Umthombo: Isizwe
Indaba yegagasi le-2020 leziteleka zezemidlalo ezimelene nokucwasa ngokwebala isivele ingenye yakho kokubili ugqozi nokubambisana. Kuphinde kube yindaba ebhalwa ngepensela, hhayi ipeni. Ngamanye amazwi, yindaba engakabi naso isiphetho, futhi kufanele siqaphele noma ubani ocabanga ukuthi unokuhlaziya okujulile kokuthi konke lokhu kuphokophelephi. Kodwa ukuze sibe nomuzwa wokuthi ingase iye kuphi, sidinga ukuqonda ukuthi kungani iqhume kwasekuqaleni.
Kuqala ngokuqonda umthelela wokubulawa kwamaphoyisa kukaGeorge Floyd-okuholele ekuvukeleni umphakathi okubaluleke kakhulu emashumini eminyaka kanye nochungechunge lwamamashi amakhulu kunawo wonke emlandweni wase-United States, ukuvukela umphakathi okuhlangatshezwane nodlame olubi kakhulu ngenxa yodlame olubi kakhulu. lo mongameli, ithimba lakhe emaphoyiseni, kanye nenhlangano yamasosha amhlophe anobudlova.
Abadlali be-NBA kanye ne-WNBA baphinde baphikisana ngoJuni mayelana nokuthi bazodlala yini kuleli bhamuza elingenayo i-Covid noma kufanele bavele bahlale ngaphandle kwesizini ukuze bangaphazamisi imibukiso emigwaqweni. Nangempela banquma ukubuyela emuva futhi, njengengxenye yesivumelwano, abanikazi kanye nokhomishana u-Adam Silver bahlanganisa iBlack Lives Matter emilayezweni yabo, kubhalwe “BLM” enkundleni, abadlali beguqe ngamadolo ngesikhathi kuculwa iculo, kanye neziqubulo ezibhaliwe. emifaniswaneni. Yibize nge-capitalism eyavuka. Ibize ngokuthi yi-woke marketing—uma uthanda. Kwakuwuphawu lwebhizinisi oluyimodeli yezinkampani eziningi ezabeka izitatimende ezimelene nokucwasa ngokwebala kulandela ukubulawa kuka-Floyd.
Kodwa ngemuva kokudubula kwamaphoyisa uJacob Blake, lokho kungqubuzana kwaba kukhulu kakhulu. Abadlali ku-NBA kanye ne-WNBA—abahole kuyo yonke le mibuzo yezepolitiki—bazizwe benjengama-chumps. Babesebhamuzeni elingokomfanekiso nelingokoqobo bekude nemindeni yabo nabangane, behlala ezindlini zokulala, bethi omunye komunye, “Lapha sidlala neBLM emifaniswaneni yethu futhi akukho okushintshile.
Lokho kuholele esinqumweni seMilwaukee Bucks sokungadlali ngoLwesithathu emdlalweni wabo wokuhlungela i-Orlando Magic. Amanye amaqembu e-NBA alandele okufanayo. Khona-ke amaqembu e-WNBA amemezela ukuthi azobe ehlezi, okuyinto eyanyakazisa, kodwa akumangazi. Ngemuva kwalokho i-Major League Baseball yajoyina isiteleka, ebesimangalisa ngempela uma kubhekwa umlando wayo olandelanayo kanye nokushoda kwabadlali abamnyama baseMelika. Bese kuba yi-Major League Soccer kanye, ne-gobsmackingly, i-National Hockey League. U-Naomi Osaka, isihlabani sethenisi sozalo lwaseJapan-Haiti, naye uphume emqhudelwaneni wakhe futhi tweeted okulandelayo, efingqa imizwa eminingi emhlabeni wonke wezemidlalo:
B]Ngaphambi kokuthi ngibe umsubathi, ngingowesifazane omnyama/Futhi njengowesifazane omnyama ngizwa sengathi kunezinto eziningi ezibalulekile esiseduze ezidinga ukunakwa ngokushesha, kunokungibuka ngidlala ithenisi. Angilindele ukuthi kwenzeke noma yini embi njengoba ngingadlali, kodwa uma ngikwazi ukuqalisa ingxoxo emdlalweni weningi labamhlophe ngicabanga ukuthi kuyisinyathelo esibheke endleleni efanele.
Waqhubeka, wengeza ama-hashtag:
Ukubuka ukuqhubeka kokubulawa kwabantu abaNsundu ezandleni zamaphoyisa kungenza ngiguliswe yisisu. Ngikhathele ukuthola i-hashtag entsha njalo ezinsukwini ezimbalwa futhi ngikhathele kakhulu ukuba nengxoxo efanayo ngokuphindaphindiwe. Kuyoke kwanele nini?
Imithombo yezemidlalo yayibiza kakhulu lokhu “kuduba.” Kodwa akuzona ukuduba. Ziyiziteleka. Laba basubathi akubona abathengi kodwa bangabasebenzi, bebegodla umsebenzi wabo bephikisana nokubulawa kwamaphoyisa nokuphathwa kwabamhlophe. Abanye abantu kwesokunxele bahlahle amehlo ngokubhuqa kulokhu. Phela, njengoba besho, laba ngabantu abacebe kakhulu. Abazona izisebenzi zangempela... Yini ngempela abangayifeza? (Lokhu kuchitha, ngeshwa, kufanekisa ugqozi lokucwasa oluvela kuJared Kushner kanye nencazelo yakhe yokuthi imizamo yabadlali ngandlela thize ayinalo iqiniso ngenxa yengcebo nodumo lwabo.) Lokhu kuhlaziya, ngaphezu kokukushaya indiva ukuthi ukucwasa kuthinta bonke abantu abamnyama nabansundu hhayi nje kuphela. abampofu, bageja izinhloso ezintathu abadlali asebezifezile:
- Ukumisa kabusha ingxoxo ezungeze uJacob Blake hhayi "kuma-anarchist" ashisa amadolobha kanye nazo zonke izindlela ilungelo elizame ukukuhlela kabusha okwenzekayo.
- Ukuthwebula umcabango wabantu mayelana nomsebenzi oshaya izimpilo zabaNsundu.
- Ukunikeza umuzwa wethemba phakathi nenkathi yokudabuka okukhulu nokungabi nakuzisiza—kusukela ekudutshulweni kwe-Kenosha kuya kulowo muzwa wokuthi simasha ngemva kokubulawa kuka-Floyd okwamanje. Akukho okushintshile.
Konke lokho kubaluleke ngendlela emangalisayo. Ikakhulukazi iphuzu lesibili. Njengoba Ngabhala ngaphambili, ngathola izingcingo eziyishumi nambili ezivela kubantu bezisebenzi bebuza ukuthi ngithintana kanjani nabadlali. Kubeka inselelo ekugunyazweni kwabasebenzi ukuthi bangabe besaba seceleni ekulweleni izimpilo zabaNsundu.
Kodwa amandla amakhulu alesi sikhathi aphinde asho ukuthi emahoreni ambalwa ngemva kwalezi ziteleka, amandla okubambisana nawo abesebenza isikhathi esengeziwe. Abanikazi bezemidlalo, abavame ukuba kwesokudla sikaGhengis Khan, bebenyakaza bekhombisa ukubeseka abadlali. Wonke amathimba aqala ukubeka izitatimende nokukhuluma ngezinhlelo zokusebenza eziphuma ezingxoxweni phakathi kwabaphathi nabasebenzi. Esikhundleni sokuthi abadlali bateleke, bekungamaqembu amemezele ukuthi ngeke adlale: "umsebenzi nokuphatha ngokumelene nokucwasa!" I-Baltimore Ravens iyisibonelo esihle salokhu, ibeka ephepheni leqembu isitatimende esigxeka ubandlululo, ifuna kuboshwe ababulali bakaBreonna Taylor, konke ngenhloso—okungenani okwamanje—yokujabulisa abadlali bebhola abakhathele isizini yabo. kufanele iqale esikhathini esingaphansi kwamasonto amabili.
Abadlali kuwo wonke amaligi, ngenxa yokungabi khona kokuhola enhlanganweni yabasebenzi, basale besebenza ngaphandle, bezama ukuphuca izivumelwano zobunikazi ukuze bajoyine umzabalazo weZimnyama. Njengoba umuntu ebengacabanga uma esebenzisana nosozigidigidi, lokhu kuholele ekwehlisweni kwezidingo, amandla amaningi aqondiswe okhethweni lwangoNovemba nokhetho, ikakhulukazi isivumelwano sokuvula izinkundla njengezikhungo zokuvota.
Kuphinde kwaba nokukhulu ukuzwakala mayelana nokuvela kukaMengameli uBarack Obama, owakhuluma noLeBron James kanye noChris Paul, ebakhuthaza ukuthi babuyele emsebenzini, basebenzise inkundla yabo ngokudlala ibhola lomnqakiswano, futhi baqale ikomiti lobulungiswa bezenhlalakahle. Lona ngu-Obama ozama ukuqeda umzabalazo futhi awuqondise endaweni ephephile, mancane amathuba okuthi acasule iningi labamhlophe, futhi mancane amathuba okuthi usabalale.
Kodwa ukungenelela kuka-Obama kuphinde kwaholela ekuhlaziyweni ukuthi le yindaba ephelile ngokuhlanganyela, ukudayisa. Lokho akulungile. Nakulokhu, indaba ebhalwe ngepensela, hhayi ipeni. Namanje asazi ukuthi lokhu kuyaphi. Kufanele siqonde ukuthi lesi simo sisonqenqemeni lommese. Abadlali manje banamandla amangalisayo okusebenzisa ukukhanya kwabo, ukuthola imvume kubaphathi, noma babuyele esitelekeni futhi, ikakhulukazi uma amaphoyisa namasosha bengajeziswa. Futhi-ke, abazange babe.
Asazi ukuthi lokhu kubhekephi. Esikhundleni sokukugxeka lokhu ngokungeyikho, sidinga ukuthi sibambe isibonelo salaba badlali ukuze sigqugquzele inhlangano yabasebenzi yonke ukuthi isebenze ngokuphuthuma okufanayo ngalesi sikhathi sepolitiki, futhi singalindeli ukuthi abasubathi basenzele yona. Esingakwenza futhi, nokho, wukuvuma ukuthi noma yisiphi isenzo esibeka phansi inselele futhi inselele inhlangano yabasebenzi ukuba ithathe isinyathelo kufanele sibonakale njengesinyathelo esiya phambili. Ukulwela izimpilo zabaNsundu manje sekusetafuleni, hhayi njengokusho okuthile kodwa njengomgomo okufanele ulwelwe.
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