Umthombo: Counterpunch
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Ukuziphatha kahle sekuqalile.
Labo okungavamisile ukuba yizisulu zamaqembu ezigebengu amaphoyisa ahleliwe baphinde bafundise labo abakwaziyo ukuthi bangasabela kanjani kubo.
Bacela ukuthula, njengoba ababhikishi bevuka eMinneapolis nasezweni lonke bephendula ukubulawa kukaGeorge Floyd. Lokhu, kuvela kubantu abafanayo abancibilika ngesikhathi u-Colin Kaepernick eguqa - uhlobo lombhikisho olunokuthula. Ngoba ngokusobala, lapho abelungu bethi, “bhikisheni ngokuthula,” sisho ukuthi “niyeke ukubhikisha.”
Konke kuhamba kahle, akukho ongakubona lapha.
Kuyasitshela ukuthi iningi labantu baseMelika abamhlophe babona kufanele ukuthi bafundise abantu abamnyama ngobubi bodlame, njengoba sijabulela insada yesizwe esithi siphethe kuphela ngenxa yalokho. Ngicela ukukukhumbuza, uGeorge Washington wayengeyena umsebenzi wokumelana nokungenzi lutho. Amakholoni okuqala noma abasunguli besizwe abangeni esikweni lamaGandhi. Bekungekho ukuhlala esigodlweni seKing George, akukho gitsheli lokugibela amahhashi elizothinta ushintsho. Kwakunezibhamu nje, inqwaba nenqwaba yezibhamu.
Silapha ngenxa yegazi, futhi ikakhulukazi elabanye. Silapha ngenxa yesifiso sethu esingapheli sokuthatha umhlaba nomsebenzi wabanye ngendluzula. Singabantu bokugcina eMhlabeni abanelungelo lokukhuluma ngokuziphatha okuphakeme kokubhikisha okunokuthula. Asikaze sikholelwe kuyo futhi akuvamile ukuba sikwenze. Esikhundleni salokho, besihlala sithatha esikufisayo, futhi lapho sikwenqaba, siphendukela ezindleleni zokuqothula ngokuphelele ukwenza kube njalo.
Ngisho nasenkathini yanamuhla, umbono wokuthi sikholelwa ekungabini kobudlova noma ukuphikiswa okukhuliswe kahle kokuvukela uphikiswa ubufakazi. Ngempela, abantu abamhlophe bavukela ngenxa yezizathu eziphansi kakhulu kunalezo abantu base-Afrika baseMelika abangase banqume ukuphakamisa isitini, idwala, noma ibhodlela.
Senze njalo ngemuva kwalokho Imidlalo Emine yokugcina, noma ngenxa yento ebizwa Umkhosi Wamathanga eKeene, eNew Hampshire. Senze ngenxa ye $10 veggie burritos at Woodstock '99, futhi ngenxa yokuthi bezingekho i-Porta-Potties eyanele ngemva kwesethi ye-Limp Bizkit.
Sakwenza lapho singakwazi ukuthola ubhiya owanele kuma-Olympics Wasebusika ka-2002 e-Salt Lake, futhi ngenxa yokuthi IPenn State ixoshe uJoe Paterno.
Senze ngoba yini enye eyenza inqwaba yeHuntington Beach abaphangi kufanele ukwenze? Senze ngoba a "Izikebhe namaqanda" isiphithiphithi kuzwakala kuyindlela esemthethweni yokugubha uSuku luka-St. Patrick e-Albany.
Kude nobuxhwanguxhwangu bezinganekwane, izibhelu zethu ziyizindaba ezinodlame okwakwaziwa ukuthi zibeka engcupheni ukuphepha nezimpilo zamaphoyisa, njengoba kwenzeka izibhelu zango-1998 eWashington State University. Ngokombiko wangaleso sikhathi:
Isixuku sibe sesihlasela la maphoyisa nhlangothi zonke amahora amabili ngamatshe, amabhodlela kabhiya, izigxobo, izihlalo, nezingcezu zikasimende, okusolakala ukuthi bebelokhu bejabule njalo uma iphoyisa lishaywa lilimale. Kulimale amaphoyisa angu-23, amanye eshayeke kabi ephuka namathambo.
Eminyakeni engamashumi amabili nambili kamuva, silindele izifundiswa ukuba zichaze ngezifo zalaba abamhlophe ePullman, isiko labo lokungasebenzi lifundiswe yimindeni yabo yasemaphandleni futhi lifanekiselwa imvunulo eyaziwayo yeqembu lezigelekeqe zeCarhartt work coat kanye namakepisi e-baseball ahlehlayo.
Emuva kwamanje: Ukukhuluma ngodlame olwenziwe ngabantu abamnyama ngaphandle kokukhuluma ngisho nezwi ngodlame olwenziwa kubo uphambene. Futhi ngodlame, angiqondile nje ubudlova bamaphoyisa. Ngiqonde udlame lwesakhiwo olwenzeka ngaphansi kweningi labamhlophe kodwa oseludale izimo ezibanzi emiphakathini yabamnyama lapho labo abahlala khona sebehlubuka khona.
Masikhumbule, lezo zindawo esizibiza ngokuthi “ama-ghetto” zadalwa, hhayi abantu abahlala kuzo. Ayeklanywe njengamapeni okubamba - amakamu okuhlushwa kwakufanele sigcizelele ngolimi olulula - lapho abantu abampofu bebala babezotholakala khona. Izizukulwane zokucwaswa kwezindlu zabadala, njengoba kwenzeka eminyakeni eyishumi emva kwezibhelu zabamhlophe ezibhekiswe kubantu abamnyama noma nini lapho behlala ezindaweni zabamhlophe. Zadalwa wukuchithwa kwezimboni kanye nokubalekela imisebenzi yokukhiqiza ekhokha kahle phesheya kwezilwandle.
Futhi konke lokho kuwubudlova futhi. Uhlobo lodlame olungabonakaliswa ngabanamandla, futhi yibona kuphela. Akudingekile ukuthi umuntu aphonse i-cocktail yakwaMolotov ngefasitela lapho engakwazi ukuwisa isakhiwo esebenzisa ugandaganda noma i-crane esebenza ngemali yomphakathi. Imithetho yokuklama indawo, ukuhlelwa kabusha, ukubolekwa kwezilwane ezifuywayo, ukumisa nokuhlehlisa: konke kuwudlame, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi sehluleka kangakanani ukukuqonda lokho.
Njengoba bengisho, kubi ngokwanele ukuthi sicabanga ukuthi kufanelekile ukweluleka abantu bebala ngobudlova noma ukusho ukuthi “akusebenzi neze,” ikakhulukazi uma enza. Thina phela lapha, okusebenza njengobufakazi obuqand’ ikhanda bokuthi ubudlova busebenza kahle. Okubi kakhulu ukugcizelela kwethu ukuthi singathwesi icala ngezimo ezidale le nkinga ekhona nokuthi asikho isidingo sokuthi sazi ngalezo zimo. Kusikhumbuza okuthile uJames Baldwin azama ukukuchaza eminyakeni eminingi edlule:
...leli yicala engisola ngalo izwe lakithi kanye nabantu bakithi futhi engingeke ngibaxolele ngaso mina noma isikhathi noma umlando, ukuthi bacekele phansi futhi bacekela phansi amakhulu ezinkulungwane zezimpilo zabantu futhi abazi futhi abafuni yazi…kodwa akuvumelekile ukuthi ababhali bomonakalo nabo babe msulwa. Ubumsulwa yibo obenza ubugebengu.
I-White America inesiko elide nelinezindaba lokungazi, futhi angiqondile lokhu ngomqondo wokungazi okungenasici kwangempela. Lokhu kungazi akulutho uma kungatshalwa wukusebenza okukhulu kwesiko. Sifike ngalokhu kunganaki ngokwethembeka, kodwa ngendlela esingeke sakubalekela ukusolwa. Akusho ukuthi iqiniso belingekho ngaso sonke isikhathi.
Kwakulapho ngo-1965 lapho abantu abaningi baseCalifornia abamhlophe besabela ekuvukeleni esigabeni sama-Watts eLos Angeles ngokugcizelela ukuthi kwakuyiphutha “lokungahloniphi umthetho nokuhleleka” noma umsebenzi “wabashoshozeli bangaphandle.”
Iqiniso lalikhona, kodwa lalingabonakali kwabamhlophe abaningi lapho sitshela abavoti maphakathi nawo-1960 - phakathi nje izinyanga ngesikhathi ubandlululo olusemthethweni lwasuswa ngoMthetho Wamalungelo Abantu ka-1964 - ukuthi isimo samanje sabantu abamnyama baseMelika ikakhulukazi kwakuyiphutha labo. Okukodwa kuphela kwezine okucatshangelwe ukucwasa okumhlophe, okwedlule noma okwamanje, noma inhlanganisela ethile yalokhu kokubili, okungenzeka kube yimbangela.
Ngisho ngaphambi ukuphasiswa kwemithetho yamalungelo abantu ngeminyaka yawo-1960, abelungu babecabanga ukuthi akukho okubi. Ngo-1962, amaphesenti angu-85 abelungu atshela uGallup ukuthi izingane ezimnyama zazinethuba elihle njengelezingane ezimhlophe lokuthola imfundo enhle. Ngo-1969, unyaka nje ngemva kokufa kukaMartin Luther King Jr., amaphesenti angu-44 abelungu atshela inhlolovo ye- Newsweek/Gallup ukuthi kangcono ithuba kunokuba bathole umsebenzi oholela kahle. Kuwo lolo cwaningo, amaphesenti angamashumi ayisishiyagalombili abelungu athi abamnyama banenani elilinganayo noma kangcono ithuba lemfundo enhle ukwedlula abelungu.
Ngisho nangeminyaka yawo-1850, ngesikhathi lapho izindikimba zabamnyama zigqilazwa emakamu okusetshenzwa ngempoqo ezaziwa ngokuthi amasimu abantu abaziphatha ngendlela efanayo nabathumbi, amazwi amhlophe ahlonishwayo ayibona ingekho indaba okufanele idingidwe.
NgokukaDkt. Samuel Cartwright, udokotela ohlonishwa kakhulu wangekhulu le-19, ukugqilazwa kwakuyisikhungo esihle kangangokuthi noma yimuphi umuntu omnyama owayezama ukubalekela ukwanga kwawo ngothando kumelwe ukuba uphethwe isifo sengqondo. Kulokhu, uCartwright wayibiza ngokuthi “i-Drapetomania,” isifo esasingelapheka ngokugcina izigqila “zisesimweni esifana nesengane,” nangokusebenzisa “ukubhaxabulwa okuncane” njalo.
Ngamafuphi, abantu abaningi baseMelika abamhlophe bafana nalowo mngane onaye, ongakaze aye esikoleni sezokwelapha, kodwa waya ku-Google namhlanje ekuseni futhi manje uzizwa eqiniseka ukuthi ufanelekile ukuxilonga bonke ubuhlungu bakho. Njengomngane wakho kanye nesikole se-med abangakaze bangene kuso, abantu abaningi abamhlophe abakaze bafunde umlando wokubuswa ngokohlanga nokuzithoba, kodwa bayaqiniseka ukuthi sazi okwengeziwe ngakho kunalabo abakwenzayo. Ngempela, sisola ukuthi sazi kakhulu ngendaba kunalabo, ngaphezu kokuthatha ikilasi, empeleni baphila le ndaba.
Lapho abelungu bebuza, “Kungani bethukuthele kangaka, futhi kungani abanye phakathi kwabo bephanga?” asibonisi isithakazelo sangempela sokwazi izimpendulo zaleyo mibuzo. Kunalokho, siveza ubunqunu bethu bobuhlakani, ukwedelela kwethu iqiniso, nokuqonda kwethu okungokomlando komphakathi wethu. Sibuza sengathi umlando awuzange wenzeke ngoba, kithina, akwenzekanga. Akufanele sazi lutho mayelana namabutho acekele phansi izimpilo zabantu abamnyama abaningi, futhi kudala ngaphambi kokuthi noma ubani eMinneapolis anqume ukuhlasela isitolo sotshwala noma indawo yamaphoyisa.
Isibonelo, uProfesa womlando wase-University of Alabama uRaymond Mohl ukuqaphelile lokho ekuqaleni kwawo-1960, cishe izindlu ezingu-40,000 ngonyaka bezidilizwa emiphakathini yasemadolobheni (iningi elinemibala) ukuze kuvuleke imigwaqo emikhulu ephakathi kwezifunda. Abanye abangu-40,000 babedilizwa minyaka yonke njengengxenye yalokho okubizwa ngokuthi “ukuvuselelwa” kwamadolobha, okwasiza ukwakhiwa kwezindawo zokupaka, amapaki amahhovisi, nezindawo zezitolo ezindaweni zokuhlala zabasebenzi kanye nabahola kancane. Ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yawo-1960, inani lemali lonyaka lalizokhuphuka lifinyelele cishe ku-70,000 izindlu noma amafulethi abhidlizwa minyaka yonke ngomzamo ophakathi kwezifunda kuphela.
Abantu abathathu kwabane abaxoshwa ezindlini zabo babemnyama, kanti ingxenye enkulu yabanye kwakunguLatino. Ngaphansi kwamaphesenti ayishumi abantu abasuswa ezindaweni zabo ngenxa yokuvuselelwa kwedolobha kanye nokwakhiwa kwezindawo zokuhlala babenezindlu zokuhlala ezihlala oyedwa noma umndeni ababengaya kuzo kamuva, njengoba amadolobha ayengavamile ukwakha izindlu ezintsha ezithatha indawo yalezo ezazicekeleke phansi. Esikhundleni salokho, imindeni eyayifuduka kwadingeka ithembele ezindlini eziminyene, ihlangane nezihlobo, noma ithuthele ezinhlelweni zokwakhiwa kwezindlu zomphakathi. Sekukonke, cishe ingxenye eyodwa kwezinhlanu zezindlu zase-Afrika zaseMelika esizweni zacekelwa phansi amandla alokho okubizwa ngentuthuko yezomnotho.
Futhi-ke, ngesikhathi esifanayo lapho izindlu ezimnyama nezinsundu zicekelwa phansi, izigidi zemindeni yabamhlophe zazithola imali ebolekiwe eqinisekiswe uhulumeni (ngezinhlelo zokubolekwa kwe-FHA kanye ne-VA) okwakungavunyelwe ngokuphelele kubantu bemibala, futhi okwakuvumela. ukuze siphuthume ezindaweni ezingaphansi kwedolobha lapho sasivunyelwe ukuya khona kuphela. Kodwa angeke sazi lutho ngalokho futhi sisabizwa ngokuthi sifundile. Singahlala kuzona kanye izindlu ezitholwe ngalezo zimali ezibolekiwe ezisekelwa uhulumeni, zenqatshelwe abanye ngenxa yobuhlanga kuphela, noma sizuze ifa lemali etholakala ngokudayiswa kwazo, futhi sisakholelwa ukuthi thina asikangcoliswa futhi asihlangene nobuhlungu bemiphakathi yesizwe yabantu abamnyama nabansundu.
Njengoba iningi lezwe liyasha, ngokwezwi nezwi noma ngokomfanekiso, sekuyisikhathi sokubhekana nomlando wethu. Isikhathi sokuyeka ukucela abanye ukuthi balwele izimpilo zabo yethu izimo, futhi khumbula ukuthi kunjalo zabo umthambo we-jugular ohlangene ocindezelwayo. Ikona zabo uqhoqhoqho echotshozwa. Ikona zabo amadodana namadodakazi aklinywa futhi adutshulwa futhi ashaywa futhi aphrofayili futhi ehlukunyezwa.
Ikona zabo inkululeko nenkululeko kusengcupheni.
Kodwa nakanjani, bantu abamhlophe, ngicela nisitshele futhi ukuthi ukugqoka imaskhi kwa-Costco kuwubushiqela.
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