Umthombo: New York Daily News
Kukho into ekrokrisayo eyenzekayo ngegama elithi "equity." Kubonakala ngathi wonke umntu ulungele yona, nabantu abanomdla ochaseneyo. Nokuba inobusoshiyali bedemokhrasi njengam, waphoxa owayesakuba nguGov. Andrew Cuomo, Ekhuselekileyo I-billionaire mega-donor UStephen Ross, okanye i-mega-corporation echasene nabasebenzi Amazon (eyona ntsingiselo yeli gama ithi “stock”), akukho mntu ubonakala echasa “ubulungisa” kule mihla.
Ngokucacileyo, kubalulekile kuthi ukuba sicacise ukuba eli gama lithetha ukuthini.
Njengosihlalo weKomiti yeBhunga leSixeko engoBulungisa kwabaseTyhini kunye noBulungisa ngokweSini, ndiwubona lo mbuzo njengonesiphumo, hayi ithiyori. Impendulo icacile ukuba ikomiti ithatha ntoni na, zeziphi iindibano zovakaliso-zimvo esizibambayo, zeziphi iindlela zokubuza esizilandelayo kunye nokuba zeziphi izindululo esizenzayo.
Abantu abaninzi baqhelene kakhulu nolingano kumxholo othi “Iyantlukwano, uBulungisa kunye nokuBandakanya,” (DEI) uqulunqo oluhlala lukhuthazwa ngamaqumrhu kunye neminye imibutho ephezulu ukuba izikhusele ekugxekweni, okanye kumatyala. Umbono ongemva kwe-DEI kukudala iindlela zokwahlukana kwesini kunye nobuhlanga kwizikhundla zobunkokeli.
Ngelixa ebusweni bayo injongo encomekayo, olu hlobo “lolingano” lusemngciphekweni wokuzinzisa amandla atshintshatshintshayo avelisa ezo ziphumo zokungalingani kwasekuqaleni. Inyaniso yeyokuba, la maziko alungelelaniswe ngokwemigangatho. Iibhodi zequmrhu, ubunkokeli obulawulayo, izikhundla zolawulo ezihlawulwa kakhulu - ezi zizixhobo eziphambili zokuxhaphaza nokulawula.
Ukunika ukubandakanywa kuzo kwiinkalo ezahlukeneyo zoluntu lwethu ukhumbula uGqr. Martin Luther King's. yenza isijwili ukuba abantu abaNtsundu baseMelika babonakala “behlanganisana kwindlu etshayo.”
Olu hlobo lwestratification olumeleyo aluhambelani nokuqonda kwam ubulungisa. Kum, injongo ayikokususa nje imiqobo ekunyukeni kwestrata, kodwa kukwenza isicaba ngokupheleleyo.
Ngaba udidi olulawulayo olwahlukeneyo lubi njengodidi olulawulayo ngokupheleleyo olulawulwa ngamadoda anemihlaba aseYurophu? Hayi. Kodwa xa kuthelekiswa nenkqubo engenalo udidi olulawulayo konke konke, inkqubo apho abantu abahlukeneyo nabaqukayo abaninzi bengenzi nto iphantsi, inqongophele kakhulu.
Ukuba “ukulingana” kuya kuba ligama elinexabiso, kuya kufuneka kuthethe ukushenxiswa kweenkqubo ezinyanzelisa ucalucalulo ngokwesini nobuhlanga kuluntu lwethu.
Oko kuthetha ukudala amashishini aqhutywa ngokwedemokhrasi; isitokhwe sezindlu ezihlangeneyo; ubonelelo loluntu ngezibonelelo ezisekelwe kuluntu; ukukhutshwa entolongweni; ukuthotywa kwezixhobo zokucupha kunye nezobupolisa; amalungelo oluntu aqinisekisiweyo okukhathalelwa, ukutya, ukuqeshwa kunye nemfundo. ezi zizisombululo ezilinganayo kwimingeni esijongene nayo.
Kwimeko yesini, i-purview yam njengosihlalo wekomiti, oku kuthetha ukubonelela ngenkxaso kumaxhoba obundlobongela obusekelwe kwisini, ukuxhatshazwa kunye nokuxhatshazwa kunye neemeko ezihloniphekileyo zabasebenzi kwiiprofessional zesini ngokwesiko, kubandakanywa nomsebenzi wokunyamekela ongenakuhlawulwa kunye nongabonakaliyo.
Kuthetha ukususa izibonelelo kunye namandla kwiinkqubo zoosolusapho zobundlobongela nezohlwayo kwaye zisingise kwiinkqubo ezinovelwano, ezinik' ubomi esithe sazibekela bucala sazijongela phantsi ixesha elide.
Kuthetha ukwandisa ufikelelo kukhathalelo lwabantwana olufikelelekayo, olusemgangathweni nokuqinisekisa ukuba abasebenzi abagcina abantwana, uninzi lwabafazi bebala, bafumana umvuzo nesidima esibafaneleyo, kunye nokuphanda iindlela ubhubhani we-COVID-19 othe wachaphazeleka ngayo ngokwesini ngokwesini.
Ayithethi nje ukukhuthaza abona basetyhini bazizityebi nabanamandla ukuba babe ngawona madoda azizityebi nanamandla, kodwa endaweni yoko balwela iimfuno kunye nethemba labo bajongelwe phantsi, abacinezelekileyo nabaxhatshaziweyo: iqueer, trans, gender non-conforming and non- Abantsundu baseNew York, abaNtsundu, abantu bomthonyama kunye nabanye abafazi kunye nabasetyhini bemibala, kunye nabasetyhini kunye nabasetyhini bazo zonke iimeko zamaxwebhu okufudukela kwelinye ilizwe, abo bavalelwe kwaye babekwe kumaziko, abo bahlwempuzekileyo nabangenabungozi, abo bakhubazekileyo, abo benza umsebenzi wesondo kunye neminye imisebenzi yolwaphulo-mthetho kunye nokunye.
Makhe sicacise. Ukuba isiXeko saseNew York sifuna ukwamkela ngokwenyani ulingano, ngeyona ntsingiselo yaso, nenempembelelo, kukho inani lemigaqo ephambili ekufuneka siyilandele. Kufuneka siqinisekise ukhuseleko lwesizathu esibambekayo kubasebenzi bethu, ukuze kungabikho mqeshi unokugxotha umsebenzi ngaphandle kwesizathu esibambekayo. Kufuneka sixhase ngemali ngokupheleleyo indawo yethu yezindlu zikawonke-wonke kwaye sigxile kwizicwangciso zethu zophuhliso ekwakheni ezifikelelekayo ngokusisigxina, ezilawulwa ngokwentando yesininzi. izindlu zoluntu.
Kufuneka sikhulise ngokubonakalayo inkqubo yethu yabaseTyhini abaPheleleyo, i-Healthy Futures ukuze siqinisekise ukhathalelo lwe-doula kunye nokubelekisa kubo bonke abantu baseNew York abakhulelweyo. Kufuneka siphumeze uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali olunyusa kakhulu utyalo-mali lwethu kwiNkqubo yoLawulo lweNgxaki ukunqanda ubundlobongela phambi kokuba kwenzeke, kunokuba nje sisohlwaye emva kokwenzeka. Kuya kufuneka siphinde senze i-CUNY simahla, ngendlela ebisoloko ifanele ukuba yiyo.
Le iya kuba yimilo emikhulu, ngokuqinisekileyo, ayiphumelelanga ngokukhawuleza okanye ngokulula. Kwaye oku kukude kuluhlu olupheleleyo lwezinto eziphambili. Kodwa ukuphumelela kwabo kuya kuthetha okungakumbi kunokubeka ubuso obahlukeneyo kwiindawo eziphakamileyo. Kuya kuthetha uphuculo olukhulu kukhuseleko loluntu kunye nempilo yoluntu. Kuya kuthetha iintsapho ezomeleleyo nezidlamkileyo kunye noluntu, apho abamelwane bangoyiki okanye baphelelwe lithemba. Kuya kuthetha ukwakha isiXeko saseNew York sonke esisifaneleyo.
Yiloo i "equity" ndingayifumana ngasemva.
UTiffany Cabán umele iAstoria, iJackson Heights kunye nezinye iindawo zaseQueens kwiBhunga lesiXeko.
I-ZNetwork ixhaswa ngemali kuphela ngesisa sabafundi bayo.
Nikela