Kumzekelo okwincwadi yesikhokelo wokucakwa mhlophe, ukuba iMelika yanamhlanje iyamazi uHelen Keller (1880-1968) konke konke, ngumfanekiso ekulula ukwetyisa oboniswe kwifilimu ka-1962, โThe Miracle Worker.โ Intombazana enesibindi esingevayo neyimfama โiyoyisaโ yonke imiqobo ukuze ikhuthaze wonke umntu edibana nayo. "UHelen Keller abantu abaninzi abaqhelene naye yi-paragon engaqhelekanga yokungakwazi ukwabelana ngesondo nokwaziyo ukoyisa ubuthulu-bumfama kwaye wasebenza ngokuzimisela ukukhuthaza imibutho yesisa kunye nemibutho enxulumene nabanye abantu abaziimfama nabangevayo," ubhala uSally Rosenthal kwiRagged Edge.
Kodwa, ngo-1909, uHelen Keller waba usoshiyali. Kungekudala emva koko, wavela njengomxhasi welizwi wabasebenzi kwaye wahamba nesizwe ukuvakalisa inkcaso yakhe kwimfazwe. Wabuza wathi: โAbalawuli bethu banokubanga njani ukuba balwela ukwenza ihlabathi likhuseleke kwidemokhrasi,โ wabuza, โngelixa apha eUnited States iNegroes inokubulawa ngendyikitya yokufa ize nempahla yabo itshiswe?โ Kakade ke, njengowasetyhini oneziphene, wayexhaswe ngamajelo osasazo aqhelekileyo awayefudula eyintshatsheli njengegorhakazi. Abahleli boKhozi lwaseBrooklyn babhala: โIimpazamo zakhe zibangelwa kukusikelwa umda kokukhula kwakhe.โ
UKeller akazange athethe amazwi kwiimpendulo zakhe...enye yazo eyavela kumaphephandaba kulo lonke elaseMerika: โLogama nje ndisenza imisebenzi yam kwiinkonzo zentlalontle nakwiimfama, amaphephandaba andincoma kakhulu, endibiza โnjengombingeleli omkhulu wabangaboniyoโ yaye 'Eda ucacise kutheni oku kuyimpazamo'. Kodwa xa ndixubusha ngentlupheko nenkqubo yemizi-mveliso esiphila phantsi kwayo lowo ngumbandela owahlukileyo.โ
Njengoko isiphithiphithi somkhosi sasasazeka kulo lonke elaseMerika, uKeller wabonakala kwiHolo yaseCarnegie yesiXeko saseNew York ngoJanuwari 5, 1916. โNdinelizwi endinokulithetha kubahlobo bam abalungileyo, abahleli, nabanye abashukunyiselwa ukuba bandisizele,โ watsho.
โAbanye abantu baba buhlungu kuba becinga ukuba ndisezandleni zabantu abanganyanisekanga abandilahlekisayo baze bandicenge ukuba ndibandakanyeke kwizinto ezingathandwayo baze bandenze umthetheli wobuxoki babo. Ngoku, makuqondwe kube kanye ukuba andiyifuni inceba yabo; Bendingazotshintsha indawo nomnye wabo. Ndiyayazi le nto ndithetha ngayo. Imithombo yam yolwazi ilungile kwaye ithembekile njengaye nawuphi na omnye umntu. Ndinamaphepha neemagazini ezivela eNgilani, eFransi, eJamani naseOstriya endinokuzifundela ngokwam.
Asingabo bonke abahleli endidibene nabo abanokuyenza loo nto. Uninzi lwabo kufuneka bathathe isandla sabo sesibini saseFransi nesiJamani. Hayi, andizukubagxeka abahleli. Baludidi olusebenza ngokugqithisileyo, olungaqondwayo. Noko ke, mabakhumbule ukuba, ukuba andiwuboni umlilo ekupheleni kwecuba labo, abanakukwazi ukuthulula inaliti ebumnyameni. Into endiyicelayo, manene, yintsimi enobulungisa kwaye akukho bubele. Ndingenele umlo wokulungela kunye nenkqubo yezoqoqosho esiphila phantsi kwayo. Iza kuba ngumlo kude kube sekugqibeleni, kwaye andibuzanga kota.โ
Ukugxeka kukaKeller ngephulo lobuxoki likarhulumente lokukhuthaza abantu baseMelika ukuba baxhase ungenelelo lwase-US emfazweni kuhlala kukhula ngakumbi kunangaphambili. โYonke imfazwe yanamhlanje inengcambu yayo ekuxhatshazweni,โ utshilo uKeller. โImfazwe yamakhaya yaliwa ukuze kuthathwe isigqibo sokuba ngaba abanikazi bamakhoboka baseMzantsi okanye oongxowankulu baseMantla bafanele baxhaphaze iNtshona. Imfazwe yaseSpain-Amerika yagqiba ekubeni iUnited States kufuneka ixhaphaze iCuba kunye nePhilippines. Imfazwe yaseMzantsi Afrika yagqiba ekubeni amaBritane kufuneka axhaphaze imigodi yedayimani. Imfazwe yaseRussia-yaseJapan yagqiba ekubeni iJapan ixhaphaze iKorea. Imfazwe yangoku kukugqiba ukuba ngubani oza kuxhaphaza iBalkans, iTurkey, iPersi, iYiputa, iIndiya, iChina, iAfrika. Kwaye silola ikrele lethu ukoyikisa abo baphumeleleyo ukuba babelane nathi ngamaxhoba. Ngoku, abasebenzi abanamdla kumaxhoba; abasayi kufumana nanye kuzo.โ
Ubongoze abasebenzi-abo balwa kunye nabafayo-ukuba babethe entliziyweni yeMelika yokuqhuba imfazwe. โHlalani nilwe imfazwe, kuba ngaphandle kwenu akukho mfazwe inokuliwa,โ watsho. โUqhankqalazo ngokuchasene nokulungela oko kuthetha ukufa nosizi kwizigidi zabantu. Musani ukuba zizidenge, zizicaka ezithobelayo emkhosini wentshabalalo. Yiba ngamagorha kumkhosi wokwakha.โ
(Ngokumanyana noCindy Sheehan)
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