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Izolo i-TV iguqule umbono womphakathi futhi yabhebhethekisa imizwelo emelene nempi njengoba izakhamuzi zibuka umbukwane wase-Viet Nam emakamelweni azo okuhlala. Babuke abafundi abamnyama beshaywa ezindaweni zokudla kwasemini. Babone ukudubulana eSifundazweni Sase-Kent lapho kwabulawa abafundi abane embuthanweni wokubhikisha — abafundi abamhlophe ababengasoze bakholwa ukuthi kungenzeka.
Namuhla sinezindaba ezihamba phambili ze-Twitter, Instagram kanye ne-Snapchat. Intsha yethu ibukela amafilimu angomakhalekhukhwini - ama-video amaphoyisa ebulala izisulu ezingahlomile. Umhlaba uyakubona ukushaya ngesihluku kwephoyisa enganeni yowesifazane omnyama esikoleni saseNingizimu Carolina ngoba umfundi ekuthwebule nge-smartphone. Siphila esikhathini “segciwane.”
Izolo abafundi baseColumbia University, Umfelandawonye weNingizimu Afrika Ekhululekile (i-CFSA) yaqondisa ibhilidi lokuphatha esikhungweni ukuze kuphoqe ukuthi isikole sisuke eNingizimu Afrika. Namuhla abafundi baseNyuvesi yaseMissouri baduba iqembu lebhola futhi baphoqelele ukwesula kukaTom Wolfe, umongameli wesikole. Izolo bekukhulunywa ngobandlululo eNingizimu Afrika. Namuhla imayelana nenkulumo enenzondo emakhempasini nasezindaweni eziphephile. Azisekho izinduku, amatshe nobandlululo, kodwa amagama nemvunulo ye-Halloween engakulimaza. Abanye bacabanga ukuthi lokhu ado lutho lutho. Kodwa-ke, uprofesa wase-Yale kanye nodokotela wenhliziyo uDkt Forrester (Woody) Lee uthi:
Izinkanuko zamazwi namuhla kanye neminyaka yawo-1960 zinemvelaphi efanayo ekukhandlekeni ngokomzwelo kokubhekana nokucwasa ngokwebala. Ngama-60s, amandla entshisekweni avela emashumini eminyaka kanye namakhulu eminyaka ukucekelwa phansi komthetho namasiko. Abantu ngabanye bangazibona njengabalweli benkululeko, abalweli benkululeko, njll. Amandla amazwi anamuhla avela kulabo ababelindele (yebo, abazizwa befanelekile) ukuphathwa ngokulinganayo nangenhlonipho. Baqale badumala futhi ekugcineni bathukuthela. Intukuthelo yangaphakathi manje isivele.
UDkt. Lee uyaqhubeka: “Isimo sezulu saseMelika ngemva kobandlululo sicindezela amazwi aphikisayo.” Akukhona nje kuphela ukuthi iphilisi lika-Obama elinomunyu elihloselwe ukuvala ukungezwani “ngemuva kokucwasa ngokwebala” kuphela, manje abagxeki abavikela ilungelo labantu lokungazi nokuhlambalaza isiko labanye abantu basebenzisa “inkululeko yokukhuluma” ukuvala imibhikisho ngokusobala kushwabene kakhulu ezindlebeni ze-Ivy ezithambile. A Izindaba zeYale isihloko esithi “Policing Emotion.” by Shyamala Ramakrishna unikeza lokhu:
Abafundi kanye nabafundisi abacele ukuthi kube nengxoxo “yomphakathi” ngalezi zindaba abakayiphakamisi inkulumo yethu, kodwa bayibeke ngolimi lwepolitiki ehloniphekile. Abazange bamane balinganisele ububanzi bemibono eyamukelekayo kuleyo eshiya ukuhlukumezeka kwangempela ngokomzwelo. Baphinde balishaya indiva iqiniso elibi lokuthi ukwesaba kwabafundi abancishwe amathuba kunengqondo ngokuphelele.
Ingabe ukhona olalelayo lapho abafundi befuna “izindawo eziphephile”? Bacela izikhala ezingenalo ubandlululo/ubulili obuhleliwe, inhlamba ecashile, ukungazi okungenalwazi, kanye neso lenkunzi emhlane wabo. Ingabe lezi ezinye nje izingane ezinelungelo, ezinelungelo, ezilindele “ukucwaswa ngokobuhlanga” kubantu abadala emhlabeni lapho “abaphathi bokuthula” bawo beye bathunyelwa khona? Noma ingabe i-Kool-Aid “yangemva kobuhlanga” ingumpe wonkulunkulu abamhlophe kuphela? Ngabe abafundi abamnyama baseYale kungenzeka babanjwe begqoke ihembe le-Yale tee noma elithi, “Izandla phezulu. Ungadubuli.”
Mizzou futhi Yale ukuklwebhana kwaba umphumela wochungechunge lwezigameko zobuhlanga ezinganakwa ngabaphathi okungenzeka baphuze isiphuzo “sobuhlanga”. Ukuphatha okungenzeka ukuthi akuzange kuxhumanise iFerguson neziyaluyalu zekhampasi. Ayizange ixhumanise impilo kaMichael Brown nempilo yabaphumelele kakhulu ekolishi abangagculisekile. Bengazi ukuthi amaphoyisa awawabheki ama-I.D. ekolishi lapho edubula abantu abamnyama nabansundu abangahlomile.
Intsha ngeke ikwazi ukuba yizicukuthwane kuyilapho imi emahlombe kaTubman, Parks, King, kanye noMalcolm X. Kodwa ingabe bayithemba lomfelandawonye onamandla wamazwi amnyama nansundu afuna ubulungisa ekhempasini yenyuvesi, ezikoleni zaseMelika nasemadolobheni imigwaqo?
Manje lokho kungaba ushintsho.
Qaphela: UDkt. Lee ungumfowabo ka-Ausset.
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