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Tumbango omdala kunayo yonke ebholeni lasekolishi uthathe isihlalo esingemuva kunhlangano yekhulu lama-21 okuhloswe ngayo ukusindisa ikusasa ngoMgqibelo. Amakhulu abafundi agasele enkundleni ye-New Haven emdlalweni walo nyaka we-Harvard-Yale, owaziwa ngokuthi i-Yale Bowl, abambezela isiwombe sesibili cishe ihora. Abafundi, abebemele izikole zombili, bebebhikishela ukutshalwa kwezimali kwamanyuvesi kumafutha emvelo kanye nezikweletu zasePuerto Rican.
Lo msebenzi wenkundla yebhola uqale ngabafundi abangaphansi kwekhulu, kodwa kwabe sekungena ababhikishi abaningi ezinkundleni, okwenza kubonakale abantu abasha abangaphezu kuka-100 begcwalisa igridi, becula ngokudelela njengoba ezokuphepha zibahaqe. Isixuku saphendula ngengxube yenjabulo kanye nokufutheka okuthukuthele kakhulu. Ngemuva kokuphuthuma kwezokuphepha, abafundi abaningi bahlakazeka. Abanye basala baboshwa. Njengoba isenzo sasenkundleni siqhubeka, i-ESPN (eyayisakaza umdlalo) yawunqamula umbhikisho. Lokho akuzange kuyivimbe ekwenzeni izindaba zomhlaba wonke.
Lo mbhikisho uthokozele ukwesekwa ngabanye babadlali bebhola abebegqoke amabhande asewolintshi behambisana nomzabalazo. Ukaputeni we-Harvard, u-Wesley Ogsbury ovikelayo, uqoshwe isitatimende segciwane sobumbano wathi:
Namuhla, sibhekane emdlalweni, siqhudelana nezimbangi zethu ezinkulu ezivela eNew Haven, Yale. Kodwa okwamanje, zombili izikhungo zethu ziyaqhubeka nokutshala imali ezimbonini ezicekela phansi ikusasa lethu. Futhi uma kuziwa ezinkingeni zesimo sezulu, akekho ophumelelayo. U-Harvard no-Yale abakwazi ukusho ukuthi bathuthukisa ulwazi ngempela ngesikhathi esifanayo, besekela izinkampani ezibandakanyeka ekudukiseni umphakathi, ukungcolisa izifundiswa nokuphika iqiniso…. Kungakho sihlangana nabangane bethu e-Yale ukubiza ushintsho. Ngokubambisana nabangane bami e-Fossil Fuel Divest Harvard kanye ne-Fossil Free Yale, abaphazamise ukuqhubeka kwanamuhla, abaningi engisebenza nabo kanye nami sigqoke amabhande asezihlakaleni awolintshi, umbala we-Divest movement…. Sihlangana ukuze sibize oMongameli [Lawrence] Bacow kanye [noPeter] Salovey, ukuthi bahlukane nemboni kaphethiloli wezinsalela ezimbiwa phansi manje, ngenxa yesizukulwane sethu.
UJosephine Ingall, umfundi obhikishayo enyuvesi yaseYale, utshele The Nation ukuthi lokhu bekuyingxenye “yesu lesikhathi eside lokukhulisa” umzabalazo kuwo womabili amanyuvesi. “UHarvard noYale banesandla enkingeni yesimo sezulu futhi abakaze bayalele abaphathi bezikhwama zabo ukuthi bahlukane nezikweletu zasePuerto Rican. Sikholwa ukuthi ibhizinisi alikwazi ukuqhubeka njengenjwayelo. Akekho owinayo uma sinezinkinga…. Sinezinkulungwane zabantu abahlezi lapha eYale Bowl abalungele ukujabulela umdlalo futhi baqhubeka nempilo yabo yansuku zonke njengokungathi inkinga yesimo sezulu ayingeneleli, ukuthi ayisenawo umthelela ohlukile kubantu ababencishwe amathuba emhlabeni wonke, ikakhulukazi abantu bebala, ikakhulukazi abantu baseNingizimu Yomhlaba, ikakhulukazi ezindaweni ezifana nePuerto Rico isikhundla sabo esibucayi sixhashazwa izikhungo ezifuna ukwenza inzuzo ngesikweletu sazo—njengeHarvard neYale. Siyazi ukuthi singenza kangcono. Sibona ithuba lokwenza kangcono futhi sidinga ukuphoqa amanyuvesi ethu ukuthi enze lokho.”
Bobabili abafundi bebefuna ukucacisa ukuthi lo akuwona umbhikisho “wezishoshovu zangempelasonto.” Bekuyingxenye yomcimbi nomzabalazo obanzi wokuphazamisa “ibhizinisi njengenjwayelo” esikhungweni semfundo ephakeme, futhi bebezobuya. Ezemidlalo, qaphela: Lokhu kusekude ukuphela.
Mayelana nokuhlakazeka kwezinkundla, omunye umbhikishi wabafundi waseYale, uJordi Bertrán, uthe, “Bengilindele ukuthi kube nokusabela okuxubile, kodwa ngicabanga ukuthi ukuzidela engaziyo ukuthi ngizimisele ukukwenza ngoba ngicabanga ukuthi. umyalezo wethu ubalulekile futhi ucacile. Noma sinenhlanhla ngokwanele yokungezwa imiphumela yokushintsha kwesimo sezulu ngendlela abantu baseGlobal South abazizwa ngayo, sifuna ukukwazisa lokhu kubantu okungenzeka ukuthi ngeke bazizwe bethinteka ngokushintsha kwesimo sezulu kuze kube isikhathi eside, kamuva kakhulu. .”
Bobabili abafundi bebefuna ukucacisa ukuthi lo akuwona umbhikisho “wezishoshovu zangempelasonto.” Bekuyingxenye yomcimbi nomzabalazo obanzi wokuphazamisa “ibhizinisi njengenjwayelo” esikhungweni semfundo ephakeme, futhi bebezobuya. Ezemidlalo, qaphela: Lokhu kusekude ukuphela.
U-Dustin Foote ufake isandla ekubikeni kwasendaweni nezingcaphuno zalesi sihloko.
UDave Zirin ungumhleli wezemidlalo we The Nation.
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