Ukungakholwa, ukushaqeka, kanye nosizi lokuthi uDonald Trump useqokwe njengomengameli kuvula amagagasi emibhikisho. Amashumi ezinkulungwane ashaya imigwaqo emadolobheni amakhulu namancane, avala imigwaqo, futhi enqaba ukucwasa okusobala kukaTrump, ukungaboni ngaso linye kanye ne-Islamophobia.
Kepha uTrump uhlanganisa iKhabhinethi ngokushesha. I amagama entanta kufaka phakathi abanye abashisekeli abayingozi kakhulu, ama-demagogue, kanye neziphathimandla eMelika, abafana no-Rudy Giuliani, Sarah Palin, Ben Carson, Newt Gingrich, kanye noChris Christie. UTrump usethole ukwesekwa okukhulu ngeziphakamiso zakhe zokuxosha abokufika abangenazo izincwadi, phoqa amaSulumane ukuthi abhalise kuhulumeni, futhi uvimbele abantu abavela kwamanye amazwe abavela emazweni athile. Uzihlanganise nama-hardliners aphikisana nokuhushula isisu namalungelo e-LGBTQ, kanye newebhusayithi yakhe kusahlanganisa ucingo "ukuvalwa ngokuphelele nokuphelele kwamaSulumane angena e-United States."
Akumangazi ukuthi okuhlosiwe kwalezi zinqubomgomo kuyesabeka.
Kodwa kubuye kube nethuba lokudala izindonga zokumelana ezinganciphisa umonakalo omkhulu, ngenkathi kwakhiwa indawo yokunyakaza ukwakha amandla futhi ekugcineni inselele i-ajenda kaTrump.
Ake siqale emadolobheni. Amadolobha ayizindawo ezinokwehlukahlukana okukhulu, ubuhlakani, nokubekezelelana. Ziyizinjini zezomnotho zase-United States, ezikhiqiza ingcebo eningi, nalapho Amaphesenti angama-63 abantu aphila. Amadolobha ayindawo eyodwa lapho abakwesokunxele nabathuthukayo bangasebenzisa amandla angempela.
Kufanele siqale ukuhlela ukwenza amadolobha abe yizinqaba ezinamandla zokungasebenzisani, ukumelana nokuvikela. Izishoshovu nezinhlangano zingaqala ukufuna kuwo wonke amadolobha ukuthi imikhandlu yamadolobha nezimeya zikhiphe izinqumo nezitatimende zithi:
1. Idolobha lethu ngeke lisize noma lisebenzisane nanoma yikuphi ukugasela noma ukuboshwa noma ukuxoshwa kwanoma yibaphi abokufika. Lokhu kubandakanya usizo lokugcinwa komthetho wendawo noma ukunikeza idatha kuhulumeni wobumbano. Kakade, iMeya yaseSeattle u-Ed Murray usethembise ukuthi izohlala iyidolobha elingcwele ngisho noma uTrump enqamula izimali zenhlangano, njengoba efunge ukuthi uzokwenza.
2. Idolobha lethu ngeke libambisane noma lisize ngokubhalisa kanye nezinhlelo zokugada amaMuslim, nanoma yimiphi imizamo yokwenza abangani bethu, omakhelwane, kanye nabathandekayo bethu babe isitha.
3. Idolobha lethu liyindawo ephephile yabo bonke abokufika, amaSulumane, abantu be-LGBTQ, abesifazane, nanoma ubani owesaba ukushushiswa umbuso kaTrump.
4. Amadolobha ethu ayenqaba noma yimiphi imizamo yokwenza ubugebengu noma ukuhlasela iBlack Lives Matter noma enye inhlangano yobulungisa bezenhlalo, njengoba uTrump esikisele ukuthi angenza.
Kubalulekile ukudlula izinqumo ezizwakalayo kodwa ezingenamazinyo. Lokhu kuzobandakanya ukuqondisa abameli bedolobha kanye nezifunda ukuthi bakhe amasu angokomthetho ukuze bamelane nezinqubomgomo zikahulumeni ezinengekayo. Kusho ukulawula okuqinile kwemiphakathi eminyangweni yamaphoyisa, abaphathi bakaTrump abazozama ukuyifaka njengamasosha aphambili ukuze ashushise yonke imiphakathi.
Kubalulekile futhi ukudlulisa ezinye izinqumo kanye nezitatimende eziqinisekisa ukwesekwa okungaguquki ekunakekelweni kwezempilo okugcwele kwabantu besifazane; akukho ukuhlaselwa kwelungelo lokuhlela noma izinyunyana; akukho ukuhlaselwa kwamaholo, izinzuzo, noma ukunakekelwa kwezempilo kwabasebenzi; kanye nokuphela komnotho wezinsalela ezimbiwa phansi kanye noguquko olusheshayo nolulungile. Amasu ahambisanayo angabuye athuthukiswe ukwenza amadolobha amukeleke kakhulu entsheni ye-LGBT kanye nabesifazane abanqatshelwe ukukhipha isisu ngokudala amanethiwekhi okuxhasa ngemali yokuhamba nokulala. Kodwa kuzodinga ukuhlela ukuletha ohulumeni basekhaya nge-ajenda enjalo.
Ohulumeni abaningi bamadolobha bazozama ukwenza okungenani futhi banethemba lokuthi imibhikisho izophela. Ngakho-ke kuzoba nesidingo sokuhlela ukuthola amaqembu omphakathi, izinyunyana, izinhlangano zezishoshovu, amaqembu ochwepheshe, namabhizinisi ebhodini ukuze kuthathwe izinqumo eziqinile nokwenziwa.
Isu kumele kube wukwakha umnyakazo obanzi one-ajenda egxilile. Ngamanye amazwi, sifuna abantu abaningi ngangokunokwenzeka emkhunjini, kodwa futhi kunezidingo ezincane, ezingaxoxiswana zokuvikela imiphakathi esengozini.
Imihlangano kufanele iqale ukwenzeka edolobheni lonke, emiphakathini nasezindaweni ezizungezile. Hlangana nomakhelwane bakho, hlangana nosebenza nabo. Uma ungumfundi, hlangana nabanye abafundi. Nomaphi lapho kungenzeka.
Ziningi izinto ezihlasimulisa umzimba ezizokwenzeka, ngakho-ke sidinga ukumelana nolaka futhi sakhe izindawo zokungasebenzisani nokuvikela ezweni lonke. Kufanele sinqobe i-Trumpism ngaphandle kokungenelwa yiqembu leDemocratic Party elihlulekile.
Umhlaba uthembele kithi.
U-Arun Gupta ubhalele lolu daba YEBO! Umagazini. U-Arun uyintatheli ephenyayo ofaka isandla kokuthi YEBO! Umagazini, Isizwe, i-Telesur, i-Progressive, i-Raw Story, ne-Washington Post. Uthweswe iziqu e-French Culinary Institute eNew York City futhi ungumbhali wencwadi ezayo ethi โUbhekeni Njengesikhali Sokubhujiswa Kwenqwaba: Uphenyo Lompheki Othanda Ukudla Okungenamsoco Ngokunambithaโ (The New Press). Mlandele kuTwitter @arunindy.
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