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Ubomi bam busesichengeni. Akunjalo nje ngokuba ndineminyaka engama-73 kunye neentlungu eziqhelekileyo ezicaphukisayo ezihamba nobudala, kodwa ngenxa yokuba ndide kwaye ndimnyama. Kwiinyawo ezi-7, ii-intshi ezi-2, ngokwezibalo ndixhomekeke ngakumbi kwi-blood clots, iingxaki ezisezantsi kunye ne-hip, umngcipheko ophezulu womhlaza, ngakumbi umhlaza we-prostate, i-atrial fibrillation (i-heart rhythm disorder), kunye nobomi obufutshane ngokubanzi. Ukuba Ntsundu kuthetha ukuba ndisengozini yokuhlaselwa sisifo seswekile, iingxaki zentliziyo, ukutyeba ngokugqithiseleyo, umhlaza, nobomi obufutshane ngokubanzi. Ewe, abantu abade kunye nabantu abaMnyama banexesha elifutshane lokuphila. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, ngokuvisisana nezi ngozi zamanani, ndiye ndanomhlaza wedlala lesinyi, ileukemia, kunye notyando lwentliziyo.
Ndibe nethamsanqa kuba umntu wam odumileyo undizisele ukhuseleko lwezemali olwaneleyo ukuze ndifumane unyango olubalaseleyo. Akukho mntu ufuna intsomi ye-NBA isweleke kwiwotshi yabo. Yiba nomfanekiso weYelp. Ndikwanethamsanqa lokuba omnye woonyana bam ngugqirha wamathambo aze omnye abe ngumalathisi wesibhedlele. Utata ubangcungcuthekisa efuna iingcebiso zonyango nanini na efuna. Kodwa ngeli lixa ndinombulelo ngezinto endinokuzifumana, ndiyazi kakuhle ukuba abanye abantu abaninzi kuluntu lwabaNtsundu abanalo ukhetho olufanayo kwaye luxanduva lwam ukujoyina abo balwela ukuyitshintsha loo nto. Kaloku ubomi babantu abaNtsundu busemngciphekweni. Umngcipheko omkhulu.
“Kuba ubomi babantu abaNtsundu busesichengeni. Umngcipheko omkhulu. "
Hayi nje ukusuka kwisifo seswekile, iingxaki zentliziyo, ukutyeba, kunye nomhlaza ukuba thina njengeqela sityekele kuwo, kodwa ukusuka kuluhlu olubanzi lwezoyikiso zempilo ezakhelwe kwisiseko soluntu lwaseMelika ngokuqinileyo njengamabhanti entsimbi abambe ibhulorho. Uninzi lwabantu luyazi ukuba oku kuyinyaniso, nangona abanye baya kukhanyela kuba besaba ukususa ezo zibhobho ezinqabileyo kuya kubangela ukuba ibhuloho yonke iwele. Inyaniso kukuba abo babhinqileyo sele bekhohlakele ngokugqwala kwaye ekugqibeleni baya kudilika ukuba asiyi kujongana nokubola okuphantsi kwenkqubo yobuhlanga. Ibhulorho yeSango leGolide yaseSan Francisco inabasebenzi bentsimbi abangama-200, abasebenza ngombane, kunye nabapeyinti abagcina yonke imihla ingqibelelo yebhulorho. Ukuba sifuna iMelika igcine ingqibelelo yenkcubeko, kufuneka silungise iziphene zayo zesakhiwo-kwaye kufuneka senze njalo imihla ngemihla.
“Ukungavisisani apho abantu abamhlophe babebhengeza i-All Lives Matter ngokucacileyo babengawuqondi lo mbandela. Abantsundu bebengatsho ukuba ubomi babantu abaNtsundu bubalulekile, bebegxininisa ukuba, indlela esebenza ngayo inkqubo ngoku, Ubomi Obumnyama bubalulekile… Ngaphantsi. ”
Kukho amaqela amaninzi ajongana nale mibhobhozo, kuquka iNational Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), i-American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), i-National Urban League, iNkomfa yobuNkokheli bamaKristu aseMzantsi (SCLC), kunye nabanye. Abantu abasenokuba abaqhelananga nomsebenzi omangalisayo wale mibutho ubuncinane bayazi malunga ne-Black Lives Matter (BLM), engaphantsi kombutho wesintu kunye nentshukumo ethe kratya yamatsha ntliziyo amanyeneyo kwilizwe lonke edityaniswe yi-credo eligama labo. Ukungavisisani apho abantu abamhlophe babhengeza i-All Lives Matter ngokucacileyo abazange bawuqonde lo mbandela. Abantsundu bebengatsho ukuba ubomi babantu abaNtsundu bubalulekile, bebegxininisa ukuba, indlela esebenza ngayo inkqubo ngoku, Ubomi Obumnyama bubalulekile… Ngaphantsi.
IBLM iqale ngo-2013 ukuqhankqalaza ubundlobongela bamapolisa. Kodwa ngo-2020, emva kokubulawa kwamapolisa kwabantu abaNtsundu abangaxhomanga nto leyo eyaphumela ekufuthaniseleni kukaGeorge Floyd, iBLM yayikhule yaba ngowona mbutho mkhulu woqhanqalazo kwimbali yase-United States. Phakathi koMeyi 24 noAgasti 22, bekukho imiboniso engaphezu kwama-10,600 15. Baqikelelwa kwi-26 yezigidi ukuya kwi-2020 yezigidi zabantu e-US bathathe inxaxheba kuqhanqalazo emva kokubhubha kuka-Floyd. Uvoto lukaJuni ka-2018 lweZiko loPhando lwePew lubonise ukuba, nangona uninzi loluvo loluntu lwaseMelika lwalungalunganga kuMba woBomi oMnyama ngo-XNUMX, uninzi ngoku lwabaxhasa. Kubonakala ngathi inkqubela.
Kodwa ubundlavini bamapolisa lolona hlaselo lumangalisayo nolunobundlobongela kubomi babantu base-Afrika baseMelika. Luphawu olulungele ikhamera yeTV yemeko yabo eMelika njengento engabalulekanga kwaye ayinakulahlwa. Abantwana abangalawulekiyo bohlwaywa ngenxa yokungakhathali, kungakhathaliseki ukuba sithetheleleka kangakanani na isikhalo sabo. Nangona kunjalo, eyona nto iyingozi kakhulu kwaye iyingozi kwimpilo, ubomi, kunye nentlalontle yezoqoqosho yabantu abamnyama baseMelika yinkqubo yokhathalelo lwempilo engayihoyiyo into yokuba, nangona bedinga kakhulu iinkonzo zonyango, ngokwenene bafumana elona nqanaba lisezantsi. Njengoko uDayna Bowen Matthew, umbhali wencwadi ethi Just Medicine: A Cure for Racial Inequality in American Health Care, echaza oku kwinqaku leBrookings Institution: “Into esiyibiza ngembeko ngokuthi ‘kukungafani kwezempilo’ kubulala abantu bebala mihla le. Ibangela ukuba abantu bebala baphile ngakumbi kwaye bafe ngokukhawuleza, ngenxa yebala lolusu lwabo. "
Ubhubhani we-COVID-19 uqaqambise indlela embi ngayo le nkqubo. Intsholongwane iye yabetha uluntu lwase-Afrika lwaseMelika ngesantya esiphezulu kakhulu kwaye siyingozi ngakumbi kunoluntu olumhlophe. Kwangaxeshanye, bafumana umgangatho ophantsi wokhathalelo. Izinga lokufa kwabaMnyama liphindwe ngama-3.6 aphezulu kunabamhlophe. Kodwa kwiindawo ezinabantu abaNtsundu ubukhulu becala, izinga losulelo liphindwe kathathu kwaye izinga lokufa liphezulu ngokuphindwe kathandathu kunakwiindawo ezimhlophe. Abanye abantu abangathathi ntweni ngebala nabo bayabandezeleka: kuzwelonke, amazinga okulaliswa esibhedlele aphindwe kahlanu kubantu bomthonyama baseMelika kunye nabase-Afrika baseMelika kwaye ngaphezulu ngokuphindwe kane kwiLatinx. Ingxelo yeZiko loLawulo lweSifo kunye noThintelo (CDC) ekhutshwe nge-14 ka-Agasti ka-2020, yagqiba kwelokuba kwiindawo ezingama-79 ezishushu e-US ezazinolwazi malunga nobuhlanga, iipesenti ezingama-96.2 zabonisa ukungalingani ngokobuhlanga kwiimeko ze-COVID-19.
“Nangona kunjalo, eyona isoyikiso ikhohlisayo neyonakalisayo kwimpilo, kubomi, nakwintlalontle yezoqoqosho yabantu abamnyama baseMelika yinkqubo yokhathalelo lwempilo engayikhathaleliyo into yokuba, nangona bedinga kakhulu iinkonzo zonyango, ngokwenene bafumana elona nqanaba lisezantsi. .”
Kutheni le nto abaNtsundu ngokubanzi besesichengeni ngakumbi kubhubhani ongayekeleliyo? Esinye isizathu ziimeko zempilo eziphantsi. Kodwa loo nto ingalahlekisa, kuba oonobangela bezinye zezo meko yintlupheko edalwe lucalucalulo lwenkqubo olukhokelela kwimfundo ephantsi xa kuthelekiswa nabamhlophe. Ukuba nemfundo enganeno, kunye nobutyebi obuncinane bemali, kuthetha ukuba lincinci ithuba lokukhuphisana nemfundo ephakamileyo, nto leyo ethetha ukuba mancinci amathuba emisebenzi ehlawula ngcono. Nkqu nabo bathe bakwazi ukutyhubela le miqobo mikhulu kwaye bangene kwimarike yemisebenzi benezidanga eziphezulu bajongene nocalucalulo olusekelwe kubuhlanga. I Ukuhlaziywa kwezoRhwebo zeHarvard Uvavanyo lwezifundo ezingama-21 lugqibe kwelokuba, ngenxa yocalucalulo lobuhlanga kunye nomkhethe ongekho zingqondweni, "ukuqeshwa kocalucalulo kwabaNtsundu akukhange kwehle kwiminyaka engama-25." Isiphumo kukuba abantu base-Afrika baseMelika abanamathuba aphindwe kabini kuphela okuba bangaqeshwa, kodwa naxa beqeshiwe barhola phantse ngama-25% ngaphantsi. Ukunqanda oku, abafaki-zicelo bemisebenzi abaNtsundu baye bathabatha “ukwenza mhlophe” amagama abo nokushiya iinkcukacha zobuzwe ukuze bafumane udliwano-ndlebe lomsebenzi. Okubuhlungu kukuba, oku kuye kwasebenza. Kuphononongo olupapashwe yiHarvard Business School, i-25% yabaMnyama abasebenzisa igama elimhlophe kwisicelo bafumana i-callback, xa kuthelekiswa ne-10% engazange ifumane.
Enye inkalo yempilo ebangelwa bubuhlwempu kukutyeba ngokugqithiseleyo. Abantu base-Afrika baseMelika banelona zinga liphezulu lokutyeba e-US, nto leyo enegalelo elikhulu ekubeni kutheni abantu abaNtsundu benoxinzelelo lwegazi oluphezulu, ukubetha, isifo seswekile kunye nesifo sentliziyo. Zonke ezi zibalo zokuba kutheni abantu abaNtsundu banamanani aphezulu okufa kulo naluphi na uhlanga kunye nohlanga eMelika. Ezinye zezi zinto zinokuthi zifakwe kwi-genetics, kodwa isizathu esikhulu sinciphisa ukufikelela ekutyeni okunempilo ngenxa yokuba amakhonkco evenkile yegrosari ayixhaphakanga kakhulu kwiindawo ezihlwempuzekileyo, ngoko kufuneka bahlawule imali eninzi yokutya okuphantsi. “Iivenkile ezinkulu zesizwe nezengingqi zibonelela ngenkonzo epheleleyo, zineentlobo ngeentlobo zokutya kunye neentlobo ngeentlobo zokutya ngamaxabiso akhuphisanayo. Abanye bade banazo iikhemesti okanye iikliniki zemizuzu, ”ucacisile u-Anne Palmer, umlawuli weNkqubo yoLuntu kunye neMpilo yoLuntu kwiziko le-Johns Hopkins lekamva eliphilayo, kwiShishini le-CNN. “Ngokudlula kuluntu lwabaNtsundu okanye olunemivuzo ephantsi, baye bayenza mandundu ngakumbi ingxaki yokufikelela ngokulula ekutyeni okunempilo.” Ukutya okukhawulezayo ngumthombo wokutya ophantsi, kodwa ukutya okuzinzile kudlala ukonakala kwimpilo yomntu, ngakumbi malunga nokutyeba.
Ingxaki ngokutsala nawuphi na umsonto omnye-i-COVID-19, imingcipheko yezempilo, amathuba emisebenzi- kukuba umsonto ngamnye ngumtya omnye kwi-quilt enkulu ebetha uluntu lwabaNtsundu. Omnye umsonto ukhokelela komnye, komnye, komnye—ngamnye wenza ipateni edibanisayo ebonakala ingenakungeneka nengenakuphikiswa. Ipolisa elityumza uqhoqhoqho lomntu oNtsundu ongaxhobileyo linxulumene nokungabaxabisi abaNtsundu, nto leyo enxulumene neengcinga zabantu abaNtsundu, nto leyo enxulumene nendlela abavezwa ngayo (okanye abangaboniswa ngayo) kumajelo eendaba, nto leyo enxulumene nokungabi namathuba emfundo. , enxulumene ne ... kunye nokuqhubeka nokuqhubeka.
Kunzima ukuziva uxabisekile kuluntu olungaxabisiyo impilo okanye ubomi bakho. Ukanti, esinye sezizathu zokuba abantu abaNtsundu bafumane ikhontrakthi kwaye basweleke ngenxa ye-COVID-19 ngamazinga aphezulu kukuba basebenza kwinto urhulumente ayichaze njengemisebenzi eyimfuneko ngakumbi kunalo naliphi na elinye iqela lobuhlanga: 37.7% abamnyama xa bethelekiswa nama-26.9% abamhlophe. Kumaziko okhathalelo lwempilo kunye noncedo lwezentlalo, izinga liphezulu nangakumbi. Ke, zombini zibalulekile, kodwa ziyalahlwa, njengeeglavu ezikhuselayo. Impazamo kukucinga ukuba singalungisa nayiphi na inkalo yobuhlanga ngaphandle kokulungisa ezinye. Oko kufana nokuba namatayara amane agqabhukileyo kwaye ulungisa elinye kuphela. Imfundo, inkqubo yobulungisa kulwaphulo-mthetho, ishishini lezempilo, indawo yengqesho, izindlu ezinemivuzo ephantsi—zonke ezi zizinto ezikwileli emele yomelele ngokwaneleyo ukuze iphakamise wonke umntu. Ukuphelisa ubuhlanga, njengeBhulorho yeSango leGolden, kufuna ukugcinwa kwemihla ngemihla. Uphononongo lubonise ukuba abafundi abaNtsundu benza ngcono esikolweni xa benotitshala omnye oNtsundu ubuncinane, ukuba iijaji zicokisekile kwaye zinobulungisa xa bohlukene, kwaye iintsana eziNtsundu ziphila rhoqo phantsi kokhathalelo loogqirha abaMnyama kunabamhlophe, nokuba bathini na. umvuzo kamama. Ootitshala abaMnyama abangakumbi, abagwebi, kunye noogqirha-lugcino lwethu lwemihla ngemihla olo. Iimbaleki eziguqayo ngexesha lomhobe wesizwe, amajelo eendaba ezentlalo avala izithuba zentiyo, abezopolitiko kunye nabantu abadumileyo abagxeka intetho yobuhlanga, amapolisa angachaphazeli ngokwebala, iinkampani ezizibophelele kwimibutho exhasa ngemali imibutho elwa nocalucalulo-oko kukugcinwa kwethu kwemihla ngemihla. Kwaye kungekuphela nje kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ezizayo de ukukhanya kobudlelwane boluntu kuye kwafiphala, kodwa de ilizwe lingqine ngomthetho kunye nokuziphatha koluntu ukuba ngenene likholelwa kwinkululeko kunye nobulungisa kubo bonke.
Sesinye sezizathu zokuba ndikhethe ukuba ngunozakuzaku wezeMpilo we-UCLA. Ndandifuna ukufikelela kubantu abaNtsundu ukuze ndiqinisekise ukuba bafumana inkcazelo yezonyango nezempilo eyayinokusindisa ubomi babo, kanye njengokuba yabusindisayo obam. Imingeni yezempilo egqubayo kuluntu lwethu inokusonjululwa ngokufanelekileyo ukuba abantu bayazi ukuba banendawo abaya kuyo eza kubanceda. Inkqubo ye-UCLA yeMpilo ye-Precision yindlela entsha yonyango ejolise ekunyamekelweni ngokusekelwe kwiprofayili yomntu ngamnye wezakhi zofuzo, indalo, kunye nendlela yokuphila. Xa ndafunyaniswa ngo-2008 ukuba ndine-leukemia, iyeza elichanekileyo lasetyenziswa ukugxila kuguquko lwemfuzo oluqhuba isifo sam.
“Kungathi uluntu lwabaNtsundu luvaleleke kuSuku lweGroundhog apho yonke imihla silwa ucalucalulo, singqina ukuba lukhona, sibone impumelelo, emva koko sivuke ngosuku olulandelayo sijongane nayo yonke imiqobo efanayo.”
Kwakhona kungenxa yoko le nto ndinebhongo ngonyana wam uAmir, owakhetha ukuba ngugqirha wotyando ngeenzame zokunceda uluntu lwabaNtsundu. Wayeyazi loo nto Amadoda amnyama anowona mlinganiselo uphantsi wokuphila kulo naliphi na iqela labantu, aphila umyinge weminyaka eyi-4.5 ngaphantsi kwamadoda amhlophe. Inxalenye yesizathu kukuba abantu abaNtsundu banomba wokuthembana okufanelekileyo noogqirha abasukela kuVavanyo lweTuskegee apho amadoda aNtsundu axelelwa ukuba ayenyangwa igcushuwa, kodwa afumanisa ukuba akunjalo ukuze urhulumente afunde ngokufihlakeleyo. ukuqhubela phambili kwesi sifo. Uphando lwakutsha nje lweZiko leSizwe loPhando loQoqosho kwi Ukuhlaziywa kwezoRhwebo zeHarvard yabonisa ukuba amadoda aNtsundu afumana unyango olunempumelelo ngakumbi xa enogqirha oMnyama ngokuchasene nogqirha omhlophe. Njengogqirha oMnyama, uAmir ibonelela ngonyango lwezamayeza kwabo banokuthi ngenye indlela babe mathidala ukuyifuna kwaye, ngokutsho kophononongo, ibonelela ngokhathalelo olusebenzayo ngakumbi. Ukwasebenza njengomzekelo kubantwana abaMnyama abanokufuna ukufuna ikhondo lenzululwazi okanye ubugqirha.
Kodwa nangayo yonke imigudu entle enokwenziwa ngunyana wam nabanye, inyaniso elusizi kukuba, ngendilibhale eli nqaku kwiminyaka engama-50 eyadlulayo. Ingathi uluntu oluNtsundu luvaleleke phakathi Usuku lwegroundhog apho yonke imihla silwa nobuhlanga, sibonakalise ukuba bukhona, sibone inzuzo, kwaye sivuke ngosuku olulandelayo kuyo yonke imiqobo efanayo. Kumboniso bhanyabhanya, uBill Murray waphuncuka kulo mjikelo ngokungazicingeli, ekhathalela ngakumbi iimfuno zabanye kuneminqweno yakhe yokubawa. Yiloo ndlela iMelika iya kuphuncula ngayo le ndlela yokuziphatha yokuzonakalisa. Ikamva lokulingana kwabaMnyama baseMelika liqala ngempilo yomzimba kunye nengqondo, kwaye ngokude nje besekupheleni komgca weenkonzo, ukulingana okwenyaniso akunakukwenzeka. Ubomi babantu abamnyama kufuneka bube nendaba kuzo zonke iinkalo zoluntu lwaseMelika ukuba bafuna ukuphumelela.
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