Ngenkathi ngisejele ngenxa yezenzo zami ezingezona ubudlova zokulwa nezikhali zenuzi, enye yezindlela zami kwakuwukubhala okuthile okwakuzoshicilelwa nsuku zonke—incwadi eya kumhleli, ucezu lwemibono, ukubuyekezwa kwencwadi, noma ngisho nezinkondlo ezimaphakathi. Amaphesenti ayikhulu emibhalo yami ayemelene nezikhali zenuzi.
Angikwazanga ukuvota ngesikhathi ngiboshiwe. Kodwa ngenqaba ukuyeka ukuhlanganyela embusweni wethu wentando yeningi. Uma ngikwazi ukukholisa ngisho nabantu ababili ukuthi banakekele ngokwanele ukuvota ababengavoti nakuba bekwazi, futhi uma bevotela umuntu omelene nezikhali zenuzi, ngangizizwa sengathi yile ndlela engangiyingxenye ye intando yeningi yezwe lami.
Obani abantu abangakwazi ukuvota futhi abaseyingxenye yendlela intando yeningi yethu esebenza ngayo? Uhlu olungaphelele, kodwa engithemba ukuthi lunikeza ithemba kulabo abafisa ukuthi bangavota okhethweni lwethu lwaseMelika:
- Abafundi abasindile ekudutshulweni kwabantu abaningi ngoSuku Lwezithandani lwango-2018 esikoleni samabanga aphezulu i-Marjory Stoneman Douglas babebancane kakhulu ukuthi bangakwazi ukuvota kodwa nokho. waqala umnyakazo lokho kwakha ingcindezi eyanele kosopolitiki ukuze bathole ukunqoba okusemthethweni.
- UGreta Thunberg wayeyintombazane esencane yaseSweden eyaqala ukunyakaza kwesiteleka sezulu okwabangela ukuthi ohulumeni abadlula okwakhe bathathe isinyathelo. Mncane kakhulu ukuthi angakwazi ukuvota, akasona isakhamuzi sanoma iyiphi indawo ngaphandle kwaseSweden, kodwa nokho ubamba iqhaza elikhulu emibusweni yentando yeningi kusukela e-UK kuya eNew Zealand kuya e-US nangale kwayo, wayenethonya elikhulu kakhulu kumagazini i-Time. Umuntu Wonyaka e 2019.
- Ngentwasahlobo ka-1963, abafundi abasebasha abangaphezu kwenkulungwane beqa isikole e-Birmingham, e-Alabama, ukuze babhikishele ukuhlukaniswa kanye nokucindezelwa kwabavoti bakaJim Crow ababephikisana nentando yeningi abantu abamnyama abakubekezelela e-Alabama. Abakwazanga ukuvota ngoba basebancane futhi abazali babo bebevamise ukuyekiswa ukuvota ngoba bengabantu abamnyama. Nokho umkhankaso wabo, ebizwa ngokuthi i-Children’s Crusade, yaba nesandla ekukhuthazeni ukusekelwa kwabantu abaningi kulo lonke elase-US kukho kokubili uMthetho Wamalungelo Abantu ka-1964 kanye Nomthetho Wamalungelo Okuvota ka-1965.
- E-Liberia, umashiqela uCharles Taylor wakhwabanisela “ukhetho” futhi wagcina ukubambelela kwakhe kwensimbi emandleni, ngakho yayingekho intando yeningi yokubamba iqhaza phakathi nokubusa kwakhe, okwakunempi yombango enesihluku kakhulu yeminyaka engu-14 namasosha ayizingane nhlangothi zombili, ukudlwengula nokubulala. izibhicongo. I Abesifazane baseLiberia ebumbene ekuphikiseni okungenabudlova, wasukuma futhi wayimisa impi futhi wadala intando yeningi yangempela entsha.
The izindaba ezingenakubalwa kwabantu abancishwe amalungelo emhlabeni wonke abenza umehluko emibusweni yabo yeningi-noma ngisho nokudala intando yeningi lapho bekungakaze kube khona-kungasiza ukusikhuthaza uma sizwa sengathi ayisenathemba. Akwenzeki neze ukubamba iqhaza kuntando yeningi. Abantu abafana noRosa Parks, uJohn Lewis, u-Alice Paul, nabanye abaningi basenethonya nakuba sebedlulile emhlabeni.
Intando yeningi yakho lena, noma ngabe uneminyaka eyi-15, noma ungenawo amaphepha, noma uboshiwe. Sonke singabanikazi bawo, sonke singalenza libe namandla futhi lisabele kakhulu kulokho esikudingayo, ebulungiswa, emhlabeni ofanele ukuphila. Imizuzu emihlanu yokusebenza ngosuku ngezigidi zethu ingaba isivikelo esingcono kakhulu sethemba lethu, amalungelo ethu, inkululeko yethu ekwesabeni, inkululeko yethu yokuthanda nokuphila.
Intando yeningi ijule kakhulu kunevoti elilodwa njalo eminyakeni embalwa. Izophila noma ife, kuye ngokuthi ukuzibophezela kwethu kukho. Sinamandla, ngamunye wethu.
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