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Ukusukela oko uTrump wathatha isikhundla kwiminyaka emithathu edlulileyo ubuncinci amazwe ali-18 abonile ukungeniswa komthetho ngabakhanyeli bemozulu ephiko lasekunene ababotshelelwe kumzi mveliso wamafutha efosili ukwenza ulwaphulo-mthetho uqhanqalazo oluchasene negesi okanye imibhobho yeoyile entsha. Ezinye iintshukumo zikwafumene inyathelo lengcinezelo ngoorhulumente basekhaya, borhulumente kunye norhulumente. Ngumbandela ekufuneka siwuthathe nzulu.
Iminyaka yam yokuqala yobutshantliziyo benkqubela kunye noququzelelo lwenzeka ngexesha lobumongameli bukaRichard Nixon, ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo omnye, ukuba asinguye, olona lawulo lukaMongameli lucinezelayo esiye sadibana nalo e-US kweli xesha langoku. Kwakuphantsi kwe-Nixon apho i-Republican Party kunye "nesicwangciso sayo sasezantsi" yaqala intshukumo yayo ukuya ekubeni luhlobo lweziko elibuyisela umva elivumela ixoki le-pathological, ubuhlanga kunye nomxhaphazi ngokwesondo uDonald Trump ukuba onyulwe njengoMongameli ngoNovemba ka-2016.
Ngexesha lokuqala likaNixon, ukusuka ku-1969 ukuya ku-1973, wayejongene nokusetyenziswa kwee-arhente zikarhulumente ukuzama ukutshabalalisa amaqela afana ne-Black Panther Party, i-Young Lords kunye ne-American Indian Movement, kubandakanywa nohlaselo oluxhobileyo ngamapolisa olukhokelela ekufeni. Imithetho esanda kwenziwa iyelenqe yasetyenziselwa ukumangalela iinkokeli zombutho woxolo neminye imibutho. Isixhobo esingekho mthethweni ngokupheleleyo nesifihlakeleyo sadalwa ukumosha amaphulo abachasi bakhe bezopolitiko kwiDemocratic Party, nto leyo eyakhokelela kuqhekezo lwasezinzulwini zobusuku kwihotele iWatergate eyathi ekugqibeleni yakhokelela ekuvezweni kwesi sixhobo kunye nokurhoxa kukaNixon ngenkani kwi-ofisi ngo-1974.
Ndizibonele ngokwam esi sixhobo sengcinezelo ngokubandakanywa kwam njengommangalelwa kwityala Harrisburg 8/7 ityala.
Ndafunda izinto ezininzi ngaloo minyaka ye-Nixon malunga nendlela yokujongana nengcinezelo karhulumente.
Isifundo esinye esibalulekileyo kukumahluko phakathi kwendlela urhulumente aqhubana ngayo nabantu bebala, abaMnyama, abaLatinx, iSizwe sokuQala kunye neAsia / Pacific Islander, xa kuthelekiswa nabantu bomnombo waseYurophu, abantu abamhlophe. Iinyani zembali zohlaselo lwasemkhosini, izivumelwano ezaphukileyo, ubukhoboka, ucalucalulo lukaJim Crow, ukucingelwa ukuba negunya labamhlophe kunye nobuhlanga obuseziko buyaqhubeka ukuba neempembelelo zabo ezimbi, zocalucalulo.
Phakathi kwezi mpembelelo kukuzimisela kwamapolisa athile ukudubula nokuxhaphaza ngokungakhathali ulutsha oluntsundu namanye amadoda ngebala ngaphandle kwesizathu esibambekayo, nto leyo ethe yavelisa iMovement for Black Life ebaluleke ngokunzulu.
Elinye ifuthe lempatho engalinganiyo eyenziwa kwinkqubo yezomthetho, ukusuka emapoliseni ukuya kubatshutshisi ukuya kubasebenzi basentolongweni, xa kuthethwa ngabantu bebala xa kuthelekiswa nabantu abamhlophe. Umzekelo, abantu bebala ababanjiweyo njengenxalenye yesenzo sokungathobeli umthetho woluntu banokuba phantsi kweentlawulo ezinamandla okanye ubunzima obongezelelweyo ngelixa beselugcinweni lwamapolisa okanye emva kwezitshixo xa kuthelekiswa nabamhlophe.
Abo bethu bomnombo waseYurophu kufuneka bazazi ezi zinto ziyinyaniso kwaye benze ngokufanelekileyo, balungele ukuthetha kwaye bacele umngeni ngokungalingani, ucalucalulo okanye ngokucacileyo amagama amhlophe kunye nezenzo ezicacileyo naphi na apho zisenzeka khona. Oku kukwaluxanduva lwethu xa kufikwa kumagama kunye nezenzo zocalucalulo malunga nabaphambukeli, abantu be-lgbtq, abafazi, okanye naliphi na elinye iqela.
Esinye isifundo malunga nokujongana noxinzelelo lukarhulumente kukuba singayivumeli ukuba iphazamise okanye yahlule imibutho okanye imibutho.
Le yenye yeenjongo zoorhulumente abangenabulungisa abazama ukucinezela abo bacelโ umngeni imigaqo-nkqubo nezenzo zabo. Iinzame zokwenza uqhanqalazo oluchasene neziseko ezitsha zefosili, umzekelo, zonke zimalunga nokutyhafisa abantu ekuthatheni inxaxheba. Kodwa ukuba sithetha ngobukrelekrele ngokuchasene nomthetho ocetywayo kwaye sibonisa ngokuchanekileyo abo bawuxhasayo njengabangameli baseMelika, abachasene nedemokhrasi, abachasene nongcoliseko kunye nabakhanyelayo bemozulu, iinzame zabo zinokusiphelisa ukomeleza isiseko sethu senkxaso.
Enye indlela yengcinezelo kukuthumela abangeneleli bakarhulumente kwiintlanganiso zethu abaqeqeshelwe ukujonga iiyantlukwano phakathi kweqela okanye intshukumo baze benze iinzame zokuziqinisa nokuziqinisa. Esi sesinye sezizathu zokuba kutheni kufuneka sibe malunga nophuhliso lwenkcubeko yentshukumo enentlonipho kunye nempilo. Kwimeko enjalo yenkcubeko, kunzima kakhulu kubantu abazama ukudala iyantlukwano ukuze baphumelele.
Kuyafana nangokubhekiselele kubaxhokonxi, abantu abazama ukwenza abanye babandakanyeke kwiintetho ezinobundlobongela okanye benze isenzo ngakumapolisa okanye abanye abamele urhulumente.
Umsindo ochasene nokungekho sikweni nengcinezelo awukho nje ngokusemthethweni; yinxalenye eyimfuneko yokwakha ngempumelelo intshukumo yotshintsho lokwenyani. Kodwa umsindo kufuneka usetyenziswe ngendlela efanelekileyo. Abo bakhawulezayo ukubiza amapolisa ngokuthi โiihaguโ okanye bagibisele izitena okanye ngezinye iindlela ezithanda ukubonakalisa umsindo ngendlela engafanelekanga mhlawumbi ngamagosa karhulumente azama ukunyelisa le ntshukumo okanye ngabantu abafuna ungenelelo. Kufuneka bathatyathelwe ecaleni kwaye bathethe nabo ngokuthe ngqo, kwinqanaba kunye nendlela yothando malunga nokuchasene nemveliso yento abayenzayo. Abanye baya kuqhubeka besenza njalo, kodwa abanye baya kutshintsha, ukuba akunjalo ngoko nangoko ekuhambeni kwexesha.
Kufuneka siyamkele into yokuba ukubekw' esweni kukarhulumente kunikezelwe ukuba sizimisele ngokucela umngeni kwinkqubo yengcinezelo kwaye ngokusisiseko siyitshintshe, ukuba simalunga notshintsho lwenguqu. Sifanele sibaphaphele abantu abanjalo. Xa kuvela izikrokro ezibambekayo, sifanele senze uphando size, ukuba kubonakala kuyimfuneko, sijongane ngokuthe ngqo naloo mntu okanye abantu kuthethwa ngabo.
Kukho amanye amanyathelo aqinisekisiweyo esinokuwathatha ukuthintela ukuphazamiseka kukarhulumente kwizenzo zethu. Umzekelo, ukuba siququzelela isenzo esingenabundlobongela esibandakanya into eyothusayo, kufuneka sithathe nawaphi na amanyathelo ayimfuneko ukuze isenzo senzeke, njenge-imeyile efihliweyo, ukusetyenziswa kweendlela ezikhuselekileyo zonxibelelwano, kunye nokunciphisa ngesazela oko kuthethwayo okanye ebhalwe ngayo ngaphambili kwizinto eziyimfuneko kuphela.
Ekugqibeleni, into endiyifundileyo kukuba ingcinezelo karhulumente ingaba nefuthe eliphazamisayo emsebenzini wethu, ngokuqinisekileyo, kodwa sinokujika into engalunganga ibe yinto enhle. Ukuya kuthi ga kumlinganiselo esinokuthi ngokuyilayo, ngobukrelekrele nangokungoyikiyo siveze ubunyani bento esiyiyo njengoko sisabela kwinto abasenza yona kuthi, ukuya kuthi ga ngoku siya komeleza kwaye sakhe intshukumo yethu.
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