Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi sikhuluma ngeFerguson, Missouri noma isikole sase-South Carolina, i-Yale University noma i-University of Missouri, sithola ukuthi udlame olubhekiswe kubantu bebala ngokucabanga, ngezwi nangenhlamvu luyindikimba kazwelonke ephindaphindayo. Ngodaba lwabafundi abamhlophe baseYale abagqoke izingubo ze-Halloween ezinobandlululo, ukukhuluma kwamahhala manje sekuqulwa icala.
Isichibiyelo Sokuqala sinikeza abantu ilungelo lokubhikisha, ukunxenxa, ukubhekana nomongameli wesikole se-Ivy League noma iphoyisa eliyibhoklolo. Iphinde inikeze ilungelo lokugqoka ifulegi le-Confederate ehembeni le-tee. Uma siqala ukukhuluma ngomthetho, singenalwazi nakuba kungenzeka, siphinde siphuce amalungelo abantu ukuthi babhikishe bephikisana nayo. Kulapho kulele khona ukuhlikihla.
Namuhla imvunulo ye-Halloween yokucwasa iwuhlobo lwenkulumo yamahhala. Ngemva kobugqila kusukela ngo-1890 kuya ku-1920 kwakuyishidi elimhlophe. Ngesikhathi sikamkhulu wami u-Ku Klux Klan wayeyinkosi futhi i-lynching yayigcwele intukuthelo.
UJames Hathaway Robinson, Sr., wayeyindodana yezigqila uNathaniel noMartha Robinson. Ngo-1911 wathola i-A.B. kusuka eFisk University. Uthole i-A.B yesibili. iziqu ngo-1912 eNyuvesi yaseYale kwathi ngo-1913 waba ngowokuqala wase-Afrika waseMelika ukuthola ubudlelwano. U-Robinson waqhubeka nokuthola iziqu ze-M.A. e-Yale ngo-1914 futhi waqeda nge-Ph.D. kusayensi yezokuhlalisana kwabantu. Ngokusobala ingxenye yesu lakhe lezombusazwe โkwakuwukubangcwaba ngeziqu.โ
Umkhulu wami wakhula ngesikhathi sokuboshwa, ngokusemthethweni futhi engajeziswa. Cabanga ukuthi isipiliyoni sakhe saseYale sasinjani. Ingabe kwakuwukuklolodelwa nokugajwa ngamagama noma kwakuwukuzihlukanisa okunzima? Into eyodwa engiyazi ngokuqinisekile, akukaze kube nesikhalo noma inkulumo evela emndenini wami ngakho. Ngavele ngazi ukuthi umkhulu wami wasinika upiyano lwe-ebony ngoKhisimusi, waba nokuhleka okufudumele nokumanzi, futhi wangenza ngaziqhenya.
Umalume wami, uDkt. Houston Brummit, wabhala incwadi enesihloko esithi, Talladega Days, Race, Rural Life, kanye neMemories of a Forgotten Legend kanye nethi Ku Klux Klan Survivor. Walandisa indaba kamkhulu wakhe, uDkt. William H. Brummit, owayethuswa u-Klan ukuthi ahambe eTennessee ngoba enesitolo sakhe sezidakamizwa futhi enomsebenzi wezokwelapha owawuhlanganisa neziguli ezimhlophe.
Uma ubugqila kwakuyiNkathi Yamaketanga, futhi uJim Crow wayeyiNkathi Yezintambo, inkathi ka-Obama iyinkathi yokushaywa kwezinja. Impempe yenja inomsindo othule ezindlebeni zabantu futhi otholwa yizinja kuphela. Inhlamba yokucwasa ngokwebala kanye nenkululeko yokukhuluma yanamuhla ingena ezindlebeni ezingezwa kwabamhlophe kodwa ikhala ezindlebeni zalabo abachazwa kuMthethosisekelo ngokuthi 3/5 womuntu.
Igama elithi โurbanโ selisetshenziswa manje uma kukhulunywa ngabantu abamnyama ngaphandle kokukhuluma ngabantu abamnyama. โI-Articulateโ ingeyabantu abamnyama abangahlangani. Igama elithi โinhlalakahleโ selisho owesifazane omnyama oqola โamaMelika asebenza kanzimaโ (abantu abamhlophe) ukuze athenge i-sirloin esitolo. AmaRiphabhulikhi awasho igama elingu-n esidlangalaleni, kodwa akhuluma "Ngamalungelo Ezifundazwe" okuyi-flashback yabantu base-Afrika baseMelika ku-Era of the Rope kanye naleyo ntombazanyana emnyama ezama ukuhlanganisa isikole.
Ukucwasa ngokwebala namuhla kushubile njengokuphithizela kwe-consman, akubonakali njengokusikwa kwephepha. Intukuthelo eyashiwo ku-Yale no-Mizzou kwaba ukusabela okungenakugwenywa ochungechungeni lokusikwa kwephepha - ukuphika kwabaphathi uchungechunge lwama-cocktails "enkulumo yamahhala" e-Molotov ekhempasi kanye nezimpempe zezinja zinganakwa. Kodwa-ke, ukungezwani kwezinhlanga kuzwelonke okuzungeze le mibhikisho ngeke kushaywe indiva. Ngikholwa ukuthi imibhikisho yabafundi kungenzeka ukuthi isifinyelele esiphethweni ngenxa yodlame lwamaphoyisa olubhekiswe enganeni emnyama engahlomile esikoleni, olushuthwe ngevidiyo ukuze umhlaba wonke ufakaze ngalo. Izinxushunxushu zabafundi zikhombisa ukuthi maningi amathuba okuthi umuntu omnyama ongahlomile abe yizibalo zesihluku samaphoyisa kunephoyisa elithweswe icala ngalobo bugebengu.
Ukuvala umlomo ngokukhululeka kuyithuba eliyingozi neliyingozi. "Angihambisani nalokho okushoyo, kodwa ngizolivikela kuze kube sekufeni ilungelo lakho lokukusho." Lesi sitatimende kuthiwa sishiwo nguVoltaire, kodwa empeleni umbhali oyiNgisi uBeatrice Evelyn Hall usibhalile.
Umqondo wami ubuyela emuva ku-1988 futhi ngehliselwa โEndaweni Yenkulumo Yamahhalaโ eMhlanganweni Wesizwe WeDemocratic Alliance e-Atlanta. Sasikhululekile ukuba silotshwe endaweni ekude noMhlangano. Ngicabanga ngamapholisa anjengamaNazi aqashwe ukuthi anqande umbhikisho wami eNew York ngokumelene nempi yase-Iraq. Ngabona izindawo zokuhlala ezixhaswe nguhulumeni ezibekelwe ukulwa kwabantu nohulumeni omkhulu kanye nenkosikazi yakhe yaseWall Street.
Futhi manje inkululeko yokukhuluma isemgqeni. Sifuna ukutshela abantu ukuthi bathini futhi bakusho kanjani. Ngokwami, angimesabi umfundi wasekolishi ogqokela i-Halloween ebusweni obumnyama futhi elingisa u-Anti Jemima. Kodwa ngombono womlando nginikeza lokhu: kungcono ingubo ye-Halloween kuneshidi elimhlophe. Ngincamela ukukubona ufika bese ngivuka nesiphambano sivutha otshanini bami.
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