NgoLwesithathu, umhla woku-1 kuFebruwari, umhla wokuqala weNyanga yeMbali yabaNtsundu, iBhodi yeKholeji yakhupha ibhodi yayo ekudala ilindelwe. ikharityhulam kwiklasi entsha yokuBekwa okuPhezulu kwizifundo zase-Afrika zaseMelika. Kwiiveki ezimbini ngaphambilana, iSebe lezeMfundo laseFlorida lalinalo yala ikhosi, besithi “ayinaxabiso lemfundo kwaye ichasene nomthetho waseFlorida.” Kwandula ke, malunga neveki kamva, uManny Diaz, Omnci., umkomishinala wezemfundo karhulumente, khululwe iflaya edwelisa izikhalazo zakhe, ngokusekelwe kuguqulelo lokulinga lwekhosi. Babandakanya inyani yokuba kukho iiyunithi zokuhlangana kunye nobutshantliziyo, izifundo ze-Black queer, "Ingcinga yoBhalo yabasetyhini abaMnyama," ukulungiswa, kunye "noFundo lwabaNtsundu kunye noMzabalazo wabaNtsundu kwiNkulungwane yama-21." IMovement for Black Lives-eye yakhupha eyona miboniso mikhulu kwimbali yaseMelika, ngehlobo lika-2020, inabantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingamashumi amabini abathatha inxaxheba-yayigxothwa njengesihloko sokufunda.
Xa iBhodi yeKholeji yakhupha ikharityhulam ehlaziyiweyo, onke amacandelo eFlorida akhalaza ngawo aye asuswa. Abameli bemibutho engenzi nzuzo baye bagxininisa ukuba sele beceba ukuhlaziya i-pilot version, kwaye uhlaselo oluvela eFlorida alunanto yakwenza notshintsho lwabo. Ngokuqinisekileyo kukholeleka ukuba inguqulo yokuqala yeklasi yayiza kuhlaziywa, kodwa akukholeleki ukuba izikhalazo zasekunene azizange zibe nefuthe kwisiphumo sokugqibela. UTrevor Packer, intloko yeNkqubo yokuBeka ePhezulu, xelelwe ixesha kwihlobo elidluleyo, ukuba iMovement for Black Lives iye yavuselela umgudu omtsha wokuqalisa iklasi. Wathi, “Iziganeko ezisingqongileyo UGeorge Floyd kunye nokuqonda okwandisiweyo kunye nengqalelo ehlawulwe kwimiba yokungalingani kunye nokungabikho kobulungisa kunye nenkohlakalo ejoliswe kubantu base-Afrika baseMelika kwabangela ukuba ndizibuze, 'Ngaba iikholeji ziya kwamkela ngakumbi ikhosi ye-AP kolu qeqesho kunokuba yayiyi-10 kwiminyaka edlulileyo?' ” Kunzima ukudibanisa loo mpembelelo kunye nesigqibo sokukhupha phantse yonke into ekhankanyiweyo Imiba ebomnyama, ukuhlangana kweendlela, ubundlavini bamapolisa, okanye nayiphi na imiba emininzi ebumba amava abantu abaNtsundu eUnited States. Enyanisweni, akukho nto ikhankanywe Iimvukelo zabaMnyama kwiminyaka elishumi elinesithoba anesithandathu, ezaziyimvelaphi yeemfuno zabafundi abaNtsundu zokuba izifundo zabaNtsundu zibandakanywe kwikharityhulam yekholeji neyunivesithi. Oku kushiyiwa kujongela phantsi ukuba semthethweni kwekhosi ye-AP kunye neBhodi yeKholeji ngokwayo. Zikwanciphisa amandla ezifundo zabaNtsundu ukwenza intsingiselo yehlabathi lethu langoku.
NgoLwesithathu kusihlwa, ndathetha noRobin DG Kelley, uprofesa wembali kwi-UCLA kunye nomnye wababhali umsebenzi wabo osuswe kwikhosi ehlaziyiweyo. (Umsebenzi wam wawudweliswe njengofundo lwesibini kwikharityhulam yokulinga; nayo isusiwe.) Kwincoko yethu, ehlelwe ixesha elide necacileyo, sixoxe ngembali yezifundo zama-Afrika aseMelika, ukunxulumana kwayo nomzabalazo wezopolitiko, kunye iziphumo zezenzo zeBhodi yeKholeji.
Yintoni izifundo zabaNtsundu? Kutheni le nto ingeyombali yabaNtsundu nje?
Le khosi ayisiyiyo nayiphi na intelekelelo yekhosi kwizifundo zase-Afrika zaseMelika. Ibhodi yeKholeji ithi izifundo zama-Afrika aseMelika yindlela yokufundisa ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo, kunye nobunzima bophando lwezifundo, ukuhlalutya imbali, inkcubeko, kunye negalelo labantu bomnombo wase-Afrika e-US, kunye nakuwo wonke ama-Afrika angaphandle. Kodwa oku akusiyo inkcazo yezifundo zase-Afrika zaseMelika, izifundo zaseAfrika, izifundo zabaMnyama kwinqanaba leyunivesithi.
Indlela esiyifundisa ngayo, ngendlela endithe ndavela ngayo, imalunga nokuphonononga ubomi babantu abaNtsundu: izakhiwo ezivelisa ukufa kwangaphambi kwexesha, ezisenza sibe sesichengeni; iingcamango eziyila uBuntsundu kwaye zinike abantu abaNtsundu ngaphantsi kobuntu; kwaye, mhlawumbi okona kubaluleke kakhulu, umzabalazo wokukhusela ikamva elahlukileyo. Kwaye ke, ke, uninzi malunga nokugocagoca iindidi zobuhlanga, ukuqonda ukuzingisa kokungalingani, indlela oku kubunjwa ngayo iziseko zengcinga zaseNtshona, oko kukuthi, akukhona malunga nokwenza abantu abaMnyama bazive ngcono. Ayikokufezekisiweyo kwakho. Ndiqinisekile ukuba oko kuya kungena. Kodwa, njengomzamo wokufunda, izama ukuqonda ukuba abantu abaNtsundu babekho njani kwihlabathi lanamhlanje-indlela le nkqubo yokuxhwila, ukukhotyokiswa, ukutsalwa kwabasebenzi, ukutsalwa kweembono, eyayisisiseko. kwihlabathi langoku. Kwaye, ekugqibeleni, indlela abantu baseAfrika abaye bazama ngayo ngokwenene ukuphinda baphinde baphinde babone kwakhona ihlabathi, ngobugcisa, ngeengcamango, ngeentshukumo zentlalo, ngoncwadi, ngokufunda ngezenzo. Yiloo nto endiyiqondayo ukuba yiyo. Kwaye akukho nyani kule kharityhulamu.
Ke ucinga ukuba kwenzeka ntoni ngeBhodi yeKholeji kunye nesi sifundo?
Kukho amanqanaba amabini. Enye kukuba malunga URon DeSantis enokuba ngumongameli. Ndicinga ukuba yeyona nto ibalulekileyo, kuba, nokuba sicinga ntoni na ngeDeSantis kunye nemigaqo-nkqubo yakhe, siyazi ukuba waya kwiYunivesithi yaseYale, kwaye wagqwesa kwimbali nakwisayensi yezopolitiko nge-3.7 GPA, okuthetha ukuba wayekwenye amaziko embali. Yiyo loo nto ndiba buhlungu xa abantu besithi kufuneka afunde. Wathatha iklasi. Wazi ngcono. Uyazi ukuba iimfazwe zenkcubeko ziphumelela iivoti. Uzama ukufumana i-Trump constituency.
Ke ndicinga ukuba oku malunga noRon DeSantis ofuna ukuba nguMongameli. Kodwa ndicinga ukuba ukugxila eFlorida kuvala ibali elikhulu. Njengoko usazi, oku kubuyela emva kwiminyaka kaTrump-phambi koTrump, kodwa makhe sithethe malunga neminyaka kaTrump-uhlaselo lwe-Trump. Iprojekthi ye1619, UChris Rufoiqhinga lokujika ithiyori ebalulekileyo yohlanga kwi-epithet ngokuyikhanyela nayiphi na intsingiselo. Kwaye ukwenza i-buzzword. Leyo eneneni isicwangciso esingenanto yakwenza nenkalo yezifundo zase-Afrika zaseMelika; inento yonke yokwenza nokungcolisa intsimi-ukuhlasela yonke ingcamango yobulungisa bobuhlanga kunye nokulingana. Ke, kum, ukuba uDeSantis akazange ayivale iklasi, ngesekule meko. Kwaye nangona kuyinyani ukuba inani lamazwe liye layamkela inkqubo yokulingwa yodidi lwe-AP, amanye ala mazwe afanayo adlulile, okanye sele eza kudlula, imithetho evalayo okanye enciphisa into abayibiza ngokuba ithiyori yogqatso olubalulekileyo. Ke kukho uhlaselo oluqhelekileyo kulwazi, kodwa ulwazi oluthe ngqo olugocagoca imiba yobuhlanga, isini, isini, kunye nodidi.
Ngumzabalazo oqhubekayo ukurhoxisa nantoni na ebonwa njengokuncipha kwamandla amhlophe. Bafuna ukweyisela abantu abamhlophe abasebenzayo-kwabona bantu bamhlophe basebenzayo abanofikelelo oluncinci kakhulu kukhathalelo lwempilo olulungileyo kunye nezindlu, ababomi babo busengozini ngokwenene, njengoko besuka kwimisebenzi yemibutho besiya kwisigxina, besebenza kwi-concierge ukuze baziphilise— ukuba ngandlela ithile, ukuba banokufumana ulawulo lwengxelo engaphakathi kumagumbi okufundela, ubomi babo buya kuba ngcono. Ubuhlanga buyawonakalisa onke amathemba ethu kunye nekamva lethu.
Andiqondi ukuba yingozi ukuba abantu ekujoliswe kubo nguwe, Angela Davis, mna, iintsimbi zokugweba iintsimbi. Ukuthi asikho ngqongqo kuya kuba bubuxoki. Ithetha ukuthini i-radical eneneni? Ithetha ukuthini, yintoni izifundo eziMnyama ezimalunga nazo, uzama ukuqonda indlela inkqubo esebenza ngayo kunye nokuqaphela ukuba indlela inkqubo esebenza ngayo ngoku inceda abambalwa ngeendleko zabaninzi. Kulula ukuvumela umntu ukuba angene, egameni lezifundo eziNtsundu, kwaye athi, "Siza kuthetha ngeAfrika yakudala, kunye nempumelelo enkulu yeKush yaseYiputa yamandulo." Ayisosisongelo eso—akunjalo nje ngombono wethiyori yobuhlanga egxekayo ethi, kungakhathaliseki ukuba yeyiphi na imigaqo-nkqubo kunye neenkqubo kunye nomthetho ophunyeziweyo, ulwakhiwo lobuhlanga, olufakwe kwinkqubo yongxowankulu, olufakwe kwinkqubo yolawulo-ntsapho, luyaqhubeka nokudala. ubutyebi kwabanye kwaye wenze ubomi bethu bonke bube sengozini. Iyingozi ngokwemali, iyingozi kugonyamelo lwamapolisa, iyingozi ngokwemeko yentlekele, iyingozi ngeendlela ezininzi. Kwaye ndicinga ukuba abantu banokuvumelana nam ukuba yiyo loo nto sisenza olu fundo: kuba sizama ukufumana indlela yokwenza ikamva elingcono. Uyazi, yiyo yonke loo nto. Kwaye ukuba oko kukubhukuqa, yitsho, kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo ayisiyomfundiso, kuba ukufundiswa ngurhulumente ovala iincwadi.
NgoLwesithathu kusihlwa, ndathetha noRobin DG Kelley, uprofesa wembali kwi-UCLA kunye nomnye wababhali umsebenzi wabo osuswe kwikhosi ehlaziyiweyo. (Umsebenzi wam wawudweliswe njengofundo lwesibini kwikharityhulam yokulinga; nayo isusiwe.) Kwincoko yethu, ehlelwe ixesha elide necacileyo, sixoxe ngembali yezifundo zama-Afrika aseMelika, ukunxulumana kwayo nomzabalazo wezopolitiko, kunye iziphumo zezenzo zeBhodi yeKholeji.
Yintoni izifundo zabaNtsundu? Kutheni le nto ingeyombali yabaNtsundu nje?
Le khosi ayisiyiyo nayiphi na intelekelelo yekhosi kwizifundo zase-Afrika zaseMelika. Ibhodi yeKholeji ithi izifundo zama-Afrika aseMelika yindlela yokufundisa ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo, kunye nobunzima bophando lwezifundo, ukuhlalutya imbali, inkcubeko, kunye negalelo labantu bomnombo wase-Afrika e-US, kunye nakuwo wonke ama-Afrika angaphandle. Kodwa oku akusiyo inkcazo yezifundo zase-Afrika zaseMelika, izifundo zaseAfrika, izifundo zabaMnyama kwinqanaba leyunivesithi.
Indlela esiyifundisa ngayo, ngendlela endithe ndavela ngayo, imalunga nokuphonononga ubomi babantu abaNtsundu: izakhiwo ezivelisa ukufa kwangaphambi kwexesha, ezisenza sibe sesichengeni; iingcamango eziyila uBuntsundu kwaye zinike abantu abaNtsundu ngaphantsi kobuntu; kwaye, mhlawumbi okona kubaluleke kakhulu, umzabalazo wokukhusela ikamva elahlukileyo. Kwaye ke, ke, uninzi malunga nokugocagoca iindidi zobuhlanga, ukuqonda ukuzingisa kokungalingani, indlela oku kubunjwa ngayo iziseko zengcinga zaseNtshona, oko kukuthi, akukhona malunga nokwenza abantu abaMnyama bazive ngcono. Ayikokufezekisiweyo kwakho. Ndiqinisekile ukuba oko kuya kungena. Kodwa, njengomzamo wokufunda, izama ukuqonda ukuba abantu abaNtsundu babekho njani kwihlabathi lanamhlanje-indlela le nkqubo yokuxhwila, ukukhotyokiswa, ukutsalwa kwabasebenzi, ukutsalwa kweembono, eyayisisiseko. kwihlabathi langoku. Kwaye, ekugqibeleni, indlela abantu baseAfrika abaye bazama ngayo ngokwenene ukuphinda baphinde baphinde babone kwakhona ihlabathi, ngobugcisa, ngeengcamango, ngeentshukumo zentlalo, ngoncwadi, ngokufunda ngezenzo. Yiloo nto endiyiqondayo ukuba yiyo. Kwaye akukho nyani kule kharityhulamu.
Ke ucinga ukuba kwenzeka ntoni ngeBhodi yeKholeji kunye nesi sifundo?
Kukho amanqanaba amabini. Enye kukuba malunga URon DeSantis enokuba ngumongameli. Ndicinga ukuba yeyona nto ibalulekileyo, kuba, nokuba sicinga ntoni na ngeDeSantis kunye nemigaqo-nkqubo yakhe, siyazi ukuba waya kwiYunivesithi yaseYale, kwaye wagqwesa kwimbali nakwisayensi yezopolitiko nge-3.7 GPA, okuthetha ukuba wayekwenye amaziko embali. Yiyo loo nto ndiba buhlungu xa abantu besithi kufuneka afunde. Wathatha iklasi. Wazi ngcono. Uyazi ukuba iimfazwe zenkcubeko ziphumelela iivoti. Uzama ukufumana i-Trump constituency.
Ke ndicinga ukuba oku malunga noRon DeSantis ofuna ukuba nguMongameli. Kodwa ndicinga ukuba ukugxila eFlorida kuvala ibali elikhulu. Njengoko usazi, oku kubuyela emva kwiminyaka kaTrump-phambi koTrump, kodwa makhe sithethe malunga neminyaka kaTrump-uhlaselo lwe-Trump. Iprojekthi ye1619, UChris Rufoiqhinga lokujika ithiyori ebalulekileyo yohlanga kwi-epithet ngokuyikhanyela nayiphi na intsingiselo. Kwaye ukwenza i-buzzword. Leyo eneneni isicwangciso esingenanto yakwenza nenkalo yezifundo zase-Afrika zaseMelika; inento yonke yokwenza nokungcolisa intsimi-ukuhlasela yonke ingcamango yobulungisa bobuhlanga kunye nokulingana. Ke, kum, ukuba uDeSantis akazange ayivale iklasi, ngesekule meko. Kwaye nangona kuyinyani ukuba inani lamazwe liye layamkela inkqubo yokulingwa yodidi lwe-AP, amanye ala mazwe afanayo adlulile, okanye sele eza kudlula, imithetho evalayo okanye enciphisa into abayibiza ngokuba ithiyori yogqatso olubalulekileyo. Ke kukho uhlaselo oluqhelekileyo kulwazi, kodwa ulwazi oluthe ngqo olugocagoca imiba yobuhlanga, isini, isini, kunye nodidi.
Ngumzabalazo oqhubekayo ukurhoxisa nantoni na ebonwa njengokuncipha kwamandla amhlophe. Bafuna ukweyisela abantu abamhlophe abasebenzayo-kwabona bantu bamhlophe basebenzayo abanofikelelo oluncinci kakhulu kukhathalelo lwempilo olulungileyo kunye nezindlu, ababomi babo busengozini ngokwenene, njengoko besuka kwimisebenzi yemibutho besiya kwisigxina, besebenza kwi-concierge ukuze baziphilise— ukuba ngandlela ithile, ukuba banokufumana ulawulo lwengxelo engaphakathi kumagumbi okufundela, ubomi babo buya kuba ngcono. Ubuhlanga buyawonakalisa onke amathemba ethu kunye nekamva lethu.
Andiqondi ukuba yingozi ukuba abantu ekujoliswe kubo nguwe, Angela Davis, mna, iintsimbi zokugweba iintsimbi. Ukuthi asikho ngqongqo kuya kuba bubuxoki. Ithetha ukuthini i-radical eneneni? Ithetha ukuthini, yintoni izifundo eziMnyama ezimalunga nazo, uzama ukuqonda indlela inkqubo esebenza ngayo kunye nokuqaphela ukuba indlela inkqubo esebenza ngayo ngoku inceda abambalwa ngeendleko zabaninzi. Kulula ukuvumela umntu ukuba angene, egameni lezifundo eziNtsundu, kwaye athi, "Siza kuthetha ngeAfrika yakudala, kunye nempumelelo enkulu yeKush yaseYiputa yamandulo." Ayisosisongelo eso—akunjalo nje ngombono wethiyori yobuhlanga egxekayo ethi, kungakhathaliseki ukuba yeyiphi na imigaqo-nkqubo kunye neenkqubo kunye nomthetho ophunyeziweyo, ulwakhiwo lobuhlanga, olufakwe kwinkqubo yongxowankulu, olufakwe kwinkqubo yolawulo-ntsapho, luyaqhubeka nokudala. ubutyebi kwabanye kwaye wenze ubomi bethu bonke bube sengozini. Iyingozi ngokwemali, iyingozi kugonyamelo lwamapolisa, iyingozi ngokwemeko yentlekele, iyingozi ngeendlela ezininzi. Kwaye ndicinga ukuba abantu banokuvumelana nam ukuba yiyo loo nto sisenza olu fundo: kuba sizama ukufumana indlela yokwenza ikamva elingcono. Uyazi, yiyo yonke loo nto. Kwaye ukuba oko kukubhukuqa, yitsho, kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo ayisiyomfundiso, kuba ukufundiswa ngurhulumente ovala iincwadi.
Ndicinga ukuba enye yeendlela le ngxoxo malunga nezifundo zase-Afrika zaseMelika zigqwethiwe kukuba amabango afanelekileyo ukuba, ukuba u-radical kwaye usekhohlo, ungafaneleki njengomfundisi kunye nombhali. Kwinqaku elipapashwe ngu Uhlolo lweSizwe malunga nekhosi AP, umbhali wathi ukuba prima-facie ungafaneleki, ngenxa yakho incwadi yokuqala yayimalunga neQela lamaKomanisi eAlabama. Bathi, ukuba uneengcamango ezingqongqo, okanye iipolitiki ezibukhali, unomdla ngakumbi ekufundiseni kunokuba unomdla ekufundiseni. Kwaye ke ndiyamangala ukuba ungaphendula njani kuloo nto-ukuba abazali banenkxalabo yokuba, ngenxa yokuba ungobusoshiyali, okanye ulwela amalungelo abantu, okanye uyawolana, uyazi, izizathu egameni labantu, awukwazi ukufundisa ngokugqibeleleyo.
Kunene, ngokuqinisekileyo kuyahlekisa. Sinabo abantu abangoonqevu-maxa wambi abavunyiweyo ukuba bangoobani abamhlophe—abafundisa kuwo onke amanqanaba. UStanley Kurtz, owabhala elo nqaku, wayengunjingalwazi, wafumana isidanga sePh.D. Kwaye ubhalela upapasho lwamaqela. Kodwa iziqinisekiso zakhe azithandabuzeki. Ngapha koko, akenzi oko kuphela kodwa wenza into engenziwanga namnye kuthi: ubhala umthetho-ngokoqobo. ukubhala umthetho ukuba amazwe avale ithiyori yobuhlanga ebaluleke kakhulu. [Kwi-imeyile, uKurtz wavuma ukuba umthetho weCRT waseTexas ngokuyinxenye wawusekwe kumthetho oyimodeli awubhalileyo.]
Umsebenzi wethu, njengabafundisi, kukuvulela bonke abafundi kwihlabathi-leyo iyingcambu yeyunivesithi, eyunivesithi. Singayenza loo nto kwaye sithathe imbono yezopolitiko, kuba singabantu bokwenyani, akunjalo? Into endicinga ukuba iyakwenza nawuphi na utitshala angafaneleki kukuba, “Uyazi ukuba yintoni na, asizukuyichukumisa loo nto. Oko kuvaliwe. " Ngaphandle kokuba yinto eyenziweyo, ulwazi olungenamsebenzi. Ngokuqhelekileyo, sifundisa ngendlela evula ingxoxo kunye nengxoxo. Sikhuthaza ukungavisisani, phakathi kwethu nabafundi bethu okanye phakathi kwabafundi. Asizibonakalisi kwiiklasi zethu ukuba yintoni na imibutho yethu yezopolitiko. Sikhetha ukufunda okungaphaya kwebhodi. Kwaye ubungqina bayo bukhona kwisilabhasi, bukhona kwiimvavanyo zokufundisa, kukho koogxa abathatha isigqibo sokuba sifanelwe ukuqeshwa.
Ndihlala ndisithi kubafundi bam, “Andifuni ukuba nicinge njengam, ndifuna ukuba nizicingele. Kwaye ndilapha ukukunceda ukuba ucinge nzulu ngayo yonke into, kwaye ndikubuze imibuzo esisigidi kwaye uzame ukufumanisa ukuba ungayiphendula njani. ” Lilungelo elithi, “Sukuyifunda le ncwadi, ungamameli lo mntu, musa ukuba nayo le ncoko.” Andazi ukuba oko kuyahlekisa—luhanahaniso nje oluqhelekileyo. Kwinto ebizwa ngokuba yinkxalabo malunga nekhohlo elilawulayo kwiikhampasi, into esinayo ngokwenene kukuhlatywa kwephiko lasekunene ukulawula oko sikufundayo, sithetha nabani, kwaye sithetha ngantoni.
Kuyinto ehlekisayo, kuba bebezama ukukuhlasela xa wawubhala kwi-tweet ukuba amapolisa akasincedi kwaye kufuneka sicinge ngokupheliswa-kwaye akukho mntu ubizelwa kwiakhawunti ngokuxoxa ukuba sifuna amapolisa amaninzi kwaye kufuneka senze. chitha imali eninzi. Zombini zizikhundla zokwenyani kwezopolitiko. Ziizikhundla ezinokuphikiswana, ngokwengqiqo, kunye nobungqina.
Yipolitiki yonke; yipolitiki kabani nje ovumelana nayo? Bafuna ukufundisa 1776 ikhomishini, kwaye ucinge ukuba oko kulungile, nangona leyo ikwayimbono yezopolitiko yehlabathi. Ijonge kwimbali yaseMelika ngohlobo oluthile lwelensi, kwaye kulungile Kodwa, ukuba uyijonga nge-lens eyahlukileyo, ngeseti eyahlukileyo yamava, ke ngandlel 'ithile i-indoctrination, ipropaganda, kunye nento ekufuneka igxothwe.
Kwaye nangona kunjalo, ngaphandle kwazo zonke ezi mpikiswano, banomthamo omkhulu wokukhawuleza. Iprojekthi ka-1619 iye yavalwa kwiindawo ezininzi. Yonke imihla, kukho ilizwe elitsha elifumana indlela yokuvala ingxoxo yethiyori yobuhlanga. Kwenzeka ntoni emva koko?
Ndisebenza neqela lemibutho, kodwa omnye ngokukodwa, obizwa ngokuba yiCommuniversity, yiprojekthi yabasebenzi abaMnyama bezobulungisa eMntla Carolina. Kwaye into ebesithetha ngayo yile nto bathetha ngayo eDetroit, ebuyela kumbono weZikolo zeNkululeko. I-United States ibonakala ngathi Mississippi Ngoko ke, ukuba asikwazi kubonelela ngemfundo enobulungisa, enenjongo neluncedo kwizikolo zikarhulumente, kuya kufuneka ukuba amaqumrhu aseke amaziko namaqumrhu angamanye.
Kwelinye icala, kufanelekile ukulwa kwinqanaba lezomthetho, kwi ibhodi yesikolo inqanaba. Kwaye into ekhoyo kukuba, izizathu zoku zasekwa kwakudala. Ngaba uyakhumbula, emva kwiminyaka elishumi elinesithoba-esithoba, yonke intshukumo yokususa iibhodi zesikolo kunye nokubeka izikolo kwindawo izandla zoosodolophu? Kwaye andithethi ngoMzantsi. Ndithetha ngeNew York, eChicago, iindawo ezilolo hlobo, ndisithi ngandlel’ ithile iibhodi zesikolo zingcolisiwe. Ngoba? Ngenxa yokuba baphantsi, okanye banobudlelwane obuthile noluntu.
Ke inyani yeyokuba besisiya kweli cala, apho unegalelo likarhulumente kwimfundo yoluntu. IFlorida ngumzekelo omhle, apho owayesakuba yirhuluneli uRick Scott wayekhuthaza inkuthazo eyodwa kwizikolo eziphakamileyo eziphuhlayo stem inkqubo kwaye akukho nanye kwabo batyala imali kubuntu kwinqanaba lezikolo zikarhulumente. Ngoku, oku kunokungavakali njengohlaselo lwethiyori yogqatso olubalulekileyo, kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo luhlaselo lokucinga okunzulu. Into abafuna ukuyenza kukunciphisa izikolo zikarhulumente zibe zizikolo zemisebenzi yezandla. Okwangoku, ukuba usisityebi, kwaye ufunda kwisikolo sabucala, unokwenza nantoni na oyifunayo. Unokufunda olona ncwadi lubalaseleyo, unokufunda okona kugxekwa kobugcisa, ungakhululeka-kwaye litikiti lakho eliya eYale, Princeton, Harvard, Stanford, kwaye wenze nantoni na ofuna ukuyenza. Ngoko ke ivelisa olu hlobo lokungalingani kweklasi. I-architecture yokwenza oko sele ikhona.
Kukho into yokugqibela endifuna ukukubuza ukuba ukhe ucinge ngayo, ngembali yase-Afrika yaseMelika. Abantu abantsundu babeziswe kweli lizwe ukuze babe ngamakhoboka. Kwaye sakhotyokiswa amakhulu eminyaka. Kwaza ke, xa ubukhoboka baphelayo, sathotywa ngokusemthethweni eminye iminyaka elikhulu. Kwaye ke kuyavakala ukuba bonke oonobumba abaMnyama baya kubotshwa ngokupheleleyo kwimibuzo yomzabalazo, ukuchasa, imvukelo. Kwaye le yimiba kanye, izihloko, kunye neembali uDeSantis kunye nelungelo elizama ukukhupha kwimfundiso yembali yabaNtsundu. Ngoko ke bendizibuza ukuba ungathetha na malunga nophuhliso lwezifundo zabaNtsundu, olu luqeqesho oluvela kulo mzabalazo wexesha elide abantu abaNtsundu besixakeke kuwo, ngenxa yeemeko esiziswe phantsi kwazo kweli lizwe kunye neemeko. eziye zanyanzeliswa phezu kwethu ukuba sizame ukuxhathisa.
Ndingayandisa nje yonke into oyithethayo: umxholo wezifundo zama-Afrika aseMelika, nangaphambi kokuba ubizwe njalo, awuzange ube yimeko yabantu abaNtsundu nje kodwa imeko yelizwe. Kwaye ingekuko nje ukubalisa loo ngcinezelo nokuyiqonda, kwaye ingekuko nje ukuzama ukucinga ngeendlela zokudlulela ngaphaya kwayo—ukudlulela kuyo, ukuza namacebo okuzama ukuphila—kodwa nokuqonda ukuba yintoni engalunganga kweli lizwe, ngenkqubo.
Asigocagoci nje ubomi bethu, sincina imveliso yolwazi ngokwayo. Nantsi ke into endicaphukisayo, kwaye ndihlala ndikhumbuza abantu: xa sijonga into evaliweyo, luncwadi oluchasene nobuhlanga, hayi uncwadi olunobuhlanga. Andizange ndiyibone nayiphi na incwadi evaliweyo Thomas Jefferson'Amanqaku kwiLizwe laseVirginia, "Okanye UJohn C. Calhoun, okanye ekaEdmund Ruffin “UQoqosho Lwezopolitiko Lobukhoboka,” okanye uSamuel Cartwright, uGeorge Fitzhugh, uLouis Agassiz. Babhala ucalucalulo lwenzululwazi oluthe ngqo oluye lwangathenjwa. Ukanti ezo ncwadi azivalwanga. Yintoni evaliweyo Toni Morrison. Kwaye anditsho ukuba ezo ncwadi zobuhlanga kufuneka zivaliwe. Kufuneka siyifunde loo nto, kufuneka siyazi. Kodwa ukuba ayizizo iincwadi ezivaliweyo—isixelela ntoni loo nto?
Mninzi kakhulu loo msebenzi, kuqukwa ngu-W. E. B. Du Bois, into ababezama ukuyenza kukubhala izicatshulwa ezithi zombini ziqonde kwaye zibuyisele umva ngokuchasene nesakhiwo sonke sokutsalwa, ingcinezelo, ukuhluthwa. Kwaye ungacinga ukuba nabani na okholelwa ngokwenene kwinkolo yaseMelika, okholelwa kwinto Isibhengezo soKhuseleko uthi, uya kukhusela nantoni na ezama ukwenza isizwe sibe ngcono-ezama ukuqaphela ukuba, uyazi, bonke abantu badalwa ngokulinganayo.
Kodwa ihlala ilidabi elinyukayo. Kuba singathetha ngeyona nkohlakalo yenyama elakhelwe phezu kwayo eli lizwe. Kodwa kwakhona yakhelwe phezu kwe-scholarship okanye iintsomi ezibhalwe kwizicatshulwa kwaye zifundiswa ezikolweni kwinqanaba ngalinye, ezihlala zivelisa isakhiwo esifanayo solwazi. Izifundo zabamnyama zifanele ukuba zikhefu le-epistemological, kwaye yiyo loo nto iyingozi-kuba eneneni ifuna ukuzama indlela yokwenza eli lizwe lingabi nobuhlanga.
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