"Kungani yonke into kufanele ngaso sonke isikhathi ibe nepolitiki nawe?" kubuza omunye engisebenza naye, ngesikhathi ngithuka iholidi lase-US ngihlonipha uChristopher Columbus.
Isihloko savela ngemuva kwezindaba zokuthi idolobha lakithi elincane laseFargo, eNyakatho Dakota, licubungula isiphakamiso sokumemezela uMsombuluko wesibili ka-Okthoba โUsuku Lwabantu Bomdabuโ esikhundleni soSuku LwaseColumbus. Ngonyaka odlule, iSeattle neMinneapolis baba amadolobha okuqala amakhulu aseMelika ukugunyaza lolu shintsho, futhi inhlangano ikhula kancane ezweni lonke, ngethemba lokuthi ngelinye ilanga iholide lombuso lizoqanjwa kabusha.
Kungani wenze iholidi elilula lempelasonto ende libe indaba yezombangazwe? โAngikwenziโ kube ngokwepolitiki โ indlela esichaza ngayo umlando wethu nalabo esizibiza ngamaqhawe ngokwepolitiki ngendlela engenakugwemeka ngoba kukhombisa indlela esiwuqonda ngayo umhlaba, futhi lezo zinqumo zibonisa izindinganiso zethu. Uma sifuna ukuphila ngaphansi kwentando yeningi ephusile, ipolitiki leyo - ukuphikisana ngezimiso ezibalulekile ezakha inqubomgomo yomphakathi.
Abanye abantu bazichitha izingxabano ezinjalo njengezingokomfanekiso, kodwa amagama nezimpawu zibalulekile. Lapho ngisakhula eFargo, esikoleni sacula ingoma eqalayo ethi, โEmakhulwini ayishumi nane namashumi ayisishiyagalolunye nambili, uColumbus wahamba ngolwandle oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka,โ eqhubeka echaza ngenjabulo, โAbomdabu base-Arakawa babebahle kakhulu; banika amatilosi ukudla nezinongo.โ UColumbus wababuyiselani labobantu bomdabu? Ubugqila nokufa, ikakhulukazi. Izenzo ezimbi ze-โThe Great Marinerโ zingase zingajabulisi kubantu okungebona aboMdabu base-United States (njengami) ukuthi bazindle, kodwa kuyingxenye ebalulekile yomlando wethu ukuthi siyathanda noma singathandi: UChristopher Columbus waqala, futhi wahlanganyela, emkhankasweni wokuqothula uhlanga lwaseYurophu ngokumelene naboMdabu baseMelika.
Nakuba inhlangano yokuyeka ukuhlonipha uColumbus ngeholide ithola ukwesekwa, iningi labamhlophe baseMelika lingathanda ukusigwema lesi sihloko, ngokuvamile liphakamisa ukuthi sithole ulimi oluncane oluvusa inkanuko ukuze sikhulume ngoColumbus kanye nokunqoba. Emakilasini eNyuvesi yaseTexas e-Austin, ngibeka iphuzu lokuthi akukho ukuphunyuka ekwenzeni izahlulelo ngomlando ngokubeka esikrinini umusho olula onesicelo sokuthi abafundi bagcwalise okungenalutho:
"Columbus _________ eMelika."
Lapho ngisengumfundi wesikole sebanga eliphezulu phakathi nawo-1960 eFargo, sagcwalisa isikhala ngokuthi โsitholakele,โ igama elinemithelela yezombangazwe. Uma sithi uColumbus wathola iMelika, sisho ukuthi abanye abantu kwakusafanele balubeke unyawo esiqhingini sase-Hispaniola, njengoba isimangalo sokuthola okuthile kuwukuzisho ukuthi ungumuntu wokuqala ukufika. Kodwa njengoba uColumbus athola isiqhingi esahlala abantu baseTaino abakhuluma isi-Arawak, egomela ngokuthi yena nabanye abantu baseYurophu ababekanye naye bathola iMelika kusikisela ukuthi amaTaino ayengebona abantu ngokugcwele, engakwazi ukutholakala. Ukusebenzisa igama elithi โvumbululiweโ kulo mongo, kusho ukucwasa ngokwebala nobuhlanga. Kukhona ipolitiki ekukhetheni "okutholakele."
Kwesinye isikhathi abafundi bazophendula ngokuthi "okutholakele" kufushane nje ngoba "kwakungowaseYurophu wokuqala ukuthola." Kodwa uma yilokho okushiwo, kungani-ke ungasebenzisi umusho ogcwele? Ingabe kubalulekile ngempela ukulondoloza lawo mazwi amahlanu? Futhi uma kunjalo, singaba nethuba elifanayo lokuchaza uhambo lokuqala lwaboMdabu baseMelika oluya e-Europe ngokuthi labo bantu bathole iYurophu? Ngisho nangencazelo ewusizo kakhulu, isimangalo sokuthi โuColumbus wathola iMelikaโ sigxile e-Europe, futhi leso yisimo sezepolitiki.
Uma ngicela abafundi ukuthi baphakamise elinye ithemu, abanye babuya namagama "okunqotshiwe," "amakholoni," "okuchithiwe," noma amagama afanayo. Kungenziwa icala eliqinile lokukhetha amagama anjalo (ngivame ukuwasebenzisa ngokwami), kodwa ngokusobala anemiphumela yezombangazwe, ngokuyinhloko isahlulelo sokuthi izenzo zikaColumbus nabanye abantu baseYurophu zazinokuziphatha okubi, ezingekho emthethweni, noma ezingekho emthethweni ngandlela thize. Kunezinqumo ezisobala zezombangazwe ekukhetheni lawo magama.
Abafundi babe sebenikeza amagama anhlobonhlobo okuthi, ngaphandle, abonakale egwema ukwahlulela: โukuhlangana,โ โukuhlanganyela,โ nomaโintandokazi yami kuwo wonke ake anikezwa ekilasiniโโukukhubeka.โ Kodwa lawo mazwi, naphezu kokubonakala kokungathathi hlangothi, abuye abe nepolitiki. Nginikeza abafundi isifaniso: Ake sithi abanye abantu abavela kwenye indawo bagibela endaweni yangakini yedolobha, badabule ezindlini zakho nomakhelwane bakho, bantshontshe yonke into eyigugu, futhi babulale noma basebenze babulale wonke umuntu. Ubungasho yini ukuthi labo abasanda kufika โbahlanganeโ noma โbakhubekaโ endaweni yakini? Igama elinjalo elibonakala lingathathi hlangothi lingasitha udlame, ngakho-ke lingavuna abaphangi.
Akukho ukubalekela emlandweni, noma ekubeni nesibopho sezahlulelo esizenza ngokungenakugwenywa ngomlando.
Le mpikiswano iyingxenye yenkinga enkulu e-United States, lapho abantu bevame ukukhetha ukuthi bawusebenzisa kanjani umlando. Uma abantu befuna ukucela isici esithile esihle nesikhazimulayo sesikhathi esedlule, umlando ubaluleke kakhulu. Siyatshelwa ukuthi kubaluleke kangakanani ukuthi abantu bawazi umlando, futhi kuningi okungahambi kahle mayelana nokuntula ulwazi kwesizukulwane samanje ngalo mlando kanye nokuhlonipha. E-United States, sizwa njalo ngokuhlakanipha koBaba Abasunguli, umoya wabahloli bamazwe bokuqala, ukuzimisela kwalabo โabahlalisaโ izwe, ubuqhawe bamasosha - nokuthi kubaluleke kangakanani ukuthi wonke umuntu afunde lezi zinto.
Kepha uma umuntu eletha engxoxweni yomlando lawo maqiniso aphikisana nendaba yokugubha futhi enze abantu bangakhululeki - njengokuqothulwa kohlanga kwabantu boMdabu okwakuphakathi nendawo yokudalwa kwe-United States - labo abathanda umlando ofanayo bazothi. , โKungani uphikelela ekugxileni ezintweni ezidlule?โ
Ngakho-ke, kubonakala sengathi lezo zingxenye zomlando wethu ezisekela umuzwa wethu wokuthi singabantu abahloniphekile nabalungile ziyizinto esigxile kuzo ocwaningweni nasekuphawuleni komphakathi; okubalulekile ukwazi ukuthi yini engagujwa ukuze sizizwe sijabule. Labo abafuna ukufaka kuleyo ngxoxo izici ezimbi zesikhathi sethu esidlule basolwa ngokufuna ukudala uthuthuva.
Uma ngezinkinga, abantu besho ukuzama ukuvusa ingxoxo eqotho mayelana nokuthi i-United States yaba kanjani isizwe esicebe kakhulu emlandweni womhlaba, ngisekela ukudala izinkinga. Isinyathelo esibalulekile ekuqondeni udlame lwase-United States emhlabeni jikelele namuhla sizobhekana nodlame lwesikhathi esidlule. Njengoba uWilliam Faulkner abhala, โOkwedlule akukaze kufe. Akukadluli nakancane.โ
Ngakho-ke, lapho iKhomishana Yedolobha laseFargo ithatha isiphakamiso soSuku Lwabantu Bomdabu esincomweni seKhomishana YaseMelika YaseMelika yedolobha emhlanganweni wayo olandelayo - ozoba ngoMsombuluko (Okthoba 12), ngoSuku LukaColumbus - ngizobe ngithatha ithuba khuluma ngepolitiki, eyedlule neyamanje.
URobert Jensen unguprofesa eSikoleni Sobuntatheli eNyuvesi yaseTexas e-Austin futhi uyilungu lebhodi leThird Coast Activist Resource Center e-Austin. Izincwadi zakhe zihlanganisa i-Plain Radical: Ukuphila, Ukuthanda, Nokufunda Ukushiya Iplanethi Ngomusa (I-Counterpoint/Soft Skull, 2015); kanye neNhliziyo Yobumhlophe: Ukubhekana Nobuhlanga, Ubuhlanga kanye Namalungelo Abamhlophe (Izibani Zedolobha, 2005); UJensen uphinde abe ngumdidiyeli wefilimu eyidokhumentari ethi โAbe Osheroff: One Foot in the Grave, the Other Still Dancingโ (Media Education Foundation, 2009), elandisa ngempilo nefilosofi yesishoshovu sesikhathi eside.
UJensen angafinyelelwa ku [i-imeyili ivikelwe] futhi izindatshana zakhe zingatholakala ku-inthanethi ku-http://robertwjensen.org/. Ukuze ujoyine uhlu lwe-imeyili ukuze uthole ama-athikili ka-Jensen, vakashela ku-http://www.thirdcoastactivist.org/jensenupdates-info.html. Twitter: @jensenrobertw.
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