Umthombo: Intando yeningi Manje!
Kuleli sonto uMongameli uTrump uchaze umsebenzi wesazi-mlando esingumlando uHoward Zinn, owashona ngo-2010, ngokuthi “inkulumo-ze” eyayihloselwe “ukwenza abafundi babe namahloni ngomlando wabo.” Kodwa uZinn wayekholelwa okuphambene, ukuthi ukufundisa iqiniso elingenakuqhathaniswa ngomlando kwakuyindlela engcono kakhulu yokulwa nenkulumo-ze futhi ngokungahlolisiswa wathola ukuhlakanipha. Sisakaza izingcaphuno zengxoxo noZinn ngo-2009 lapho ayechaza khona indlela yakhe yokufunda. “Kufanele sithembeke kubantu abasha; akufanele sibakhohlise. Kufanele sithembeke ngomlando wezwe lethu,” kusho uZinn.
AMY U-GOODMAN: Siphetha uhlelo lwanamuhla ngamazwi esazi-mlando esingasekho uHoward Zinn. NgoLwesine, uMongameli uTrump ukhwele wadilika kubafundisi abafundisa ngomlando waseMelika wobugqila nokucwasa ngokwebala, ememezela uhlelo olubizwa ngemfundo yokushisekela izwe lokulwa nalokho akubiza ngokuthi “inkulumo-ze enobuthi” ezikoleni. UTrump ubize imfundiso yethiyori yomjaho obucayi “uhlobo lokuhlukumeza izingane,” egxeka iProjekthi ka-1619, eyawina uMklomelo kaPulitzer. uchungechunge by I-New York Times ehlola kabusha ifa lobugqila. UTrump uphinde wagxeka uHoward Zinn ngesikhathi ekhuluma eNational Archives Museum eWashington, DC
PRESIDENT UDONALD trump: Isiphithiphithi sophiko lwesokunxele kanye nesiphithiphithi siwumphumela oqondile wamashumi eminyaka wokufundiswa kwesokunxele ezikoleni zethu. Ihambe isikhathi eside kakhulu. Izingane zethu zifundiswa ngamapheshana enkulumo-ze, njengalawo kaHoward Zinn, azama ukwenza abafundi babe namahloni ngomlando wabo siqu.
AMY U-GOODMAN: Ngakho-ke, sibuyela emuva manje ku-2009, Howard Zinn avele on Intando yeningi Manje! kungakapheli unyaka ngaphambi kokuba ashone. Usanda kushicilela Umlando Wabantu Abasha wase-United States. Ngamcela ukuba aphendule umbuzo ayevame ukubuzwa ngomsebenzi wakhe: Ingabe kulungile ukugxeka kangaka izinqubomgomo zikahulumeni, zamaqhawe endabuko ezwe?
INDLELA ZINN: Kuyiqiniso ukuthi abantu baye babuza lowo mbuzo kaningi. Niyazi, kufanele sitshele izingane ukuthi uColumbus, eziye zatshelwa ukuthi wayeyiqhawe elikhulu, ukuthi uColumbus wacwiya amaNdiya wawathumba futhi wawabulala efuna igolide? Ingabe kufanele sitshele abantu ukuthi uTheodore Roosevelt, obanjwe njengomunye womongameli bethu abakhulu, ngempela wayengumshisekeli owayethanda izenzo zezempi futhi owayehalalisela ujenene waseMelika owabulala abantu abaningi ePhilippines? Kufanele yini sitshele abantu abasha lokho?
Futhi ngicabanga ukuthi impendulo iwukuthi: Kufanele sithembeke entsheni; akufanele sibakhohlise. Kufanele sithembeke ngomlando wezwe lethu. Futhi akufanele nje sisuse amaqhawe endabuko afana no-Andrew Jackson kanye no-Theodore Roosevelt, kodwa kufanele sinikeze abantu abasha elinye iqoqo lamaqhawe.
Esikhundleni sikaTheodore Roosevelt, batshele ngoMark Twain. UMark Twain - kahle, uMark Twain, wonke umuntu ufunda ngaye njengombhali we UTom Sawyer futhi Huckleberry uFinn, kodwa lapho siya esikoleni, asifundi ngoMark Twain njengephini likamongameli we-Anti-Imperialist League. Asitshelwa ukuthi u-Mark Twain ugxeke u-Theodore Roosevelt ngokugunyaza lesi sibhicongo e-Philippines. Cha.
Sifuna ukunikeza abantu abasha izibalo ezifanele njengoHelen Keller. Futhi ngikhumbula ngifunda ngoHelen Keller. Wonke umuntu ufunda ngoHelen Keller, uyazi, umuntu okhubazekile owanqoba ukukhubazeka kwakhe futhi waduma. Kodwa abantu abafundi esikoleni futhi intsha ayifundi esikoleni lokho esifuna bakufunde uma senza izincwadi ezifana Umlando Wabantu Abasha wase-United States, ukuthi uHelen Keller wayengu-socialist. Ubengumgqugquzeli wezabasebenzi. Wenqaba ukweqa ulayini wokuqopha owawucosha indawo yeshashalazi ebonisa umdlalo okhuluma ngaye.
Ngakho-ke, kukhona lawa amanye amaqhawe emlandweni waseMelika. Kukhona uFannie Lou Hamer noBob Moses. Kunamaqhawe enhlangano elwela amalungelo abantu. Baningi abantu abangacacile, abangaziwa. Sinakho kulokhu Umlando Wentsha. Sineqhawe elincane elalihlezi ebhasini eMontgomery, e-Alabama, lenqaba ukusuka ngaphambili ebhasini. Futhi lokho kwakungaphambi kweRosa Parks. Ngisho ukuthi, i-Rosa Parks idume ngokufanelekile ngokwenqaba ukushiya isihlalo sayo, futhi waboshwa, futhi lokho kwaba ukuqala kwe-Montgomery Bus Boycott futhi ngempela ukuqala komnyakazo omkhulu eNingizimu. Kodwa le ntombazane eneminyaka engu-15 yakwenza kuqala. Ngakho-ke, sinokuningi - sizama ukubuyisela iningi lalaba bantu abangacacile phambi kwethu futhi sigqugquzele abantu abasha ukuthi bathi, "Le yindlela yokuphila."
AMY U-GOODMAN: Lena indawo ka-Howard Zinn avele on Intando yeningi Manje! ngo-2009. UHoward Zinn wahlaselwa nguMongameli Trump ngoLwesine. I-Zinn Education Project isigxekile ikhwelo likaTrump “lokufundisa izwe”. Lo msebenzi ubhale ku-Twitter, “Manje yini echaza ukuhlubuka ngo-1676, 1680, 1786, 1831, 1859, nangaphezulu kwaboMdabu baseMelika, ama-Afrika agqilazwe, abavukuzi bamalahle, nokuningi? #HowardZinn wayengekho ngaleso sikhathi,” ungacaphuna.
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