Owayesakuba yiNkongolokazi uCynthia McKinney wanikela le dilesi ngoMatshi 6 kwinkomfa ye-UC Berkeley enesihloko esithi "Indima yoMthetho kunye noMgaqo-nkqubo: iAfrika, iCaribbean kunye ne-US" exhaswa nguMthetho we-Afrika-waseMelika kunye neNgxelo yoMgaqo-nkqubo.
Akukho ndawo sibona ukungabi namandla kwe-Black America kudlalwa phambi kwamehlo ethu kunye nehlabathi njengoko sibona ngoku kwimeko yaseHaiti. Kodwa mandongeze ukuba bekungasoloko kunje, kwaye akunyanzelekanga ukuba kube ngolu hlobo.
Okokuqala, njengoko ndiyibona, umnxeba ochanekileyo awukho nje kuphando, kodwa kunye nokufakwa kwakhona. Kanye njengokuba i-US, ngeminyaka yee-1950s, yasungula umgaqo-nkqubo wayo wokubuyisela umva kubukomanisi, ngokunjalo kufuneka abantu baseMelika abanezazela ezikhululekileyo babize iqela lamasela likaBush ukuba libuyise ubhukuqo-mbuso eHaiti.
Ukuba uyakhumbula, iUnited States neHaiti bezikule ndawo kanye ngaphambili. UGen. Raul Cedras uye weba amandla kubhukuqo-mbuso ngokuchasene nomfundisi onyulwe ngokwedemokhrasi owayesebenza kwimida yasePort-au-Prince. Abantu baseMelika baseHaiti eFlorida naseNew York nakwezinye iindawo basebenze ngokungayeki ukumisela uTata uAristide emandleni.
ISebe lezoBulungisa laseRiphabhlikhi lalisandul' ukongamela ukwanda okukhulu kweBhunga le-Congressional Black Caucus ukususela ekuphunyezweni koMthetho wamaLungelo okuvota njengoko unyanzelise iziNdlu zowiso-mthetho zaseMazantsi ukuzoba izithili eziza kuvumela abantu abamnyama basemaphandleni ekugqibeleni ukuba banyule abagqatswa ababathandayo. Abavoti abaNtsundu, abanenani elikhulu labavotileyo, bajike utata kaGeorge Bush waphuma kwi-White House kwaye banyula uBill Clinton endaweni yoko.
Ngoko iqonga lamiselwa ngaphakathi nangaphandle kwinguqu enkulu kumgaqo-nkqubo wase-US ukuya eHaiti, eshiya i-antipathy yeRiphabhlikhi ka-Aristide ngasemva. Olu tshintsho luye lwacaphukisa ubuncinci iqela elincinane eMelika emhlophe kangangokuba, kwityala laseFlorida lokuphinda lithintelwe, ummangali wabhala ukuba ukonyuka kwamandla eCongressional Black Caucus kwakutshintshile umgaqo-nkqubo wase-US malunga neHaiti, kwaye ngenxa yeso sizathu, phakathi kwabanye, Ubungakanani be-CBC bukhule kakhulu, kungoko ityala elichasene nesithili seNkongolokazi uCorrine Brown.
Isishwankathelo sabamangali baseFlorida sibonelela ngompu wokutshaya ukusebenza kweCaucus enkulu, eyomeleleyo, encinci emnyama engene eWashington ngeajenda esekelwe ebantwini. Ikwabeka kwisiqabu esinokwenzeka xa i-Black America ineenkokeli zokwenyani, ezibekwe kakuhle, kwezopolitiko.
Ekugqibeleni, uCedras wanikwa imali kwaye waphuma ePort-au-Prince ngelixa ezinye iinkokeli ze-FRAPH, i-CIA-ephefumlelweyo ye-tonton macoute replacement, yafumana indawo yokusabela e-US, kwiRiphabhlikhi yaseDominican nakwezinye iindawo. Uninzi lwexesha lakhe elichithwe ngaphandle kweofisi, ekugqibeleni uAristide wabuyela eofisini. Ekupheleni kwexesha lakhe, u-Aristide washiya i-ofisi waza wabalekela ukunyulwa kwakhona emva kokuphela kwexesha lendlalifa yakhe, uRene Preval.
Ngoku, ngokomnye wemithombo yam yophando, enye yeekhontrakthi ezibekwe ngu-Preval yayikunye neSteele Foundation ukubonelela ngokhuseleko lukamongameli. I-Steele Foundation, ikomkhulu apha kwi-Bay Area, kuthiwa isondele kakhulu kwi-Pentagon, kunye nenkokeli yayo yangaphambili ivela ngqo kwi-Ofisi ye-Intelligence ye-Pentagon. Okubangelโ umdla kukuba, kuthiwa ineofisi eMiami, ikhaya lekomkhulu le-US Special Operations Command, ekuthiwa yayibandakanyekile ekuqeqesheni abavukeli abagxotha uAristide. Ke, ngexesha "lokubanjwa" kuka-Aristide, kucingelwa ukuba wayekhuselwe liqela lezokhuseleko elivunywe yiPentagon elathi lasilela ukumkhusela.
Ukongezelela, ngokutsho kwalo mthombo, amanye amajoni aseDominican kunye namajoni athetha iSpanish nesiNgesi awayeqeqeshwe yi-US kunyaka ophelileyo kwi-Operation Jaded Task eDominican Republic ayesilwa kunye nabavukeli baseHaiti kumantla nakunxweme olusemazantsi eHaiti. Sixelelwa ukuba abasemagunyeni baseHaiti bavalele iiveni ezithwele iiM-16 ezintsha ngaphaya komda zisuka eDominican Republic. Ngokwengxelo endiyifumeneyo, abasemagunyeni baseHaiti baqalise ukuvalela iiveni ezithwele izixhobo ezisuka eDominican Republic ekuqaleni konyaka ophelileyo, kwaye kamsinya nje emva kokuba umkhosi wase-US unike i-20,000 M-16s kuMkhosi waseDominican.
IHaiti yayiza kubhiyozela iminyaka yayo emibini. Ndikhumbula indlela elavuya ngayo eli lizwe xa lalibhiyozela iminyaka elikhulu. Olo vuyo alukhange lubekho kubantu baseHaiti. Isilogeni sikaJean-Bertrand Aristide ngexesha lephulo lesikhumbuzo selizwe yayikukubuyisela, imbuyekezo, umbhiyozo. Kwaye wayebhengeze iHaiti njengelizwe laseAfrika.
U-Aristide wayengekho inkokeli ye-COINTELPRO. Hayi "iNigro ecocekileyo." Yaye, ngolwimi lukaJ. Edgar Hoover, โwawavuyisa amaNegro.โ Ke ngoku, ukuqonda ukuba ngubani uJean Bertrand Aristide ngokwenene, kwaye kwangaxeshanye sisazi ukuba ilizwe lethu lijongana njani neenkokheli zokwenyani ezinjengaye, asinakumangaliswa yinto eyenzekayo. Sifanele, nangona kunjalo, soyike ukuba amandla ethu adibeneyo akakwazi ukubuyisela i-Aristide kumandla kwakhona.
Igqwetha laseHaiti lityhola ngelithi urhulumente wase-US wayebandakanyeka ngokuthe ngqo kubhukuqo-mbuso kwaye iinkokeli zobhukuqo-mbuso zazixhobile, ziqeqeshwe, ziqeshwe ziinkonzo zobuntlola zase-United States.
Ingqina lamehlo, umgcini ka-Aristide, uxelele unomathotholo waseFransi ukuba โumkhosi waseMelika uze kumthatha ngentsimbi yesibini ekuseni. AmaMerika amkhupha ngezixhobo.โ
Emva kokuthetha ngokuthe ngqo noMongameli uAristide, iCongresswoman uMaxine Waters yabika ukuba uAristide wayengqongwe ngumkhosi. โIngathi usentolongweni. Uthi waxhwilwa,โ utshilo.
URandall Robinson wathetha noMongameli uAristide. URobinson uthe u-Aristide wakhanyela ukuba urhoxile.
Umfundisi uJesse Jackson wafumana uAristide ngefowuni kunye nentatheli ye-Associated Press, kwaye u-Aristide ngokwakhe wathi unyanzelekile ukuba ahambe. Wathi, โBafika ebusuku. Zazininzi kakhulu. Andizange ndikwazi ukuzibala.โ Wathi abameli bamxelela ukuba ukuba akahambi, baza kuqalisa ukudubula nokubulala. U-Aristide ucatshulwe echaza ezi arhente zazimgrogrisa ngokuthi "ngabamhlophe baseMelika, umkhosi omhlophe."
UDonald Rumsfeld wathi ingcamango yokuxhwilwa yayingavisisani kwaphela nayo yonke into ayivayo okanye ayibonileyo. I-White House izichithile izityholo zokuba u-Aristide uqweqwediswe yimikhosi yase-US efuna ukumnyanzela ukuba arhoxe kwaye abalekele elubhacweni. UColin Powell watsho ngokucacileyo ukuba uAristide akazange athinjwe. UPowell uthe, "Asizange simnyanzele ukuba akhwele inqwelomoya."
Ngoku, andazi ngawe. Kodwa kucacile kum ngoku ukuba andimkholelwa uDonald Rumsfeld. Andiyikholelwa i-White House. Kwaye andimkholelwa uColin Powell.
Kodwa nangaphezu koko, phawula ukusebenzisa kukaPowell igama elithi โthina.โ
Kwaye apho kulele undoqo wengxaki yethu.
Ngomhla woku-1 kuMatshi, i-2004, iWashington Times yabhala isihloko sikaColin Powell esithi, โNdikwi-ajenda kaMongameli.โ I-Condoleeza Ilayisi kunye noColin Powell banikeze ubuso obuMnyama kwimigaqo-nkqubo eyonakalisa uluntu lwehlabathi kunye noluntu lwethu lwaseMelika. IMelika eqhubela phambili kunye noluntu lwehlabathi lufuna uluntu olumnyama oluqinileyo, oludlamkileyo nolulwelayo.
Ingxelo yakutshanje yeNew York Times yafumanisa ukuba ama-50 ekhulwini amadoda akhulileyo aMnyama kwisiXeko saseNew York akaqeshwanga. Ngokutsho kwengxelo ye-State of the Dream 2004, ukuba amazinga enkqubela phambili ahlala efana, kuya kuthatha iminyaka esibhozo ukuba iMelika ivale i-gap ye-Black-White kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo. Kuya kuthatha iminyaka engama-73 ukuvala umsantsa wokuthweswa izidanga ekholejini, iminyaka eli-190 ukuvala umsantsa wokuvalelwa entolongweni, iminyaka engama-581 ukuvala umsantsa womvuzo womntu ngamnye, kunye neminyaka eli-1,664 ukuvala umsantsa wobunini bamakhaya. Inkqubela phambili ecacileyo kumgangatho obalulekileyo wezalathisi zobomi ayenziwa ngokukhawuleza ngokwaneleyo.
Kodwa asizukuyibona loo nto iboniswe kwi-UPN, FOX, CNN okanye iWB. Iya isanda, iinkokeli ezidumileyo zisixelela ukuba asisafuni mbutho kwakhona kwaye abaphembeleli abagxile kwezi nyaniso bayadlula.
Kwaye kubo ndibuza umbuzo omnye kuphela. Kwenzeka ntoni kwibutho labantu elivuza abo bacholachola isiqhamo kodwa libe lingabakhuseli abo basivuthululayo?
Izishukumisi zemithi zikumhlaba wonke zizama ukuphakamisa iindawo abahlala kuzo. Kuphela ngokuthatha kwethu inxaxheba esebenzayo nenolwazi kwinkqubo yezopolitiko apha siya kukwazi ukumisa amagunya avelisa imigaqo-nkqubo eyingozi. Kuphela kukuthatha kwethu inxaxheba kwinkqubo yezopolitiko apho siya kukwazi ukukhusela uluntu lwehlabathi - njengeHaiti, njengeVenezuela - kwiiyantlukwano zabantu abanamandla abasebenza egameni lethu abangakhathali nakancinci malunga neenqobo esizixabisayo.
I-Black America, edlamkileyo kunye neenkokheli ezithembekileyo, ngokubambisana okusebenzayo kunye nabo bonke abaqhubela phambili, banokutshintsha okwenzekayo apha ekhaya kunye nemigaqo-nkqubo ephunyezwa kumazwe angaphandle.
Kwaye ke ndiphetha ngesibongozo kunye nesimangalo sokuba thina njengabantu siphakame, sithethe inyaniso emandleni, singoyiki, kwaye ndithi kwabo balawula lo matshini woyikekayo, โLixesha lokuba niyeke, ngoku. โ
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