Bebhekene nalokho okubonakala kuwuchungechunge olungapheli lwezindaba mayelana nezingxabano zobuhlanga nobudlova, abantu abaningi bafuna ukuba sidlulele ngale komlando wethu futhi sithole izisombululo zanamuhla, izinyathelo eziqondile esingazithatha ngokushesha, izindlela zokubonisa uthando njengamanje ukuze usisize sibhekane ngokuphumelelayo nokucindezeleka. ubuhlungu.
Lokhu kulangazelela kuyaqondakala, kodwa kubaluleke ngokufanayo ukuthi sibambene nomlando, siqaphele ukungafaneleki kwanoma yiziphi izenzo esingase sizithathe namuhla, futhi samukele imingcele yothando lapho sibhekene namaqiniso ezombusazwe nezomnotho. Kungcono ukuthi siqale ngokuhlola okunokhahlo, kodwa okuthembekile: I-United States ibilokhu iyizwe, futhi cishe iyohlala njalo, iyizwe elibusa abamhlophe.
Qala ngokuthi (1) ukhumbule ukuthi i-United States iyizwe elicebe kakhulu futhi elinamandla kunawo wonke emlandweni womhlaba futhi (2) ukuqaphela ukuthi le ngcebo namandla kuye kwancika embonweni wobukhosi obumhlophe. Yazi ukuthi ukunethezeka okuphathekayo kwe-United States kungumkhiqizo wokuqothulwa kwezizwe okuthathu okucwasa ngokwebala, okuqiniswe ukubusa kwabamhlophe.
Ukuthola isizinda somhlaba e-United States kwakudinga ukuqothulwa kohlanga okukhulu kakhulu emlandweni wesintu orekhodiwe, umkhankaso wokususa abantu bomdabu futhi uvumele abantu baseYurophu nenzalo yabo ukuba bathi ubunikazi, futhi baxhaphaze, umhlaba nemithombo yawo. Le nqubo yabulala izigidi futhi yabhubhisa yonke imiphakathi.
I-United States ngo-19th ikhulu leminyaka lagqugquzelwa enkathini yezimboni ingxenye enkulu ngemuva kukakotini oshibhile, owahlinzeka ngezinto ezingavuthiwe zezigayo zasenyakatho-mpumalanga kanye nemali eqinile ebalulekile evela ekuthunyelweni kwamanye amazwe iye eYurophu. Lokhu kwakungewona umkhiqizo wezomnotho ezimakethe zamahhala kodwa ukuhweba ngezigqila e-Atlantic, inqubo eyabulala izigidi futhi yacekela phansi yonke imiphakathi.
I-United States ngo-20th Ikhulunyaka lagcina seliphenduke amandla omhlaba, ngokusebenzisa udlame lwezempi olusobala, ukusebenza komshoshaphansi, kanye nodlame okwenziwa ngabameleli ukuze kugcinwe ukuhleleka komhlaba okuhambisana nezithakazelo zezomnotho zase-U.S. Kusukela "egcekeni lethu" eMelika Ephakathi kuya eningizimu ye-Afrika ngokusebenzisa iMpumalanga Ephakathi ne-Asia, inqubomgomo yase-US yaqhubekela phambili ekubuseni, inqubo okwakulula ukuyidayisela umphakathi ngoba izigidi ezabulawa nemiphakathi ebhujisiwe cishe yonke yayingebona abamhlophe.
Kuyo yonke le mizamo abeLungu nenzalo yabo abazange babuse futhi baqothule ngoba babezonda abantu abangebona abelungu kodwa befuna ingcebo namandla. Umbono wokubusa kwabamhlophe wathuthukiswa ukuze uvumele ukubusa nokuqothulwa kwabanye abantu. Abantu baseYurophu banomlando omude wobudlova komunye nomunye, kodwa ukunqotshwa kwabantu abangebona abelungu emhlabeni wonke kwaveza ukugula okuhlukile kokubusa kwabamhlophe.
Ngenxa yokuthi ingcebo namandla e-United States kugxile kakhulu ekuphakameni kwabamhlophe, ukushiywa kwaleyo pathology nakanjani kuyoholela emibuzweni enzima mayelana nezibopho zezwe zokuziphatha nezinto ezibonakalayo kubantu abangewona abelungu, ekhaya naphesheya. Ukube abantu abamhlophe abampofu nabasebenzayo bebengathi, โKodwa lindani, angikwazanga ukuthola ingxenye enkulu yalo mcebo,โ lokho bekungaholela emibuzweni emayelana nesifo sobunxiwankulu. Uma abantu besifazane bebengathi, โKodwa lindani, akunandaba ukuthi uhlanga nezigaba zini, sisabhekene nodlame olungapheli kanye nokululazwa,โ lokho bekungaholela emibuzweni emayelana nempilo yobunzalamizi.
Zonke izinhlelo zegunya elingekho emthethweni ezinikeza abanye abantu ingcebo namandla abangawatholi zisekelwe ku-pathology efanayo ezama ukwenza ngokwemvelo ukubusa nokuxhashazwa. Donsa iyunithi yezinhlamvu eyodwa, futhi indwangu yokulinganisa yawo wonke amasistimu wokubusa/ukuzithoba iqala ukucasuka.
I-United States cishe iyohlale iyisizwe esimhlophe ngenxa yokuthi asinawo amasiko engqondo noma okuziphatha okubhekana nalezi zimo ezingokoqobo. Njengezwe, siyavilapha ngokomqondo futhi sibuthaka ekuziphatheni. Ezombusazwe ezivamile, ezilandela imithetho nenkululeko, ziyesaba ukuvuma la maqiniso, ngakho-ke ziphushelwa emaphethelweni.
Ngo-1962, uJames Baldwin wabhala, โAkukona konke okubhekene nakho okungashintshwa; kodwa akukho okungashintshwa kuze kube yilapho kubhekwana nayo.โ I-United States namanje ayikabhekani nalo mlando kanye neqiniso lamanje.
Lokho akusho ukuthi akukho nqubekelaphambili esesiyenzile. Akekho engimaziyo ofuna ukubuyela emuva ku-1962. Okufezwe umzabalazo wenkululeko, imikhankaso yokulwa nokuvukela umbuso, umbutho olwela amalungelo abantu akusho lutho. Ukuthi umuntu omnyama ahlale eWhite House akuyona into encane.
Kodwa lokho akuguquli izimpande zokubusa kwabamhlophe kanye neqiniso lanamuhla lase-United States, kanye nokumelana okugxilile ekushintsheni ekusatshalalisweni okuyisisekelo kwengcebo namandla.
Kuleyo ndaba, uBaldwin wasikisela ukuthi ababhali kufanele โbakhulume iqiniso eliningi ngendlela umuntu angalibekezelela, bese kuthi kakhudlwana.โ
Kuze kube manje, i-United States iyishiyile inselelo kaBaldwin. Angibuboni ubufakazi esikweni lanamuhla bokuthi siseduze nokukhuluma iqiniso. Lokho kusho ukuthi noma yiziphi izenzo esizenzayo namuhla, noma ngabe senza uthando lwethu lube ngokoqobo emhlabeni, kufanele sidudulane ukuze sibhekane nomlando wethu kanye nathi.
URobert Jensen unguprofesa eSikoleni Sobuntatheli eNyuvesi yaseTexas e-Austin futhi eyilungu lebhodi le Third Coast Activist Resource Centre e-Austin. Incwadi yakhe yakamuva ithi I-Plain Radical: Ukuphila, Ukuthanda, Nokufunda Ukushiya Iplanethi Ngomusa (I-Counterpoint/Soft Skull, 2015), futhi ungumbhali we Inhliziyo Yobumhlophe: Ukubhekana Nohlanga, Ubuhlanga kanye Nelungelo Labamhlophe (Izibani zedolobha, 2005). UJensen angafinyelelwa ku [i-imeyili ivikelwe] kanye nezihlobo zakhe izihloko zingatholakala ku-inthanethi, noma ujoyine i uhlu lwe-imeyili ukuze uthole izindatshana ezintsha. Twitter: @jensenrobertw.
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UJensen unesibindi sokukusho njengoba kunje. Kufanele siqhubeke silwela izwe elinobulungiswa, kodwa nginovalo lokuthi uqinisile, sizohlala siyizwe eliphethwe abamhlophe, elizokwehla futhi mhlawumbe lihlukane ekugcineni. Lokhu akufanele sikwesabe, kodwa siyakwenza.
Asikwazi ukuqeda umlando, ifa, udlame nokucekelwa phansi okwenze lelizwe libe yilokhu eliyikho.
Ubukhulu obumhlophe abukwazi, ngicabanga ukuthi, ukuhlukaniswa nobukhosi kanye nesigaba lapho kuxoxwa ngomlando wokuthuthuka kwe-U.S. (kanye nengxenye enkulu yomhlaba).
Mayelana nombuzo kaJensen esihlokweni, kufanele - "njengesizwe" - seqe ukubuswa ngabamhlophe, amadoda aphethe impahla noma sifa.
Umlando wethu wonke ubunzima ukuthi singakwenza kanjani lokho.
Izimpendulo zivela ezenzweni ezihlangene zeningi lethu elingebona onxiwankulu besilisa abamhlophe (kanye nama-sycophants/amaphoyisa/amasosha) abenza intando yabo.