Ngezimpelaviki ezimbili ezedlule, umhlaba ubukele ngokushaqisayo ngenkathi abamhlophe, ama-Neo-Nazis, amalungu e-Ku Klux Klan nezinye izici zalokho okubizwa ngokuthi i-alt-right begcwele idolobha lonke lase-Charlottesville, eVirginia. Inkulumo yabo yenzondo ebhekiswe kumaJuda, amaSulumane, izitabane kanye nabesifazane abathandana bebodwa, abakhululekile, abantu base-Afrika-baseMelika kanye nabanye abantu bemibala izophelela ekuhlaselweni okufana namaphekula okwabulala uHeather Heyer kwalimala inqwaba yabanye.
Ukulahlwa kanye nokunengeka ngokuhlaselwa kwabantu abamhlophe e-Charlottesville kufanele kube yinto yonke; esikhundleni salokho impendulo icutshungulwe kakhulu kusetshenziswa ilensi yeqembu.
UDonald Trump ukhohlise amaNazi namanye ama-fascists amhlophe ngokuphakamisa ukuthi kukhona "abantu abahle kakhulu" eqenjini labashisekeli abaphiko lwesokudla eCharlottesville. AmaRiphabhulikhi akhiphe izigxeko eziqinile “zenzondo” kanye “nokucwasa ngokwebala” kodwa anqabile kakhulu ukugxeka uDonald Trump kanye nesinqumo sakhe esisobala sokuhlinzeka ngosizo nenduduzo kubukhosi obumhlophe nobufascism. Awekho amaRiphabhlikhi ashiye esidlangalaleni ezikhundleni zokuphatha kukaTrump ukuze aphikisane nokuphawula kukamongameli kanye nendlela yakhe yokucwasa nokucwasa. Okukhathaza kakhulu, izinhlolovo zakamuva zemibono yomphakathi ziphakamisa ukuthi iningi labantu baseRiphabhlikhi bayakweseka ukufaka kukaDonald Trump i-coddist of white supremacist kanye namandla "alt-right" ahlwanyele isiphithiphithi nokufa eCharlottesville.
Amademokhrasi, ama-liberals, inqubekela phambili kanye nabanye abaholi abacabanga phambili nabanobuntu bagxekile ubushokobezi obunamandla amhlophe eCharlottesville, kanye nokwamukela kukaTrump "abadabukisayo" abakha isisekelo sakhe sokusekela. Ngeshwa, ubuholi beDemocratic Party abuzange buqine ngokwanele ekuchazeni ukuthi leli gagasi lenzondo elivukayo eMelika aliqondile kanjani okhethweni lukaTrump kodwa liwuphawu lwezinkinga ezinkulu zezombangazwe namasiko.
Omunye wemicu evamile ekwehlukaneni kweqembu nemibono ukuthi udlame nenzondo eCharlottesville kwabonwa “njengesimanga,” into “engeyona eyaseMelika” engabonisi ukuthi “singobani.” Izimangalo ezinjalo zincike ephusheni. Udlame lwabelungu olubhekiswe kubantu bebala elimhlophe - kungaba ukuqothulwa kohlanga olubhekiswe kubantu beZizwe Zokuqala, ubugqila bezingxoxo kanye nokuxhashazwa kwabantu base-Afrika-baseMelika, ukuhlanzwa kobuhlanga kanye nokuhlukunyezwa ngokobuhlanga okubhekiswe kwabangewona abamhlophe noma ukuboshwa okukhulu kwamaJapane-America - kuyisici esiyinhloko somlingiswa wesizwe sethu. Kungase kube iqiniso elingalungile nelingathandeki kubantu abaningi, kodwa i-United States yasungulwa njengentando yeningi yobuhlanga yabesilisa abamhlophe. Lokhu kuyisisekelo somlando wezwe kanye nobubi bomphakathi obusahlupha i-United States eminyakeni engama-240 ngemuva kokusungulwa kwayo.
Ingabe abaseMelika bayoke babhekane nalawa maqiniso amabi? Ini iqhaza elabanjwa yilungelo elimhlophe odlameni lwaseCharlottesville nokuthi amaphoyisa, abezindaba, osopolitiki nomphakathi basabela kanjani kukho? Ngabe ubudoda obumhlophe bunamthelela muni ku-“alt-right” kanye nenhlangano ebanzi yokulwela ukubusa kwabamhlophe? Yini abamhlophe baseMelika abangayenza njengeqembu ukuze babhekane nama-white premacist kanye nama-fascists ngokobuhlanga abathi babakhulumela?
Emzamweni wokuphendula le mibuzo, ngisanda kukhuluma futhi U-Tim Wise, esinye sezishoshovu ezimelene nokucwasa ngokwebala esizweni sethu. UCornel West umchaze ngesikhumbuzo ngokuthi "umfowethu we-vanilla ngokwesiko likaJohn Brown." Uhlakaniphile umbhali wezincwadi eziningi, kuhlanganise “I-White America Ethandekayo: Incwadi Eya Kwabancane Abancane," kanye ne "Ngaphansi Kokuceba: Ukujabhisa Abampofu, Ukudumisa Abacebile Nokudela Ikusasa LaseMelika."
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Ingabe uyamangala ngokwenzeka e-Charlottesville?
Cha. Ngangiqiniseka ukuthi kukhona okwakuzokonakala kakhulu ngoba ngangazi ukuthi kwakukhona idlanzana labantu kuleso qembu ababeya khona ngenhloso yokusabisa umphakathi, ukuhlukumeza abantu bebala elimhlophe, ukwesabisa abamhlophe abakhululekile, ukwesabisa noma ubani. wema endleleni yabo. Babezama ukwenza lo mbukiso wamandla owawuzobonakala unamandla ngempela futhi ukhungathekisa futhi wethusa kubantu abawubona bengaphandle, futhi ngicabanga ukuthi ngandlela thize bakufeza lokho kanye.
Ngicabanga ukuthi ngenxa yokubulawa kuka-Heather Heyer kanye nokulimala okudalwe abashokobezi abaqine kakhulu e-Charlottesville, labo ababizwa ngokuthi i-alt-right badlale kakhulu isandla sabo ngendlela emangalisayo. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kuzobalimaza.
Imithombo yezindaba evamile ilokhu iqhubekisela phambili indaba yokuthi amaphekula amhlophe e-Charlottesville ngandlela thize "ayengabikezeli" noma "imangalisa." Inganekwane yokungabi nacala kohlanga lwabamhlophe ibalulekile nalapha.
Abezindaba futhi abanawo umongo womlando obucayi, kodwa ngisho nangaphezulu, bahileleka kulawa mabhanari alula, athi abantu bangabantu abalungile ngempela noma banobandlululo. Ngakho-ke ngamanye amazwi, awukwazi ukuba umuntu olungile kubantu abadala nasezilwaneni futhi ube umNazi. Pho kungani ungaba?
Ngiyabonga. UHitler wayezithanda izinja zakhe.
Ngokusobala lokhu kucabanga kanambambili kuwubuwula. Lapho ngiqala ukwenza lo msebenzi, ngangilwa noDavid Duke eLouisiana. Uma unosopolitiki, noma ngabe nguDuke noma uTrump, okhanga imizwa eyisisekelo yengxenye yomphakathi wethu esebenzisa izingqikithi ezisebenze iminyaka engama-200 nangaphezulu futhi, empeleni, iminyaka engama-400, ebuyela emuva kumakoloni - kungani umangale ukuthi iyasebenza?
Le politiki yokucwasa iwuhlamvu lwemali yombuso futhi isinesikhathi eside impela. Ngakho-ke iqiniso lokuthi idlanzana lezibalo likuyisa ngokwedlulele okwenziwa amaNazi aseCharlottesville akufanele lisimangaze ngempela. Ingabe yileyo ndlela abantu abaningi abacabanga futhi benze ngayo? Cha, ngiyabonga. Kodwa ngeke umangale ngalokhu lapho iqembu elincane laseMelika elimhlophe litshelwa impilo yalo yonke ukuthi leli zwe lingelabo. Akekho okufanele ethuswe yilokho; lokhu kuwumphumela wemvelo womphakathi ogxilise ukufaneleka kwabesilisa abamhlophe, ikakhulukazi, amakhulu eminyaka.
Nginombono wokuthi abavoti abaningi bakaTrump, amashumi ezigidi zabavoti abamhlophe, bangase bangayithandi inkulumo ecacile yamaNazi kanye ne-white supremacist, kodwa lapho bezwa amagama afana nokuthi "ubuzwe obumhlophe" kunengqondo kubo. "Ukuziqhenya okumhlophe" nakho kuyaphoqa kuma-conservative kanye nabanye abavoti abamhlophe. Ucabanga ukuthi ngikweqisa lokhu okuguquguqukayo?
Cha, angikwenzi. Ngokusobala kunezimvume ezahlukahlukene, futhi uma uthatha abantu abayizigidi ezingama-63 abavotele uTrump, futhi kuleso sibalo mhlawumbe izigidi ezingama-50 zimhlophe, kusobala ukuthi kuzoba khona abanye abayizinhlobo ze-hardcore white supremacist. Ake ngiveze, akuyona inombolo encane. Ngingaphakamisa ukuthi kwanele ngempela ukwenza umehluko kulezo zifundazwe ezintathu ezibalulekile: iWisconsin, iMichigan nePennsylvania. Khumbula ukuthi iPennsylvania, okungenani eminyakeni embalwa edlule, yayinenqwaba yamaqembu anenzondo e-United States, ngomuntu ngamunye. Ngakho-ke ingabe ngikholelwa ukuthi okungenani kunabantu abangu-70,000 abakholelwa ukuthi abamhlophe ngokwedlulele kulezo zifundazwe ezintathu, okuyi-[umkhawulo] anqoba ngawo? Nakanjani ngiyakwenza. Ngicabanga ukuthi kungaba ubuwula ukungakukholwa lokho.
Ngokusobala kukhona elinye iqembu labasekeli bakhe abamhlophe abenqaba ingxenye yobandlululo olugqamile, noma ngoba lubonakala luqinile noma ngoba luyabethusa ngempela futhi luyabacasula. Kodwa noma kunjalo, banamathela ezimweni eziningi zokucwasa "inja-inlozi" ngokumelene nabantu bemibala, ikakhulukazi abamnyama. Lelo elinye iqembu elingelona ngempela izwe elimhlophe eliqinile, kodwa lizizwa liphatheke kabi, lizizwa liyisisulu. Bangena kule ndaba yelungelo ngezindlela abanye babo abangeke bazi ukuthi bayazenza.
Iqembu lesithathu kungaba abantu abamhlophe abasezinhlungwini ezinkulu, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi lokho kungokomnotho noma nje ezimpilweni zabo, futhi abayitholi kahle imbangela yobuhlungu babo. Badonsa kanzima impela, futhi ngeshwa bawela ipolitiki esebenze izizukulwane ngezizukulwane. Kungakho umuntu ofana noDonald Trump, okuwukuphela kwakhe impumelelo yangempela ekuphileni kuye kwaba ukumaketha - laba ngabantu uDonald Trump abasebenzela njenge-opiate. Uza kubo futhi athi, “Uzabalaza, usezinhlungwini. Ngingakutshela umthombo futhi ngingawususa.” Laba ngabantu okuthi, ukube bebengaphendukeli kuDonald Trump, bebezosebenzisa ama-opiates angempela. Kwezinye izimo benza kokubili ukushelela ubuhlungu.
Akulona yini iqiniso ukuthi abavoti bakaTrump ngokuyisisekelo bayi-Tea Party kuma-steroids? Abantu abamhlophe babhale ngokusobala mayelana nokusebenzisa i-Tea Party ukuqasha amalungu amasha ngokusebenzisa umuzwa wokukhononda ngokobuhlanga kanye nokubandlululwa ukuze kuthuthukiswe abantu abamhlophe.
Nakanjani. Ngiqonde ukuthi, ngibuyela emuva ku-2009 lapho inhlangano ye-Tea Party ithola umfutho, i-Stormfront kanye namanye amabhodi ezingxoxo ezimhlophe kanye namawebhusayithi bathi babeya emicimbini ye-Tea Party ngenhloso yokuthatha abantu abathintekayo kodwa hhayi ngempela lokho abangakubiza. "i-red-pilled" okwamanje.
Yebo. Ukuze bathole lokho abakubiza ngokuthi “ama-normies.”
Ngezinga elithile laliphumelela kakhulu. Ngicabanga ukuthi ama-white nationalists, ama-white supremacists, lawa ma-fascists amasha, ahlakaniphile ngokumangalisayo. Kubaluleke kakhulu ngathi ukukuthatha ngokungathi sína usongo. Imithombo yezindaba izogxila kubantu abambalwa abalahlekelwe amazinyo abo noma ababukeka beyiziphukuphuku ngokuphelele futhi baphuthelwe iqiniso lokuthi uRichard Spencer akayena umuntu oyisimungulu. Iqiniso elikude nokuba i-dummy, u-Richard Spencer unokuqonda okungcono kakhulu kwemvelaphi yomlando waleli zwe kunokuba iningi lama-liberals kanye nabathuthukayo benza. Ngalokhu ngiqonde ukuthi uma ethi abasunguli babehlose ukuthi iMelika ibe yizwe labesilisa abamhlophe, akanaphutha. Akakwenzi lokho; uqinisile ngamaphesenti ayi-100. Lokho akusho ukuthi kufanele samukele lowo mbono weMelika njengamanje.
Ngabe ubulili buhlangana kanjani nenhlangano ye-white supremacist futhi kwenzekani eCharlottesville? Uma uya kumawebhusayithi e-white supremacist, kukhona lezi zindaba eziphindaphindiwe mayelana "nobuhlungu" bamadoda amhlophe nokuthi abantu abamhlophe "abanalutho ngokwabo" eMelika. Abanye besifazane abamhlophe nabo bayingxenye yale nhlangano, belangazelela umndeni “wendabuko” lapho “bevikelwe” futhi “banakekelwa khona.”
Abesifazane abamhlophe bebelokhu bebambe iqhaza ku-white supremacist subculture. Akuyona into entsha. Manje, sengikushilo lokho, yinhlangano egcwele abantu besilisa ngoba inyanya ngokwedlulele. Kuphephandaba i-Daily Stormer, u-Andrew Anglin ubhale ngemuva kukaCharlottesville ukuthi, “Kulabo enisedolobheni,” ekhuluma namaqabane akhe emizameni, uthe, “Kulabo abasesedolobheni phumani nizijabulise, ube nesikhathi esimnandi,” futhi lokhu kwembula ngempela futhi akukaze kukhulunywe ngakho okuningi. Wathi, futhi ngibeka ngamafuphi, kodwa hhayi kakhulu, “Phuma, ujabule, kuzoba nabesifazane abangakwazi ukulinda ukukubhebha.”
Uthi, "Ngokujulile ngoba singabafana ababi manje nawo wonke umuntu wesifazane emhlabeni" - lesi sisho esiqondile - "wonke umuntu wesifazane emhlabeni ufuna idick yakho." Lokhu bekuyiphephandaba iDaily Stormer ngobusuku besigameko. Kule minyaka embalwa edlule kube nokushayisana okukhulu phakathi [kwesizwe] esimhlophe kanye nemiphakathi “yamaciko”. Leli yiqembu labalahlekelwe ngokwedlulele abacabanga ukuthi ubufazi yingakho bengakwazi ukubekwa futhi abesifazane bakhetha kakhulu.
Lokho kusiyisa “emalungelweni amadoda” kanye “incel” izinto, akunjalo?
U-Elliot Rodger, owangenela umkhankaso wokubulala e-Santa Barbara eminyakeni embalwa edlule, wayekade ekulawo mabhodi ezingxoxo. Kube nokushayisana kwangempela phakathi kwabanye balowo mphakathi wamaciko, okukhanga lo mqondo wokuphuka kobudoda nobumhlophe obuphukile. Ngokuthunyelwe kuka-Andrew Anglin konke kuyahlangana - njengokuthi ukholelwa ukuthi abantu besifazane bawela phezu kwabo ukuze bajike amakhanda.
Nansi inhlangano ethi, singabuyisela umuzwa wakho wobudoda obumhlophe obuphukile. Empeleni, unelungelo lakho konke; umhlaba uyi-oyster yakho. Uma utshelwa lokho futhi noma yini empilweni yakho ingahambi kahle, awazi ukuthi ungabhekana kanjani nakho, ngakho-ke okungenani kwabanye babo baphendukela ezintweni ezinjengalezi bese u-Andrew Anglin ethi, “Hey, uzolala ebusuku."
Ilungelo labamhlophe lidlale kanjani eCharlottesville?
Hhayi-ke, ngiqonde ukuthi, okulula ukuthi ukube inkulungwane noma iningi labesilisa abamnyama nabansundu bebemasha esikhungweni semfundo ephakeme noma kuphi kuleli zwe bephethe amathoshi futhi bekhuluma ngokufuna ukudala i-ethno-state emnyama, ngicabanga ukuthi siyazi ukuthi bekungaba yini. kwenzeke ngokwempendulo yamaphoyisa.
Ukuchitheka kwegazi. Abantu abamnyama bephethe izibhamu, beshaya abantu ngezigxobo nezinduku, besabisa abefundisi abamhlophe ...
Kuhle Nkosi, siyazi ukuthi bekuzokwenzekani. Siyazi ukuthi bekuzoba yini ingxoxo ukube lona bekuwumhlangano we-Black Lives Matter noma bekuwumhlangano wamalungelo abokufika, futhi baboniswa beshaya abantu abamhlophe egaraji noma bebazungezile esifanekisweni esinamathoshi — ngisho ukuthi, nika ngiphumule. Uma ungaqondi ukuthi yiliphi ilungelo elimhlophe ngemuva kwalokho okusanda kwenzeka, awusoze wakuthola.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, cabanga ukuthi ngabe abantu abamnyama abahlukanisile nabanodlame bebemasha begqoke amakepisi ka-Obama futhi waphendula ngokuthi, "Hhayi-ke, kunodlame nhlangothi zombili." Bekuzoba nezicelo zokuthi kubekwe icala, ngoba kusetshenziswe ukuchitshiyelwa kuka-25. NoTrump? Ayikho impendulo enjalo. Uyakholwa.
Ucabanga ukuthi ikusasa limphatheleni? Futhi abantu - abantu abamhlophe ikakhulukazi - kufanele balwe kanjani "ne-alt-right" kanye ne-cabal yayo yabamhlophe abaphezulu kanye nama-wannabes amaphekula asekhaya?
Ngokusobala kufanele simelane ngezindlela eziningi ezahlukene, ngoba angicabangi ukuthi kuzoba ngcono ngaphambi kokuthi kube kubi kakhulu. Sisesikhathini esisichazayo njengamanje. Bazokwenzani abelungu? Ngoba laba bantu - futhi manje ngikhuluma ngabaholi abamhlophe abanjengoSpencer kanye [noMatthew] Heimbach kanye no-Anglin - bonke basho ngokucacile, "Sikhulumela iMelika emhlophe."
Ngiyazi kunezigidi zabelungu abacasulwe yilokhu. Manje sekuyisikhathi sokuba benze kanjalo. Lokho kusho ukuthi yeka ukuthumela izithombe zekati nenja yakho embi ku-Facebook, yeka ukuthumela izithombe ze-"Oh, ngisanda kungena e-Olive Garden" noma ngabe yini embi ku-inthanethi. Qala ukubhekana nokucwasa kwabamhlophe kanye nokuphakama kwabamhlophe ngemibuthano yakho yobungane, noma ngabe lokho ku-inthanethi noma mathupha. Lelo iqhinga elilodwa, futhi maningi ahlukene. Kodwa ufanele usukume futhi uthi, “Ngizokhetha indlela ehlukile yokuhlala kulesi sikhumba, futhi ngoNkulunkulu awungikhulumeli.”
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