“Futhi abanye bethu asebeqalile ukunqamula ukuthula ebusuku bathole ukuthi ubizo lokukhuluma luvame ukubiza umunyu, kodwa kumele sikhulume.”
Thatha usuku, cabangisisa ngamazwi akhe ambalwa. Ngikhuluma ngoMartin Luther King, kunjalo. “Usuku” lwakhe seluphelile, kodwa umyalezo wakhe usalokhu ushubile. Kumele sikhulume! Umhlaba wopha ngamanxeba empi nobubha nokucwasa, njengoba kwakunjalo eminyakeni engama-57 edlule, lapho ekhuluma - ngendlela engathandeki, ungathi - e-Riverside Church eNew York City. Wadelela i-LBJ futhi wagqolozela ngqo emlonyeni wempi yaseVietnam, ethi iwukuziphatha okubi, ememezela i-United States ngokuthi "ingumhloli omkhulu wobudlova emhlabeni namuhla."
Sinike iSilo iholidi lesizwe, samenza iqhawe lesizwe — kodwa lokho akufani nokumlalela. Kungase kube okuphambene. Ukumenza unkulunkulu, ukumenza isifanekiso, ukubuyisela isithombe sakhe, kungase kufane nokumvala umlomo.
Ngakho ngachitha amahora ambalwa eholide lakhe lezwe (empeleni, ngakusasa) ngifunda kabusha ethi “Ngaphesheya kweVietnam,” inkulumo ayinikeza ngo-April 4, 1967, unyaka ongaphambi kokubulawa kwakhe. Amazwi akhe awagcini nje ngokugxeka impi yobukoloni engenasisekelo, noma indida yomphakathi waseMelika “ubuka abafana abangamaNegro nabamhlophe ezikrinini ze-TV njengoba bebulala futhi befela ndawonye isizwe esingakwazi ukubahlalisa ndawonye endaweni. izikole ezifanayo.”
Amazwi akhe ahlanganisa uthando nesihogo, ukuphelelwa ithemba nethemba. Amazwi akhe ahlakaniphile kakhulu:
“Impi yaseVietnam iwuphawu lwesifo esijule kakhulu emoyeni waseMelika, futhi uma singasinaki leli qiniso elidabukisayo . . .” Hewu Nkosi yami! Izimpi zethu zizoqhubeka ziqhubeke, ngaphandle uma sishintsha njengezwe: ngokuyisisekelo, ngokomoya.
Akumangalisi ukuthi u-J. Edgar Hoover (kanye nabanye abaningi ngemuva kwesigameko) bambona njengengozi esizweni esasidinga ukuvalwa, uma singaqediwe. Wayesesize kakade ukunqoba ukuhlukaniswa futhi wayeseqalile ukuqeda ukucwasa ngokwesistimu. Manje wayesethatha impi-yezimboni kanye ne-American hegemony:
“Uguquko lwangempela lwezindinganiso maduzane luzobukeka ngokungakhululeki ekuhlukeni okusobala kobumpofu nengcebo. Ngokucasuka okulungile, izobheka ngaphesheya kwezilwandle futhi ibone onxiwankulu ngabanye baseNtshonalanga betshala izizumbulu zemali e-Asia, e-Afrika, naseNingizimu Melika, bese bekhipha inzuzo ngaphandle kokukhathazeka ngentuthuko yezenhlalo yamazwe, bese bethi. , 'Akuwona ukulunga lokhu.' Izobheka umfelandawonye wethu nezikhulu zaseNingizimu Melika bese ithi, 'Lokhu akukona nje ukulunga.' Ukuzikhukhumeza kwaseNtshonalanga kokuba nomuzwa wokuthi inakho konke okufundiswa abanye futhi akukho esingakufunda kubo akukona nje kuphela.”
Okwakwethusa abaholi besizwe kwakungewona nje amazwi ka-MLK kodwa iqiniso lokuthi unamandla amangalisayo - uhlobo lwamandla angaqondakali emibuthanweni yezombangazwe nezempi, amandla avuma ukuthobeka nobunye bobuntu. Ukhuluma ngani?
“Mhlawumbe umoya omusha uvuka phakathi kwethu.”
Futhi iNkosi yayingomunye wabathwali balowo moya - esiza ukuwutshala ngaphakathi komphakathi:
“Nginesiqiniseko sokuthi uma sifuna ukungena ohlangothini olufanele lwenguquko yomhlaba, thina njengesizwe kumele sibhekane noguquko olukhulu lwezindinganiso. Kufanele siqale ngokushesha ukusuka emphakathini ogxile entweni siye emphakathini ogxile kumuntu. Lapho imishini nama-computer, izisusa zenzuzo namalungelo empahla, kubhekwa njengokubaluleke kakhulu kunabantu, imidondoshiya emithathu yobandlululo lobuhlanga, ukuthanda izinto ezibonakalayo okwedlulele, nokulwela impi akukwazi ukunqotshwa.”
Kuyinto eyodwa ukukhononda ngezindinganiso “ezisemthethweni” ezigcwele inkanyezi yaseMelika - ukuphila, inkululeko, blah blah blah - kodwa kungokunye ngokuphelele ukukhuluma ngokudlula, ngempela, "ukunqoba" (ngokuyimfihlo) izindinganiso zangempela zesigaba esibusayo.
“Okuwukuphela kwethemba lethu namuhla lisemandleni ethu okubuyisela umoya wokuvukela umbuso futhi siye ezweni ngezinye izikhathi elinobutha esimemezela ubutha baphakade ngobumpofu, ukucwasa ngokwebala, nezempi.”
Izwe eliye layinqoba ngempela impi? Izwe elamukela “uthando olungenamibandela lwaso sonke isintu”? Angicabangi.
“Uma ngikhuluma ngothando,” uyaqhubeka, “angikhulumi ngokusabela okuthile okungokomzwelo nokubuthakathaka. Angikhulumi ngalawo mandla okuyimizwa nje. Ngikhuluma ngalawo mandla zonke izinkolo ezinkulu eziwabone njengesimiso sokuphila esihlanganisayo. Uthando ngandlela-thile luyisihluthulelo esivula umnyango oholela eqinisweni lokugcina. "
Futhi umcabango wami - umuzwa wami wokuthi kungenzeka - uvula kabusha. Yilokhu i-MLK esayiletha esintwini: umbono wekusasa ohluke kakhulu kunesikhathi samanje, kodwa futhi okhona, okhona ngokushaqisayo, kulo mzuzu. “Kusasa namuhla.” Amazwi akhe ahlanganisa zonke izinkolo emhlabeni. Badabula izindinganiso ezijulile esizisekelayo ezincwadini ezingcwele futhi bawangenise ebhasini, ngaphesheya kwebhuloho, emahholo eCongress nakuwo wonke amagumbi empi emhlabeni.
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