo, saququzelela ukukhupha i-50 yezigidi zebhondi yezindlu ezinerenti phakathi kwe-550 yeedola kunye ne-750 yeedola. Endleleni, iinkokeli zethu zabaqeshi ziphumelele i-air conditioning, iirempu zezitulo zabo ezinamavili, iintlawulo ezivela kubanini-mhlaba bazo, kunye nezihlalo kwiibhodi zedolophu. Umanyano lwethu lwabaqeshi ngoku lubandakanya amalungu angaphezu kwama-5,600.
Abanye baququzelela ngeengcamango; silungelelanisa izinto esizithandayo. Sidibanise abahlali bepaki yetrailer kunye neeyuppies, abavoti bakaTrump kunye nabahlaseli, abaqeshi abaMnyama kunye nabaqeshi abamhlophe, abantu abancinci barenta amagumbi abo okuqala, kunye nabantu abadala amashumi eminyaka enzima kunye nodidi lokuhlala. I-KC Tenants ikholelwa ukuba abantu abasondeleyo kwiingxaki bakufutshane kwizisombululo. Umanyano lwethu, oluhlala lusakhiwa, yinto ekungekho namnye kuthi oye wanamava kuyo, kodwa sonke siyakufanelekela. Abanye bathi bumlingo. Ayingomlingo. Iyaququzelela.
Eli libali lokuba, phakathi kobhubhani, iqela elilungelelanisiweyo labaqeshi lidale okwethu ukungaphepheki kwisiXeko saseKansas. Hayi ngomlingo, kodwa ngokubeka imingcipheko engaqhelekanga nangokuba nemiqolo yomnye. Libali lezenzo ezithe ngqo njengeqhinga, kunye nokuguqulwa okungenakuguquleka kweqela labantu emva kokuba siziva amandla emizimbeni nasemiphefumlo yethu, njengenxalenye yomanyano.
Imakethi yezindlu yanamhlanje sisilele kakhulu, esakhiwe ngobusela bomhlaba kunye nobukhoboka be-chattel kwaye ibunjwe kukubekelwa phambili okungayekiyo kwabo benza ingeniso kwiimfuno zethu ezisisiseko. Amakhaya ethu aphathwa njengempahla yorhwebo, kwaye ubomi babarenti buncitshiswe kwizinto zomnxeba kuhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lwabanini-mhlaba. Iziphumo zifanele ukusoyikisa: kwelona lizwe lityebileyo kwihlabathi, amakhulu amawaka alala ezitratweni, kwaye kwizigidi zezigidi irenti iphezulu kakhulu, inyanzelisa ukhetho olungenakwenzeka phakathi kokuzondla kunye nokugcina uphahla phezu kweentloko zethu.
Kufuneka siwukhabe lo mbandela wokuba umntu makaphulukane nekhaya kuba akanakulihlawula. Ukukhutshwa sisixhobo esasungulwa saza sasetyenziswa ngurhulumente ukukhusela umdla wabucala, oko kukuthi inkunzi, phezu kweemfuno zoluntu. Iinkundla zokugxothwa azizondawo zobulungisa โ zizinkundla zobundlobongela baseburhulumenteni. Xa kusenziwa inkqubo yokugxothwa, iijaji ubukhulu becala zixhasa abanini-mhlaba kwaye, ngolo hlobo, abaqeshi balahlekelwa ngamakhaya abo. Konke ukukhutshwa sisenzo sobundlobongela.
Ngo-2020, saxelelwa ukuba sihlale ekhaya ukuze sizigcine thina kunye nabamelwane bethu sisempilweni, kodwa abaqeshi abaninzi babehlala kwiimeko ezingentle, okanye babengenakukwazi ukuhlawula irente. Njengoko imiyalelo yokuhlala ekhaya yaqala ukusebenza, i-KC Tenants yabiza kwaye yanceda ukuphumelela ukumiswa kokugxothwa kwasekhaya ngoMatshi. Phezu kwayo nje imigudu yethu, iinkundla zasivumela eso sithintelo ukuba siphele kwiinyanga ezimbini kamva.
Xa iinkundla zethu ziphinda zivula amatyala okugxothwa, amamela uninzi lwamatyala okugxothwa ekude, kusetyenziswa umnxeba wenkomfa okanye iqonga lekhonferensi yefowuni kwinkundla yejaji nganye. Iinkundla azizange zinike sikhokelo malunga nokuba abaqeshi bafanele ukuthatha inxaxheba njani na ukuba abanafowuni okanye bangena kwi-intanethi, ukuba bathetha olunye ulwimi ngaphandle kwesiNgesi, okanye banokukhubazeka. Nditsho nokugxothwa emntwini kunokuthatha nje imizuzu embalwa; ngefowuni, ukukhutshwa kwehle ngendlela evakala ngathi yimizuzwana.
NgoJulayi 2020, sazifumana sikwindlela edibanayo. Siye saqhubeka simemelela ukuba ukumiswa kokukhutshwa kwabantu kubuyiselwe, sizama onke amaqhinga esinokuphupha ngawo. Abaqashi be-KC babambe iimilindo kunye nokufa, bafowuna, kwaye babhala ii-imeyile. Sasasaza iiflaya kwisakhiwo se-condo apho kwakuhlala ijaji eyongamele iNkundla yeSekethe ye-16. Sabiza ilungu leqela lakhe lesifundo seBhayibhile, elafowunayo, saza sacela loo mntu ukuba abhenele kwimilinganiselo yokuziphatha yejaji. Kodwa phakathi ehlotyeni, kwakungekho nto ingako sinokuyibonisa kumsebenzi wethu.
Iintlanganiso zethu zaba mbi. Amatyala e-Covid-19 ahlala ephezulu, kodwa abanini-mhlaba bafaka ukukhutshwa ngokuchasene nathi kwaye iinkundla zethu zawaqhuba. Ezinye iinkokeli zaphelelwa lukholo kuluvo lokuba i-KC Tenants inokufikelela nantoni na. Abanye baye badinwa ziintlanganiso zeZoom ezingapheliyo. Ukanti abanye baye bagula okanye basinda ngenkohlakalo, bengaphangeli yaye bengenathemba. Sasiphila ngezona ntsuku zinzima ebomini bethu.
Kwintlanganiso eyayibandakanya iinkokeli ezimalunga nama-20 ngobunye ubusuku bangoLwesithathu, sazibuza: Luyintoni usukelo lwethu? Abaqeshi abambalwa baphendule ukuba injongo yayikukuphumelela ukumiswa kokugxothwa. Ngaba oko kwakuseyinyaniso? Sijonge ithuku lethu ukuba liphindwe kabini. Ngomzuzu wobuchule obuhlangeneyo (baninzi kakhulu kweli bali), sicacisile ukuba injongo yethu ibingekokuphumelela isinqumamiso sokugxothwa; injongo yethu yayikukuphelisa ukugxothwa. Ukumiswa okuyalelwe yinkundla inokuba yenye yeendlela zokufika apho - eyona ndlela icocekileyo, mhlawumbi - kodwa ngelo xesha kwaziva kungenakwenzeka ukuphumelela.
Yayingeyopolisi esasiyidinga; yaba ngumphumo wezinto eziphathekayo. Yayingengobenzi bezigqibo esasibadinga; yayinye. Sahambisa amandla yenye yeengoma zethu: โUkuba asiyifumani, yivale.โ Sasikholelwa ukuba asinakukhetha ngaphandle kokuvala inkqubo yokukhupha, ukuphelisa ukuxoshwa ngayo nayiphi na indlela eyimfuneko.
Umququzeleli we-KC Tenants uJenay Manley kunye nabanye abaququzeleli ngaphakathi kwiHolo yesiXeko beqhankqalazela iseti entsha yemithetho yezindlu ngo-Agasti 18, 2022. Ityala: Barrett Emke/The New York Times, nge Redux
Ngomhla wama-30 kaJulayi, 2020, sadibana ngaphandle kwenkundla yedolophu sinxibe iihempe zethu ezityheli kunye nebhena epeyintiweyo enkulu ngakumbi. Indibano ibonelele ngokhuseleko ngelixa iinkokeli zethu zazilungiselela ukuphazamisa amagumbi enkundla angaphakathi kunye nenyani. Abaphazamisi abakude, abamalunga nesixhenxe kwinkundla nganye, babandakanya abadala, abaqeshi ababengakhuselekanga kwaye abakwazanga ukuya kwindibano, kunye nabaxhasi abavela ngaphandle kwedolophu esibaqokelele kwimithombo yeendaba zentlalo. Besiziqeqeshe kubusuku obudlulileyo kwiZoom, silinganisa inkundla kunye nomququzeleli odlala ijaji ngelixa abaphazamisi beqhelana nescript sokuphazamiseka. Xa iinkundla zivulwa, zazifunda umbhalo ngalo lonke ixesha iijaji zizama ukubiza ityala zize zivale iintambo ezimbini zenkundla. Izenzo ezikude zilibazise ukukhutshwa kwabantu abaninzi kwiiveki ezininzi.
Njengoko uphazamiso olukude lwaluqala, iinkokeli ezintandathu ze-KC Tenants, ezazingene ezinkundleni ngokungathi zingabaqeshi abavelela ukuxoxwa kwetyala labo, zaphakama nganye nganye zafunda umbhalo omnye, zidala isiphithiphithi. Igqwetha lalisilumkisile ukuba aba baphazamisi bangaphakathi banokubekwa ityala lokudelela inkundla baze bavalelwe ngaphandle kwebheyile. Ezo nkokeli zenza isigqibo esifanelekileyo sokuthabatha amanyathelo nangona kunjalo, zicula ezinkundleni nasezipasejini nakwizinyusi njengoko zazikhutshelwa ngaphandle. Ekugqibeleni, amasekela enkundla abamba uJenay Manley kunye noMaya Neal, bebabeka ityala lokwephula umthetho. Thina sonke sahamba kwiibhloko ezine ukusuka enkundleni ukuya entolongweni, silinde amaqabane ethu ngaphandle. Xa uJenay noMaya bakhululwayo, satya ipizza ngorhatya, abaphazamisi bagoba eludongeni lwezitena, laza elo qela lacula ingoma ethi, โLean on Me.โ
Inyathelo le-30 kaJulayi libe yimpumelelo kwicala elinye: Salibazisa ngaphezulu kokugxothwa kwe-100. (Iinkokeli zethu zihlalutye ngocoselelo iirekhodi zenkundla ukubala ukulibaziseka kwamatyala okukhutshwa, iNkundla yeSekethe ye-16 ethi ayiwalandeli.) Kodwa yayiyinto nje enye, ulingo oluneseti entsha yamaqhinga, aqhawulwa kwisicwangciso sexesha elide. Ngeli xesha, abagwebi baseJackson County baqhubela phambili ukukhutshwa kwiinkundla kabini ngeveki. Oko sikufumeneyo kuvakala kunqabile. Ukudinwa okuhlangeneyo kwangena. Kwintlanganiso yeqhinga le-Zoom kwiintsuku ezithile kamva, u-Ashley Johnson - umqeshi owayesandula ukususa izixhobo zombane ekhayeni lakhe, nto leyo eyamnyanzela ukuba aphume - wanyanzela imanyano ukuba iqwalasele elinye inyathelo. Ngesiqhelo ethethela phantsi, uAshley wazikhwebula kwisimumu, ilizwi lakhe linkenteza ngokungxamisekileyo: โAbanye benu bangakwazi ukuthabatha ikhefu. Andifumani kuphumla kobu bomi. Andinakunivumela ukuba nenze loo nto nonke ngoku.โ Inkxaso yavela kwincoko: "Ashley, siwufumene umqolo wakho." Isiphithiphithi salo mzuzu yayikukuba sasisazi ukuba kufuneka senze okuthile, kodwa sasingazi ukuba masenze ntoni.
Kwinyanga kamva, ngoSeptemba, amaZiko oLawulo lweSifo kunye noThintelo akhuphe isithintelo sokugxothwa kwilizwe lonke. Saqala "amathontsi alayitiweyo" - ngeempelaveki zonke, sasibetha iiflethi, sishiya isiqingatha samaphepha achaza ukuba abaqeshi banokufuna njani ukhuseleko lokumiswa kwaye bajoyine i-KC Tenants. Kodwa ukukhutshwa kwabantu kwiindawo abahlala kuzo kuqhubekile njengoko iijaji zethu zengingqi zasebenzisa amakroba amaninzi kumgaqo-nkqubo wesizwe. Ngenkxaso evela kwi-ACLU, safaka isimangalo ngokuchasene nejaji echopheleyo, kodwa sasisazi ukuba asizukuphumelela ubulungisa ngokusebenzisa inkqubo kanye eqhubela phambili ubundlobongela.
Kwafuneka sinyuke, kwaye saqwalasela ukhetho lwethu. Abanye bacebise ukuvalwa kokugxothwa, ukuboleka kwincwadi yokudlala esetyenziswe kwiminyaka elishumi eyadlulayo ukumisa ukuvalwa. Siye sazama enye, kunye nomntu oqeshiweyo owayeza kubulawa ngentsasa yangoMvulo. Sasebenzisa imizimba yethu ukuvala iingcango zakhe njengoko amasekela ayenyuka. Babiza amapolisa ukuba abethelele; iinkokeli zethu ezimbini zazibotshwe ngamakhamandela, kwaye asikwazanga ukumthintela umnini-ndlu ekutshintsheni amaqhaga. Kwakunzima ngokupheleleyo. Umqeshi waphulukana nekhaya lakhe. Iinkokeli zethu zazigxadazela. Savakalelwa kukuba asiphumelelanga. Oku kusilela kunyanzelise ukucinga okungonwabanga kwintlanganiso yethu yangoMgqibelo: Olu lingelo lwalugwetyiwe kwasekuqaleni ngenxa yokuba besingenabudlelwane obukhoyo ngaphambili nomqeshi, asikwazanga ukulawula ulindelo lwakhe lwesenzo (kunye nolwethu), kwaye asizange sibe nalo. isicwangciso semeko edlaliwe. I-sloppy. Ngaphezu koko, kuyingozi.
Ekuqaleni besicinga ukuba sifuna into entsha neyahlukileyo, kodwa savela sacaca ukuba ukunyuka kungathetha ukubuyela kumaqhinga ebesazi ukuba asebenzile. Inqaku lokulingwa ibingekuko ukuqhubeka ulinge. Sasisele siyifumene indlela esebenzayo yokuphelisa ukugxothwa. Kunokuba siqhubele phambili, kwafuneka sizilole.
Ngo-Oktobha 15, ngaphambi nje kokuba kuqaliswe ityala lokugxothwa kwaloo mini, iqela lethu lagxalathelana kwiingcango zenkundla ekumbindi wedolophu laza lazivalela ngemixokelelwane. Ngeli xesha besinamaqela acofa kwidokethi ngalinye lokukhutshwa kwiinkundla zaseJackson County, kusasa nasemva kwemini. Abaphazamisi bafunde kwiskripthi esifanayo; sayeka ukugxothwa kwabantu abayi-138 ngaloo mini. Ukuphazamiseka okukude kuye kwamisa ukukhutshwa, ngelixa isenzo sangaphandle sidala ukujongana ngqo neziko elinobundlobongela. Ividiyo yeli nyathelo iye yasasazeka kumajelo eendaba ezentlalo, yafumana izigxeko zeperile, kodwa ubukhulu becala: "Ngakumbi koku, kuyo yonke indawo." Le yindlela oya kwenza ngayo ukuba udidi olulawulayo luphulaphule.
Okona kubalulekileyo, sanxibelelana nabaqeshi abo salibazisa amatyala abo. Isenzo sasebenza. Abantu babenokuhlala emakhayeni abo, kangangexesha elithile. Sangquba iitafile, sabetha amanqindi emoyeni. Saziva siziimitha eziliwaka ubude. Yayisisityhilelo. Besikwinto ethile. Saziva siqinisekisiwe kwaye sinamandla njengoko sasiphucula amaqhinga ethu kwaye ekugqibeleni sabona amagqabantshintshi eqhinga lokwenyani.
NgoNovemba, sabuya ukuze sifumane ezinye. Ukukhula kuthetha ukwanda: Siye sazinzisa ukuvalwa kweenkundla ezikude kwiiveki ezimbalwa. Ezi zenzo zikhokelele ukuba ijaji enelinye lawona madokhethi makhulu okukhutshwa kwiNkundla yeSekethe ye-16 ukuba ivale ukuxoxwa kwayo kulo nyaka ushiyekileyo, ilibazise ukugxothwa kwamakhulu. Uluhlu lwethu ludibene nabaqeshi abafowunela umnxeba wethu okanye esidibana nabo ezinkundleni. Bazibandakanya namaqela ethu okuphazamiseka, bethatha inxaxheba kwizenzo ezifanayo ezitshintshe ubomi babo. Ukoyiswa kwehlobo kuye kwaphela kwaye isantya sabambelela. Sifumene ukuzithemba kumandla ethu okuphelisa ukugxothwa, kwinqanaba kunye nangaphezulu kwexesha elide.
Ngaba singayivala yonke inkqubo yokugxotha kangangenyanga? Omnye umntu wabuza lo mbuzo kwintlanganiso yaphakathi evekini. NgoJanuwari kuya kubanda njengesihogo, kwaye iimeko ze-Covid zinokuphinda ziqhume kwakhona. Senze icebo. Ngaphaya kweenjongo zemathiriyeli, besijolise ekukhuliseni umanyano lwethu kunye nokwahlulahlula uluntu ngokuchasene nabenzi benzuzo kunye nabo babaxhobisayo kwinkqubo yenkundla. Sicinge ukuba siza kudinga iqela labaqeshi abangama-60 ubuncinci kwiindima zokulungelelanisa - unxibelelwano nabeendaba, umqeqeshi wokuphazamiseka okude, ukhokelo lokhuseleko lwe-Covid - ekuhambeni kwenyanga, ingabandakanyi amakhulu abantu esiya kufuna ukubasebenzisa kunye neqela lethu eliphambili. Iinkokeli zabaqeshi zazinemibuzo kunye nokungavisisani, abambalwa bavakalelwa kukuba isicwangciso sasiyinkohliso okanye asiqondi, kodwa phakathi kuDisemba, emva kokuxoxa kwintlanganiso yethu yeveki yomqeshi, isiseko se-KC Tenants samkele isindululo. Ngeeholide, iqela lokucwangcisa liye lagaya iindima eziyimfuneko, lakha i-spreadsheets ukucwangcisa isenzo ngasinye, lahlola iirekhodi zenkundla ye-elektroniki, kwaye yazisa abeendaba. Abaqashi abakwazi ukwenjenjalo bayemka emsebenzini, balungiselela ukhathalelo lwabantwana, kwaye ngenye indlela baqalisa ukuqhelanisa ubomi babo kwinyanga yokusebenza.
Iipowusta kunye nemiqondiso eyenziwe ngesandla kwibhodi yebhulethini ngaphakathi kwikomkhulu le-KC Tenants kumbindi wedolophu yaseKansas City, Mo. Credit: Barrett Emke/The New York Times, via Redux
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isiphango sekhephu sabetha isiXeko saseKansas ngoSuku loNyaka oMtsha ngo-2021. Abaqashi be-KC babecwangcise ukwenza irali kwizitepsi ze-Jackson County Courthouse. Ingcebiso yethu kumaphephandaba, ethunyelwe phambi kwesaqhwithi, ifundeka ngolu hlobo, โAbaqeshi be-KC bamile beqinile: Konke ukukhutshwa sisenzo sobundlobongela. Ukukhutshwa sigwebo sentambo kwabona bamelwane bethu basesichengeni. I-KC Tenants igqiba kwelokuba ingenelele kugxothwa ngakunye ngoJanuwari. Siza kuba sezitratweni, ezinkundleni, kwiifowuni, kwi-intanethi. โ
Isaqhwithi saqalisa i-pivots yokuqala kwi-Zero Eviction January. Izitalato bezingakhuselekanga, ngoko ke sayirhoxisa loo ndibano, sagqiba ekubeni sisungule ngosuku lokuqala iinkundla zivulwe ukuze zimamele ukugxothwa kwabantu. Iqaqobana lethu lahlanganisana kwinkundla yamatyala kumbindi wedolophu, lisabelana ngamaxhala angenyanga ezayo. Ngaba abantu babeza koyika kakhulu ukwenza okuthile? Ngaba iinkundla zazingaphendula ngogonyamelo? Imingcipheko ebandakanyekileyo kwisicwangciso sethu yayisoyikeka, kodwa emva kweenyanga ezilithoba zokufuduka ngenkohlakalo ngexesha likaxakeka kwimpilo yoluntu, iingxaki ezinokubakho zokungenzi nto zaziva ziphezulu kakhulu ukuba sizonwabisa. Saphosa iibhola zekhephu kumfanekiso ka-Andrew Jackson saza sahamba imini. Ukubuya kwethu ngoLwesine olandelayo, salibazisa ukugxothwa kwabantu abangama-219.
Besicwangcisele isenzo esibonakalayo semihla ngemihla kwinyanga yonke, kunye nezenzo ezimbini zomntu ngokuthe ngqo veki nganye, ngokuhambelana neentsuku iinkundla eziva ngazo ukugxothwa kwabantu - ngoLwesibini kwinkundla ye-Independence nangoLwesine kwinkundla yamatyala kumbindi wedolophu yaseKansas - njengoko. kunye nokuphazamiseka kwefowuni kwigumbi lenkundla ngalinye.
NgoLwesihlanu we-8 kaJanuwari, emva kwezenzo zethu ezimbini zokuqala, isekela lenkundla ladubula umqeshi ngexesha lokugxothwa. Usapho lwakhe luxelele amajelo eendaba ukuba unengxaki yempilo yengqondo kwaye wafika emnyango wakhe ephethe umpu we-BB.
Kuzo zonke iimeko zolu bundlobongela - i-bureaucratic kunye nenkohlakalo - sasizimisele ukubonakalisa kwaye sivale. Ngentsimbi yesi-2 malanga ngaloo mini, senza isicwangciso sokuthatha inyathelo, okwesithathu kwethu evekini. Ngenxa yokuzibophelela kwethu inyanga yonke, besineziseko ezingundoqo zokuyijikeleza kwiiyure nje ezimbalwa: umntu oza kuhlola indawo, abantu abaza kunika amagqabantshintshi, abaqeshi abane kukhuseleko lokubeka iliso kumjikelezo, iqela eliza kuzisa isibhengezo kunye. iimpawu, iqela lethu labantu abaguqukayo, abafowunele kuluhlu lwethu kwaye baqhumisa iflaya elula kumajelo asekuhlaleni.
Kwiiyure ezine emva koko, isihlwele sabaqeshi abamalunga ne-100 bahlanganisana kwindawo yokupaka iimoto e-El Torreon, indawo yeziganeko kumbindi wedolophu yaseKansas. Saziqhelisela iingoma, sajonga inkqubo yokhuseleko, sabhala inombolo yegqwetha ezingalweni zethu eSharpie. Sandula ke sahamba, simisa iimoto ezitratweni, de saya kufika kwindawo ezolileyo yejaji eyongameleyo. Kumele ukuba kukho umntu omkhuphileyo - iteyiphu yesilumkiso etyheli yajikeleza iyadi yakhe. Owokuqala wethu owafika wayikrazula iteyiphu waza wayalela wonkโ ubani ukuba azalise ingca, ejonge esitratweni. UJenay waxhoma ibhanile kwiveranda. UCharles Bishop kunye noDiane bathetha nenginginya. Ibhinqa elimhlophe elathi lingummelwane lasikhwaza, lifaka ikhamera yefowuni yalo ebusweni bethu lifuna ukusifota. Amapolisa asiyalela ukuba siphume ebaleni, esoyikisa ngokusibamba. Sahlala de kwagqitywa ucwangciso lwethu, malunga nemizuzu engama-30, saya ezitratweni kwakhona, sixoxa sibuyela kwindawo yokupaka iimoto.
Emva kwentlanganiso yethu yarhoqo ngeveki, sikhuphe le ngxelo:
Asithathi manyathelo ngenxa yesimboli. Asithathi manyathelo kuba sinxanelwe igazi. Ayiloqhankqalazo olu. Sithatha inyathelo elithe ngqo lokubonisa umanyano kubamelwane bethu, ukungenelela nokunqanda izenzo zobundlobongela, ukusa ingxaki yethu kubadali bayo, kunye nokwakha amandla azinzileyo okucalula iinkqubo ezisicinezelayo sonke.
Ilula: Akukho bulungisa ebantwini, akukho luxolo kubacinezeli.
NgoMvulo olandelayo, emva kweenyanga esixelela ukuba akunakwenzeka, ijaji eyongameleyo yakuphelisa ukugxothwa kwabantu kwiindawo abahlala kuzo kangangeeveki ezimbini, ichaza inkxalabo yayo ngokhuseleko lwabasebenzi benkundla. Sibanga uloyiso- amakhulu okukhutshwa okucwangciselwe ezo veki zimbini kuya kutyhalwa ngoFebruwari okanye nangoMatshi. Kodwa besisazi ukuba iinkundla zizakuphinda zivulwe ukuze zimamele abanye abantu abagxothwayo kule veki iphelileyo kaJanuwari.
Yayilixesha lokuzisa ingxaki kubadali bayo. Ebudeni bezo veki zimbini, endaweni yokuba sinqumame umsebenzi wethu, siye saya kwindlu nganye yeejaji, sizikhumbuza ukuba zazinokuzikhethela, zazinokwenza ngobulumko ziphelise ukugxothwa, yaye sizikhumbuza ukuba asiyi ndawo. Umqeshi ogama linguDom wathetha endlwini yomgwebi owayemkhupha:
Sihlanganisene ngaphandle kwekhaya likaJudge Weir. Apho alala khona ngoxolo ubusuku ngabunye, ngaphambi kokuba avuke athathe isigqibo sokuba ngubani ofanele isilingi ngaphezulu kwabo.
Konke malunga namandla, kwaye kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo ndiye ndaziva amandla ale mbumba. Ndiqale ndajoyina uphazamiso lwenkundla ye-KC Tenants ukunceda abanye kwisixeko sam. Ukusebenzisa ilizwi lam ukuphazamisa ezi nkundla zibi kwakuvuyisa. Ivakale inesibindi kwaye inefuthe.
Ndijongene nokukhutshwa kwam, kodwa ngenxa yesenzo esinye endithathe inxaxheba kuso, ityala lam liphakathi kwamakhulu alibazisekileyo. KC Tenants unomqolo wam.
Sifumene ixesha lokungenelela kwelinye inyathelo lenkqubo yokugxothwa, nathi. Safowunelwa ngumqeshi ogama linguAnthony. Amaxwebhu enkundla abonisa ukuba uthunyelwe kodwa wathi akazange ayibone isamani. Xa engazange avele enkundleni, ijaji yawisa isigwebo sokumgxotha. Umninimzi watshintsha izitshixo, amayeza ka-Anthony, itshaja yefowuni, ukutya, nezinye izinto zincanyatheliswe ngaphakathi. Sadibana no-Anthony kwi-Ofisi yeNkqubo yoLuntu ngoJanuwari 12, ngaxeshanye sijikeleze imoto yesekela, sifuna iimpendulo. Isekela lavuma ukuhamba no-Anthony baze bathathe izinto zakhe ngosuku olulandelayo.
NgoJanuwari 25, ijaji eyongameleyo yavumela olo nqumamiso lwexeshana ukuba luphele kwakhona, kodwa sasikulungele. Besibuyele emsebenzini kule veki iphelileyo kaJanuwari, sisebenzisa amaqhinga afanayo okuphazamisa ngaphakathi nangaphandle kweenkundla. Amanye amagumbi enkundla aye acinga ukuba singasigcina njani kumagumbi okulinda eWebex, kodwa safumana iindlela zokusebenza. Naxa abaphazamisi bethu bebambekile, bayicoca inkqubo ngokwaneleyo ukulibazisa amaxesha okuqalisa, nto leyo eye yaphinda yahlengahlengiswa amatyala. Siye sabhanyaza ibhokisi yencoko yegumbi lokulinda kunye nenombolo yomnxeba ye-KC Tenants ukuze abaqeshi emgceni bafikelele kuthi.
Ekupheleni kwenyanga, sasivale ukugxothwa kwabantu abangaphezu kwama-900โngaphezu kwama-90 ekhulwini amatyala awayezama ukuxoxwa ziinkundla. Sizuze amabali eendaba asekuhlaleni angama-48. Bangaphezu kwama-465 abantu abathatha iindima enyangeni yonke, besithelela ezinkundleni okanye befowunela njengabaphazamisi abakude. Iinkokeli ezingamashumi amathandathu anesine ze-KC zabaqeshi zathatha iindima ezintsha ngexesha lenyanga - amaqela akhokelayo, iintlanganiso eziququzelelayo kunye noqeqesho, ikhowudi yokukhutshwa kwedatha. Siqeshe ubuncinci iinkokeli ezintsha ezingama-22 kwisiseko sethu-abantu abafana noKenneth no-Anthony, esadibana nabo kwiinkundla zamatyala nabachatshazelwe ngokuthe ngqo kukuphazamiseka kwethu.
Sigcine i-akhawunti etyebileyo ye-Zero Eviction January. Kukho amakhulu amaphepha ee-ajenda zeentlanganiso kunye namanqaku avela kuvavanyo, iifoto kunye neevidiyo zesenzo ngasinye, iaudio yabaqeshi abaphazamisa ukukhutshwa okude, iiTweets, izithuba ze-Instagram. Oko iirekhodi zisilelayo ukukuthatha koko yinyanga eyenze ukuba yenzeka.
Abantu ababambe iindima nabakhokela uqeqesho basaququzelela phakathi kwethu nanamhlanje. Abaqeshi abagxothwayo esisalibazisekileyo kuye kwaba ngundoqo kumanyano lwethu, ubukho babo busisikhumbuzo sokwenzekayo xa sizibophelela kwisenzo esinefuthe lezinto eziphathekayo, kunye nesigunyaziso sokuqhubeka sisenjenjalo.
Umoya wethu uyaguquka xa sisebenzisa amandla, xa sifumana umanyano. Nantso inguquko enokubakho yokukhutshwa kweZero ngoJanuwari kunye nezenzo ezinje. Yonke into yahlukile xa abantu beziva amandla entshukumo edibeneyo: xa intliziyo yabo ibetha kwimizuzu ngaphambi kokuba ihle, xa bethetha nabantu ababomi babo butshintshwa zizenzo abazenzileyo, xa bejonga ngapha nangapha kwaye baqonda ukuba ibisithi. - abamelwane kunye nabahlobo - abakhuphayo. Into eyayikade ivakalelwa kukuba ayinakuphepheka ayisavakali ngaloo ndlela. Yintoni okanye engenakuphepheka iba ngumbuzo wokuba sikholelwa ukuba enye into inokwenzeka. Nokuba sizimisele na ukuyilwela. Enoba sinokunyamezela ukungonwabi kokungazi ukuba masenze ntoni na, ubuncinane ixesha elide ngokwaneleyo lokuzama into ethile. Nokuba sizimisele ukufunda ekusilelani. Nokuba siyathembana.
Umnini-mhlaba ka-Dani Baltimore uzame ukumgxotha amaxesha amane phakathi kuka-2020 no-2021. Iziphazamiso ze-KC Tenants zilibazise ngaphezu kwesinye sezo kukhutshwa, zimgcina ehleli ngexesha elandisiweyo lokungaphangeli. Ekhumbula iziphazamiso, uDani wabelane:
"Ndikhalile. Ndamdumisa uThixo. Sihlandlo ngasinye, loo ngcinezelo yayiye iphelele kum. Kwandinika amandla angakumbi okulwela abantwana bam. I-KC Tenants ibindibeka iiflaya emnyango, kwaye bendifuna ukujoyina kakubi kakhulu kodwa ndisasazeke kancinci ngayo yonke into eyenzekayo. Ngalo lonke ixesha ndibona iflaya, yayivutha into ethile emphefumlweni wam. Ndonwabileโฆ ndonwabile ukwazi ukuba kukho umntu ondilwelayo.โ
UDani, ongumama kubantwana abane, unomsebenzi ngoku yaye usendleleni eya kwindawo ezinzileyo. NgoDisemba ka-2022, phantse iminyaka emibini okoko i-KC Tenants yaphazamisa ukugxothwa kwakhe, uDani ungene kwintlanganiso yethu yenyanga. Kungekudala, uzakujoyina iqela le-KC Tenants hotline, ethumela abanye abaqeshi kwizixhobo zokusebenza kwaye ebamema kwimanyano yethu yedolophu yonke.
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