Umthombo: The Intercept
Ngaphambi nje kwasemini NgoMsombuluko, iMeya yeDolobha laseNew York uBill de Blasio wema eceleni komqhudelwano webhola edla ubukhazikhazi. U-De Blasio, oshiye emncintiswaneni kamongameli ngoSepthemba, ugunyaze uSen Bernie Sanders njengomongameli ngoLwesihlanu olwedlule futhi wachitha impelasonto yeholide ezihambela eNevada, edlula emqhudelwaneni omncane esikoleni samabanga aphezulu saseLas Vegas ukuze avivinye. imishwana embalwa yeSpanishi kubadlali.
Omunye wemicimbi eminingi ebizwa ngokuthi “Unidos con Bernie,” umqhudelwano ohlelwe umkhankaso ububanjelwe ohlangothini olusempumalanga yedolobha, okuyikhaya labantu abaningi baseLatino esifundazweni kanye nehhovisi lokuqala lomkhankaso i-Nevada.
Ukuze kuphothulwe imigubho yoSuku Lomongameli - ebihlanganisa ama-taco, ama-paletas, kanye nendebe yabashampeni - abasebenzi bomkhankaso namavolontiya baqhubele abahlanganyeli abancane abambalwa kumasayithi aseduze wekhokhasi.
UDanny Parra, umfundi oneminyaka engu-19 ubudala owadlala kulo mqhudelwano, utshele i-Intercept ukuthi uvotela abakwaSanders ikakhulukazi ngenxa yomkhankaso wokuxhumana nabantu. Wengeze ngokuthi “akayilandeli ipolitiki” ngempela, kodwa waba nentshisekelo ku-Sanders ngoba wayehlale ebona “izitendi” zomkhankaso ekolishi lakhe lomphakathi.
“Ngiyabonga ukuthi siyabhekisiswa ngoba lokho akwenzeki okhethweni lukamongameli,” kusho uParra. “Ngicabanga ukuthi kumnandi impela ukuthi usibhekile, uzama ukusinakekela, sengathi nathi sinezwi, sengathi singaba bancane kodwa wonke amavoti abalulekile. Kuyinto nje engiyazisa ngempela ngokusuka ekujuleni kwenhliziyo yami.”
Yize uSanders evote kahle phakathi kwabavoti baseLatino kulo lonke lolu hlelo lwango-2020, ukuthandwa kwakhe ngabavoti, okuyinto kwasiza ukuthwala yena ekunqobeni kwevoti elidumile e-Iowa, udlulele phambili ezinhlanganweni ze-Nevada - ngenhlolovo eyodwa, unamaphesenti angaphezu kuka-60 evoti leLatino.
Lo mkhankaso, ongqongqoze eminyango engaphezu kuka-200,000 eNevada ezinsukwini eziyi-17 ezedlule, uthola nosizo lokuhlela emaqenjini amabili amakhulu eLatino. I-Mijente kanye ne-Make the Road Action, iqembu lamalungelo abokufika, baye basekela uSanders ngezincomo zabo zokuqala ngqa zomongameli, futhi ngamunye unobukhona obubalulekile.
Futhi kubo bonke abangenele ukhetho lweDemokhrasi abangenele ukuqokwa, iLatinos inikeze iminikelo yezepolitiki kakhulu kwaSanders, yanikela cishe izigidi ezingama- $ 8.3 emkhankasweni wango-2019, ngokusho kokuhlaziywa kwedatha yezimali zomkhankaso okwenziwa i-Plus Three, inkampani yezobuchwepheshe. Ukuhlaziya, okokuqala kubikwe ngu Izindaba ze-NBC ngesonto eledlule, ithole ukuthi amaphesenti angu-36 amadola aseLatinos aye kwi-socialist yentando yeningi.
Kodwa uSanders ubhekene nenkinga emzamweni wakhe wokunqoba iLatinos esifundazweni: ubuholi beCulinary Union enamandla, emele izisebenzi eziningi zasekhasino zaseVegas. I-Culinary Union - eyaziwa nangokuthi Unite Here Local 226 - ibilokhu ikhulisa ukuhlasela kwayo kuSanders ngenxa yokweseka kwakhe iMedicare for All. Lokho kuhlasela kuqale kwaqoka bobabili uSanders kanye noSen. Elizabeth Warren, bobabili abagunyaze iMedicare for All, kodwa umlilo uqeqeshwe kuSanders kuphela njengoba ingqungquthela isondela. Ngamaflaya esiNgisi neSpanishi, imibhalo, nama-imeyili kumalungu angama-60,000, abaholi baxwayise ngokuthi iMedicare for All "izoqeda ukunakekelwa kwezempilo kweCulinary."
Ngemuva kwalokho, kulandela ukukhala kwabathuthukayo, inyunyana yasola abalandeli bakaSanders “ngodlame” lokuhlasela iqembu, ithi bebegcwele izingcingo ezisabisayo, ama-imeyili nemiyalezo. Izikhulu ezimbili eziphezulu zeCulinary zabelana ngezibonelo zohlobo lokuhlukunyezwa ezikutholile I-Nevada Independent, kodwa okungenani oyedwa - obeka amazwana ku-athikili ye-Nevada Independent ebiza amalungu e-Culinary Union ngokuthi "angekho emthethweni" - naye ubeke amazwana aphikisana nabakwaSanders, iqiniso lokuthi akufakiwe ekuqaleni esihlokweni. Lapho ebuzwa ngezibonelo ezithile zokuhlukunyezwa kwabalandeli bakaSanders, umkhulumeli wenyunyana uBethany Khan utshele iThe Intercept ukuthi iningi lisebenzela uMnyango Wamaphoyisa Kamasipala waseLas Vegas "njengoba sisezinhlelweni zokufaka umbiko, ukuze singabiwa ngalesi sikhathi," enezela. ukuthi useqalile nokufaka ezinye ku-akhawunti yakhe yezokuxhumana.
Esithangamini sikamongameli nabasebenzi beCulinary Union ngoLwesibili ebusuku, uWarren kanye noSen. Amy Klobuchar, bobabili abavotela kabi neLatinos, benze isiphakamiso ngomzuzu wokugcina ukuze basekele. Unobhala ongumgcinimafa weCulinary uGeoconda Argüello-Kline uvule ngokukhuluma “ngokuhlaselwa okubi okuvela kubalandeli bakaSenator Sanders.” OwayeyiMeya yaseSouth Bend, uPete Buttigieg, ongakwazanga ukufika kulo mcimbi ngenxa yehholo ledolobha le-CNN, utshele abasebenzi kuvidiyo eqoshwe ngaphambili ukuthi uhambisana nabo "noma ngabe iziqhwaga eziku-inthanethi noma iziqhwaga eWhite House."
Kwesinye sezikhathi zomkhankaso ezixake kakhulu kuze kube manje, u-Klobuchar uvule ikheli lakhe kubasebenzi baseCulinary ngokutshela izethameli eziningi kakhulu zamaLatinx: “Igama lami ngingu-Amy, kodwa lapho ngifunda iSpanishi ebangeni lesine, igama lami kwakungu-Elena.” Uqhube wathi wanikwa leli gama ngoba engakwazi ukugoqa u-R wakhe. Awekho ama-R ku-“Amy,” futhi i-anecdote, edonse ukugqolozela okungenalutho ezithamelini, nayo yahlekwa usulu ku-inthanethi.
UWarren uncike kakhulu ezindabeni zamalungelo abantu besifazane, etshela izethameli, iningi labo elisebenza njengabagcini bezindlu, ukuthi i-White House iyisiphithiphithi futhi “uma unesiphithiphithi futhi uyidinga ngempela, ubiza owesifazane uthole umsebenzi owenziwe,” kusetshenziswa umugqa wokugqama ohambisana nobulili ngendlela engavamile kukhandidethi obeyazi kakhulu ipolitiki yolimi lwakhe.
Ngemuva komcimbi, uMaira Acasada Tatum, umgcini wezindlu e-Waldorf Astoria Las Vegas, uthe cishe uzongenela ikhokhasi kaWarren ngenxa yesimo sakhe sokukhuphula iholo eliphansi likahulumeni. “Nginezingane futhi ngiya emsebenzini futhi ngihola u-$8, u-$9 kuphela ngehora,” esho, enezela ngokuthi akazi ukuthi ubani okwesibili akhetha ukumkhetha. Lapho ebuzwa ngemicabango yakhe ngeMedicare for All, waphendula ngeSpanishi ukuthi wayengayiqondi kahle.
Okokuqala, INevada ibambe izinsuku ezimbalwa zokuvota kusenesikhathi ngaphambi kwekhakhasi yayo yangoFebhuwari 22 emzamweni wokwenza inqubo yokhetho ifinyeleleke kalula. Kulezi zindawo zokuvota kusenesikhathi, lapho ukubhaliswa kosuku olufanayo kuvunyelwe khona, ababambiqhaza bagcwalisa ivoti besebenzisa ukuvota okuzikhethele, ukukhetha okungenani abathathu nokufika kwabahlanu kwabaphezulu beDemocratic Alliance. Ngokuvumelana ne iDemocratic Party yombuso, bangaphezu kuka-36,000 abantu ababambe iqhaza ezinsukwini ezintathu zokuqala zokuvota kwekhokhasi, kanti amaphesenti angama-56 abantu abaphume ngoMgqibelo bekungokokuqala ngqa ukuya kwikhokhasi. Ngosuku lokugcina lokuvota, ngoLwesibili, inani elimangalisayo le-33,000 balinde kolayini abade bebheke ikhokhasi. Bangu-84,000 kuphela abavotile kumakhokhasi ka-2016, angazange afake ukuvota kusenesikhathi.
Inhlolovo eyodwa, eyenziwe yi-progressive think tank Data for Progress, ithole ukuthi amaphesenti angama-66 abavoti base-Hispanic e-Nevada basekela uSanders. Alikho elinye ikhandidethi elenze ngedijithi eyodwa. Futhi ngesonto eledlule, a I-Morning Consult poll ibonise usocialist wentando yeningi ehamba phambili ngokumangazayo phakathi kwabavoti base-Hispanic, egxuma amaphuzu angu-10 nge-demographic ngosuku ngemva kokuwina i-primary New Hampshire. Ngokocwaningo, amaSanders abe nokusekelwa okuphezulu kakhulu eqenjini ngamaphesenti angama-48, alandelwa uMike Bloomberg ngamaphesenti ayi-17 kanye noJoe Biden okude ngamaphesenti ayi-13. Kepha inhlolovo entsha yeTelemundo ithole uSanders noBiden bebambene ngevoti lesifundazwe laseLatino. UBiden ube nokuhola okuncane ngamaphesenti angama-34 kuya kumaphesenti angama-31 akwaSanders, enephutha lephutha elingamaphesenti ama-4.
UBiden, othembele kubavoti abamnyama eSouth Carolina ukuthi asindise amathuba akhe ekuqokweni, ubezabalaza ukuzuza abavoti baseLatino, okuzolimaza kakhulu amathuba akhe ezifundazweni ezifana neCalifornia neTexas, izifunda ezimbili ezicebile ezineLatino enkulu kunazo zonke. inani labantu ezweni, kanye naseNevada. Lowo owake waba yiphini likamengameli uye wenqaba kakhulu ukubhekana nomlando kaBarack Obama wokuba “umdingisi omkhulu,” njengoba inhloko yoMkhandlu Kazwelonke waseLa Raza yammemezela ngo-2014. kuze kube yile mpelasonto, wenqaba kaningi ukuxolisa ngomonakalo odalwe umshini wokuxosha abaphathi baka-Obama, esikhundleni salokho esho ukuthi ubephikisana nenqubomgomo ngaphakathi. Ngaphandle komcimbi womkhankaso waseLas Vegas ngoLwesibili, iqembu le izishoshovu zabhekana naye ngokungazibophezeli ukumisa konke ukudingiswa.
Okokuqala, engxoxweni ne-Univision anchor UJorge Ramos ngoMgqibelo, uBiden ukubize ngokuthi "yiphutha elikhulu" ukuxosha amakhulu ezinkulungwane zabantu ngaphandle kwerekhodi lobugebengu. "Sithathe isikhathi eside kakhulu ukukulungisa," kusho uBiden etshela uRamos, wabe esengeza, "bekuyiphutha elikhulu" futhi abaphathi "kuthathe isikhathi eside kakhulu ukukulungisa."
U-Buttigieg, u-Warren, no-Klobuchar nabo banamaqembu azinikezele ekufinyeleleni i-Latino, kodwa imizamo yabazongenela ukhetho ayilutho uma iqhathaniswa no-Sanders futhi kwezinye izimo, ihlehlile. Engxoxweni abe nayo nesiteshi esikhuluma iSpanishi iTelemundo ngesonto eledlule, uKlobuchar kanye nosozigidi uTom Steyer abakwazanga ukuqamba umongameli waseMexico. USenator waseMinnesota uvumile ukuthi ubengalazi igama lakhe ngenkathi uSteyer ethi "ukhohliwe." (UMongameli waseMexico u-Andrés Manuel López Obrador naye uhamba ngamagama okuqala athi “AMLO.”) Njengoba sekusele izinsuku ezintathu ukuthi kube nezingqungquthela, u-Klobuchar, umphathi odumile onzima, akakagcwalisi. izikhundla eziyisisekelo, okuhlanganisa nokuqasha "umqondisi wemisebenzi ye-Nevada." Khonamanjalo iqhinga likaSteyer kube wukumpompa amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-14.7 esifundazweni futhi agcwale emoyeni ngezikhangiso.
Ngokuqondene nokusebenza kwenkundla ye-Nevada yomkhankaso weWarren, isigamu sabesifazane bemibala bashiye iqembu labantu abangama-70 benezikhalazo "zendawo yokusebenza enobuthi" ngesikhathi kulungiselelwa amakhakhasi, Ipolitico ibikiwe. Ngokusho kwabesifazane, izinkinga ezingaphakathi komkhankaso zilimaza imizamo yabo ebanzi yokubandakanya amaLatinos. Izincwadi zeSpanishi zafika sekwephuzile, “babembalwa kakhulu abahleli abakhuluma iSpanishi” naphezu kwezicelo zokuqashwa okwengeziwe, futhi “babona kuyimpi eqhubekayo yokumisa imicimbi ngeSpanishi.”
“UTío Bernie,” njengoba iningi labasekeli bakhe beLatino bembiza ngothando, ukweleta impumelelo yakhe enkulu emizamweni yokuxhumana nomkhankaso. Izikhundla zenqubomgomo yakhe, ikakhulukazi ezibandakanya izindaba ezinjengokunakekelwa kwezempilo kanye nobulungiswa bezomnotho, zinomthelela ekudlulisweni kwesicelo, kusho iPhini Lomqondisi Wensimu ye-Nevada uMichael Ramirez. Kepha umkhankaso wenze isinqumo sokubeka phambili ukusakazwa kweLatino kusukela ekuqaleni, kusho uChuck Rocha, umeluleki omkhulu wakwaSanders, ephula isu leDemocratic Alliance lokugxila kubavoti abangaba abavoti - okusho ukuthi abavoti abamhlophe nabadala - bese belwela ukwesekwa kweLatino. ukunwebeka kokugcina.
“Saqala ukukhuluma nabantu beSpanishi lapha ngaphambi kokuthi sikhulume nabantu ngesiNgisi, ngakho kimina lokho kuwukuhlela ngamabomu ukukhombisa umphakathi ukuthi siyabahlonipha, ukuthi sizoba lapha, nokuthi ngeke hamba,” kusho uRocha. Ukwehluleka kwamashumi eminyaka kweDemocratic Party ukwenza kusebenze abavoti baseLatino kudale umjikelezo wokuzidla wokuzikhipha: Abakhethiwe nemikhankaso abalindele ukuthi bavote ukuze bangazihluphi ngokubacela, noma okungenani bangabi ngezinga elidingekayo ukuze kuhlanganiswe okubalulekile. . Abavoti baseLatino, abalungele ukuba yiqembu elikhulu kunawo wonke elingafaneleki ukuvota ngo-2020, babalulekile ukuze bawine isikhundla sikamongameli futhi babambe iqhaza elikhulu ekunyukeni kukaSanders.
"Ngakho-ke ngicabanga ukuthi lokho kuwukhiye wempumelelo yethu, ukuthi besazi ukuthi uBernie Sanders wayethandwa yiLatinos," kuqhubeka uRocha. “Kodwa besingakaze senze uhlelo lokujula emphakathini, senze isiqiniseko sokuthi bazi konke ngaye ukuze bayotshela abangani babo nomakhelwane babo. Futhi lokho kuyingxenye enkulu yalokho okubona namuhla ngalo mqhudelwano webhola likanobhutshuzwayo, kunemicimbi esekwe emphakathini, okuyimiqongo. Kepha imicimbi esekwe emphakathini iyodwa ngeke ikuzuzele okhethweni - ukuchitha imali eningi ukukhuluma namaLatinos amaningi yindlela owina ngayo ukhetho. "
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