Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ukucwasa ngokwebala kugxile kakhulu emlandweni nasesakhiweni sase-United States, kangangokuthi akufanele kumangaze uma kuvela indaba, okubonisa ukuthi ngempela, kusho ukuthi ukucwasa sekuphinde kwaphumela obala.
Kodwa ngakolunye uhlangothi, ngezinye izikhathi indaba ithola indlela yayo endaweni yomphakathi, okungokwemvelo ephazamisa kakhulu, kangangokuthi awukwazi ukuzibamba kodwa wenze kabili: uhlobo lwendaba olukwenza uhambe, huh? Yini yehheni engiqeda kuyifunda? Njengokuthi ngokuqinisekile kufanele ukuthi usibonile leso sihloko singalungile. Njengoba kufanele ukuthi uthunyelwe ngocingo emuva eminyakeni engamashumi amahlanu noma ngaphezulu, esikhathini lapho abantu bengasizwanga nesidingo sokwenza sengathi bakhanyiselwe ngokobuhlanga. Njengokungathi kufanele ube nombono ongekho, noma mhlawumbe lokhu kuwukubhuqa okufundayo, mhlawumbe okuthile okuvela ku-The Onion? Bese uyaqaphela, cha, kungokwangempela.
Futhi kwaba njalo izolo, lapho iklabhu yokubhukuda emaphethelweni e-Philadelphia yenza lezi zindaba ngemuva kokuxosha ekamu labo iqembu lezingane zemibala ecishe ibe ngamashumi ayisithupha edolobheni. Hhayi ngoba babenze lutho olungalungile—bekungekho ukuziphatha okubi, akukho ukuziphatha okungafanele, akukho lutho olunjengalokho, njengoba babesanda kufika futhi iningi lezingane lalingakatholi ngisho nethuba lokungena echibini—futhi hhayi ngenxa yokuthi lalishayise umgwaqo. izindawo ezizimele ezingamenyiwe (ikamu lalikhokhe imali engaphezu kuka-$ 1900 ukuze uthole ilungelo lokubhukuda lapho kanye ngesonto), kodwa ngenxa yokuthi, njengomongameli weqembu, uJohn Duesler wachaza encwadini: izingane "izoshintsha umbala nomoya" weqembu. Ukutholile lokho? Ibala.
Yiqiniso, uDuesler, engizokhuluma okuningi ngaye ngomzuzu nje, uyaphikelela ngokuthi isinqumo sasingelona ubuhlanga. Nokho iningi lentsha lenqabile ukungena echibini lezwa ilunga lekilabhu emhlophe likhalaza ngokufika “kwezingane ezimnyama,” futhi zonke ngaphandle kwedlanzana lezingane ezimhlophe ezibhukudayo lapho zifika zakhishwa echibini ngabazali bazo, isinyathelo esisikhumbuza ngeminyaka yawo-1950s, esiphakamisa ukuthi ukucwasa kweqembu akuwona amandla athile esikhungo angaphili, kodwa kuyiqiniso elikhona nakwabaningi bamalungu alo abamhlophe. Ngokwesibonelo, omunye wesifazane ekilabhini wakhathazeka ngokuthi izingane ezimnyama zingase “zenze okuthile” enganeni yakhe. Kunjalo, ngoba yilokho okwenziwa abafundi bebanga lesihlanu ukusuka 'ku-hood: baphuma baye 'ku-burbs, benza sengathi bathanda ukubhukuda, kanti empeleni, icebo liwukuthola izingane ezimhlophe futhi usike isihogo phezulu, kwezinye. isiko lokuqalisa i-pee-wee genge. Kunjalo.
Ukuthi ukuxoshwa kwakunobuhlanga akunakuphikiswa, noma okungenani kufanele kube njalo. Ikilabhu beyazi ukuthi zingaki izingane ezizoba khona ngesikhathi yamukela imali yobulungu, ngakho-ke ngeke ithi igajwe wubukhulu beqembu, nakuba kubonakala sengathi ikubeka lokho njengezaba zayo njengoba indaba isihambile. umphakathi. Futhi lesi sizaba singesinye abasinika sona, naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi ezinsukwini eziyishumi nambili ngaphambi kokuba baxoshe izingane ezimnyama, iklabhu efanayo, echibini elilodwa, yayinabantwana abacishe babe ngama-80 (abangama-78 kubo kwakungabamhlophe), abavela emakilasini amane ebanga lesi-6. isikole sendawo. Ngokusobala izingane ezimhlophe, ngisho noma ziyingxenye yeqembu elicishe lilingane nengxenye eyodwa kwezintathu ezinkulu, ngomlingo azithathi isikhala esiningi.
Ngokudabukisayo, ukufunda ukuphawula okushiywe ngaphansi kwendaba ekhasini lewebhu le-NBC lendawo yasePhilly, ebeliqala ukudalula izindaba, kushiya umuntu enomuzwa ocacile wokuthi kubantu abaningi abamhlophe, asikho isidingo sokuthi iklabhu isungule uhlelo. ikhava indaba. Kunalokho, inani eliphazamisayo lamaphosta amhlophe libonakala lijabule ngokuthi lezi zingane-ezingenzanga lutho olubi ngaphandle kokuthi, ngokusobala, zizozalwa futhi zihlale eNyakatho Philadelphia-zikhishwe eqenjini.
Okusho ukuthi, phakathi kwalokhu okuthunyelwe, umuntu uthola ukubhekisela okujwayelekile nokuphindaphindiwe “ngezilwane” ezivela edolobheni, abanye abathi abamnyama abanandaba nomakhelwane babo, ngakho-ke, kungenzeka ukuthi, iqembu lezingane ezimnyama akufanele vumela kube mhlophe, futhi aphawule ukuthi uma abamnyama befuna ukuhlonishwa (futhi bangacwaswa) kufanele baqale "bahlanze isenzo sabo." Ngamanye amazwi, abamhlophe banelungelo lokubuka bonke abantu abamnyama, ngisho nabaneminyaka engu-8 ubudala, nge-lens ye-plathology yeqembu ecatshangelwayo, konke ngenxa yokuthi abanye emphakathini omnyama baziphatha ngendlela engathandeki. Kungayiphi indlela enengqondo, yebo, kufanele futhi sicabange ukuthi bonke abamhlophe bayizigebengu zezinkampani, ngenxa yezenzo zika-Ken Lay, noma uBernie Madoff, noma izigelekeqe ze-Savings and Loan kusukela ngeminyaka yawo-80s.
Noma mhlawumbe bonke abantu abamhlophe kufanele bathathwe njengababulali abalandelanayo ngenxa kaManson, uBundy, uGacy, noma inqwaba yabanye, noma abahamba ngezinyawo, njengomsebenzi osezingeni eliphezulu ogulayo eNyuvesi yaseDuke owayekhangisa ukuthi abantu beze bazodlwengula i-5- Ingane emnyama yokutholwa enonyaka ubudala, njengoba yayenze ngokuphindaphindiwe.
Mhlawumbe kungaba okulungile ukucabanga ukuthi bonke abamhlophe abafundile, ngenxa yokuthi, uGeorge W. Bush, noma uSarah Palin, noma ukugcizelela ukuthi abafana abamhlophe bonke bangabahlukumezi bezilwane ngenxa ye-sociopathic yezilwane ngoba, njengecala lakamuva eNingizimu Florida. , iningi lemisebenzi yama-whack elihlaba amakati ligcina lingabafana abamhlophe. Noma mhlawumbe abamhlophe ngokwemvelo bathambekele ekudleni amazimuzimu noma ukuthi abesifazane abamhlophe kufanele bavinjwe ekufundiseni ngenxa yosongo abalubeka kubafundi babo: phela, othisha besifazane abamhlophe abangaphezu kwekhulu baye baboshwa ngokudla izingane ezincane eminyakeni yamuva nje, futhi ngempela ama-perps abemhlophe ngaphezu kwamaphesenti angama-93 awo wonke amacala aziwayo.
Kodwa-ke, akekho noyedwa kulabo abangavikela ukucwasa kwabo ecaleni lekilabhu yokubhukuda–futhi ongasiqinisekisa ngokuthi “kunengqondo” ukwesaba izingane ezimnyama–ongathola noma yisiphi izibonelo kulezi ezingenhla cishe njengezinengqondo. Lokhu, ngaphandle kobufakazi bezibalo nobunganekwane obungase bubonakale esimweni ngasinye ukuze kube nomqondo we-crass generalizations kulezo zimo futhi. Cha, “ukucwasa kwabo okunengqondo” bagcinela abanebala elimnyama. Ngempela, ukufunda imiyalezo yabo kuwukubona ukucwasa ngokwebala. Uhlobo lwento osolwazi abaningi abasiqinisekise ngayo ukuthi akuseyona inkinga eMelika, njengoba sesingene enkathini “yangemuva kokucwasa” kaBarack Obama.
Oh, futhi ukukhuluma ngakho, nangu umkhahleli: khumbula uMongameli wekilabhu oshiwo ngenhla? Lowo okhathazekile ngokuthi izingane ezimnyama zingashintsha kanjani ibala lendawo? UJohn Duesler? Yebo, kuvele ukuthi, u-Duesler akayena ophikweni olungakwesokudla oludonsa iqupha. Akayena uKlansman. Empeleni, wayengumsekeli kaMongameli Obama, futhi wasiza ekuxhumaniseni umkhankaso wegazi edolobheni ukugubha ukugcotshwa kukaMongameli. Okubi nakakhulu, ungusihlalo we-Peace-Action Philadelphia: iqoqo lezinhlobo okungenzeka ukuthi zinenqubekela phambili futhi ngisho nakwesokunxele. Yilokhu engikhuluma ngakho njengoRacism 2.0 encwadini yami, Between Barack and a Hard Place: Racism and White Denial in the Age of Obama: uhlobo lokucwasa oluvumela abanye abamhlophe ukuthi bavotele u-Obama, futhi baveze okuhlukile kulabo. abantu abamnyama nabansundu abasenza sikhululeke, kodwa ukuze sigcine imibono enobutha emiphakathini emikhulu yemibala okuvela kuyo lokhu okuhlukile. Ngamanye amazwi, uhlobo lobandlululo oluthi, abantu abamnyama balungile, inqobo nje uma beya e-Harvard Law, bakhulume ngendlela ethile, bagqoke ngendlela ethile, futhi bathande lokho esikuthandayo. Kepha kokunye, oh hell no.
Ngenxa yalesi sigameko sakamuva, ake ngiveze lawa maphuzu alandelayo, futhi ngivumele ngiwenze ngendlela ecace ngangokunokwenzeka:
1. Angiphinde ngizwe omunye umuntu waseNyakatho engifundisa, ekhuluma ngeNingizimu futhi. Siwazi kahle umlando wethu lapha ezansi. 'Isikhathi esifushane uyacaca kwezakho. Lona bekungeyona iPhiladelphia, uzakwethu waseMississippi, bekuyidolobha le-brotherly-frickin'-love, ngakho-ke wena no-Rocky benifanele ukukuthola, kuyilapho sonke sibuka isikhashana. Futhi kini nonke e-Boston, nase-Bensonhurst, nase-Greenwich-damn-Village, zizwe ukhululekile ukujoyina. Sazise ukuthi ufundani ngawe. Sinawo amafoni ezansi lapha manje, futhi, ngezikhathi ezithile, ukufinyelela ku-inthanethi, ngakho-ke simemeze kakhulu uma uqhamuka nokuthile okuphawulekayo.
2. I bet'n't ukuzwa esinye isenzo esimhlophe esivulekile njengokucwasa ngokwebala kuyisifundazwe samalungelo. Yebo, ukucwasa ngokwako kuyifilosofi yokusabela enqunyiwe, kodwa yinye osekunesikhathi eside ifakwe kumqondo omhlophe, kanye nombono wezwe wabantu abamhlophe. Njengoba uJoe Feagin echaza encwadini yakhe entsha, uhlaka olumhlophe selunethonya kudala ukuthi abantu baseMelika abamhlophe, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi banemibono ebanzi yezepolitiki, ababuka kanjani abantu abamnyama nabansundu, futhi lesi sigameko sakamuva sibonisa lokho ngokuphindiselela. Kuwuhlaka olumhlophe lobuhlanga olufaka amafreyimu, amagama ahloselwe kakhulu, abantu abamnyama—ngisho nezingane–njengezifo, ezingasebenzi kahle emphakathini, okungenzeka ukuthi ziziphathe kabi, futhi ezingawafanele amathuba ajatshulelwa abamhlophe. Kuwuhlaka lobuhlanga olumhlophe olusebenzela ukuthethelela konke ukungabi nabulungisa okwenziwa kubantu bebala elimhlophe, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kusobala kangakanani.
Futhi yilolo hlaka lobuhlanga olumhlophe okufanele luphikiswe ngokuphelele, luqhunyiswe, lubhujiswe, luqedwe, ngaphambi kokuba lesi sizwe sibe nethemba lokuzuza ukulingana ngokobuhlanga, noma ngisho namazinga angajwayelekile obulungisa bomphakathi. Ngakho-ke kulawo ma-liberal amahle amhlophe ayecabanga ukuthi ukuvotela u-Barack Obama kwakuzoba ikhadi labo lokuphuma ejele ngokuzayo lapho othile ekhuluma ngendaba yokucwasa ngokwebala—okufana nenguqulo yesimanje “yabanye babangane bami abakhulu. zimnyama”–cabanga futhi.
O, futhi ekugcineni, kulabo abaphikelela ekushintsheni isihloko mayelana nale ndaba ye-pool, futhi begcizelela ukuthi "yazi, iklabhu yangasese futhi bangenza noma yini abayifunayo," ulahlekelwa iphuzu, futhi ukuphuthelwa kabi. Okokuqala, uma iklabhu yangasese ikhangisa ubulungu emphakathini, njengoba kwenza i-Valley Club, kunombuzo ovulekile wokuthi iyimfihlo kangakanani. Ingase ibe ngaphansi kakhulu kunalokho okufunwa abaningi, futhi ingase iboshwe yimithetho yamalungelo abantu njengoba nje kungaba njalo indawo ephethwe ngumasipala. Kodwa ngaphezu kwalokho, akunandaba. Lokhu akulona udaba olumayelana nelungelo lekilabhu lokucwasa ngokwebala. Kungumbuzo wokuthi ngabe kulungile yini ukuthi babe njalo. Umuntu angase abe nelungelo lokwenza izinto eziningi. Nginelungelo lokuma ekhoneni ngimemeze izinhlamba zobuhlanga kubantu abadlula ngendlela ngombala, ngicabanga. Nginelungelo lokushicilela izincwadi ezinenzondo. Nginelungelo lokujoyina i-Klan. Ngamafuphi, “nginelungelo” lokucwasa ngokwebala ngendlela engifuna ukuba ngayo. Kodwa uma nginquma ukwenza noma iyiphi yalezo zinto, unelungelo, futhi ngaphezulu—isibopho—ukungibiza ngesiduli. Futhi imbongolo yobandlululo kulokho. Nokwenza impilo yami ibe buhlungu.
Ngakho-ke masisebenzise amalungelo ethu, futhi senze lokho kanye kubantu base-The Valley Club. Ungabathola nge-imeyili kokuthi: [i-imeyili ivikelwe]. Noma ungabashayela ku-: 215-947-0700. Imeyili yabo yezwi ibigcwele ngesikhathi ngigcina ukuhlola (ngezizathu engicabanga ukuthi ngingazicabanga), kodwa ngesinye isikhathi bazoyisusa, ngaleso sikhathi kufanele siyigcwalise futhi. Noma, uma umhlophe futhi uzizwa unekhono ngempela, mhlawumbe ungakhokhela ubulungu besikhashana bese uyobhukuda. Vele uqiniseke ukuthi uphuza amanzi amaningi ngaphambi kokuthi uhambe, futhi konke kuhamba ndawonye. Bese-ke ningena echibini, bese-ke, awu, ngicabanga ukuthi niyabazi bonke abanye. Kungaba okokuqala ngqa emhlabeni, futhi kuzobasiza kahle.
* Angikwazi ukuthatha ikhredithi ngombono wokungena. Lo mqondo ubolekwe, ngothando, kusukela esikhathini eside sobulungiswa bezenhlalakahle kanye nesishoshovu/uthisha ophikisana nokucwasa, uSharon Martinas, okunconywa konke ngenxa yokudala kwakhe kanye nomuzwa wokuhlekisa lapho ebhekene nokungabi nabulungisa: ubuhle obubucayi ezikhathini ezinzima.
UTim Wise ungumbhali wezincwadi ezimbalwa. Eyakhe yakamuva ithi “Phakathi kukaBarack Nendawo Enzima: Ubuhlanga Nokuphikiswa Okumhlophe Ngenkathi Ka-Obama. ” eshicilelwe ku-Open Media Series yi-City Lights Books, www.citylights.com . Angafinyelelwa ku:[i-imeyili ivikelwe] <mailto:[i-imeyili ivikelwe]>.
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