Umthombo: Counterpunch
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I-US idlula noma yiliphi elinye izwe emhlabeni ngenani leziboshwa - ezingaphezu kuka-2,300,000. I-China, ngokuphambene, ineziboshwa ezibalelwa ku-200,000. Kodwa inani labantu baseMelika liyizigidi ezingama-330 kuphela, kanti abaseChina bayizigidigidi eziyi-1.4. Iziboshwa zaseMelika zakha amaphesenti amakhulu kakhulu abantu kunalezo zanoma yisiphi esinye isizwe. I-US ibambelele kulo mehluko ongabazisayo amashumi eminyaka.
Ilinganisa i-gulag yaseSoviet ekuphakameni kwayo ngeminyaka yawo-1950 ngenani leziboshwa, i-US iphinde ikhiyele ezingu-61,000 kuzo ekuhlushweni okubizwa ngokuthi ukuvalelwa uwedwa kanye nezingu-2700 ngokwesaba okubizwa ngokuthi umugqa wokufa. Lezi akuzona izinqubomgomo nezenzo zomphakathi ophucuzekile. Ubuqaba lobu. Uma nje lokhu kuqhubeka, noma yimuphi usopolitiki waseMelika ogibela ihhashi eliphakeme mayelana nokuhlukunyezwa kukahulumeni kwezakhamizi kwelinye izwe ungumzenzisi odangele ofanelwe ukuhlekwa emphakathini.
Ukwenziwa kwamajele azimele kwenze izinto zaba zimbi kakhulu. Eziboshwa zikahulumeni, amaphesenti angu-19.1 asemajele azimele, njengoba kunjalo namaphesenti angu-6.8 alawo asemajele kahulumeni. Lezi zihogo eziyimfihlo zenza inzuzo ngokuqola iziboshwa izimali ezivela kuyo yonke into kusukela ekushayeni ucingo kuye ekuthumeleni iposi kuya ekubambeni iqhaza ngevidiyo nommeli. Benza futhi imali ngokudla ukudla okunempilo nemithi efanele futhi banezindlela eziningi ezihlakaniphile zokukhipha ama-dollar ezithunjweni zabo. Ngokwepolitiki, amajele azimele angamandla aphikisayo, akhuthaza, ngokwemvelo, imithetho yobugebengu eqinile kanye nezigwebo ezinde. Ngoba leyo yindlela abenza ngayo imali โ kubo, uma iziboshwa eziningi, ziba ngcono. Amajele azimele abe negalelo ekwenyukeni ngamaphesenti angama-408 kwesibalo samajele ase-US kusukela ngo-1978 kuya ku-2014.
Ekuqaleni, amaQuaker aqhubela phambili amajele, njengenguquko, okungenye indlela esabekayo yokushaywa nokujeziswa ngokufa. Kodwa, njengoba umbhubhisi uMariame Kaba ephikisa encwadini yakhe entsha, Sikwenza Lokhu Kuze Kusikhulule, amajele aba uhlobo lwawo olubi. Isethulo sicaphuna uRuth Wilson Gilmore: โSiphila enkathini yokwenza imihlatshelo ngabantu.โ Iziboshwa zingumnikelo wethu wobuntu: abantu abavalelwe emakhejini amancane amashumi eminyaka. Ephendula uKaba uzoqeda amajele namaphoyisa. Ukhuthaza ubulungiswa bokuguqula nokubuyisela esimweni, obuzofaka imiphumela kulabo abalimazayo - njengezinxephezelo, ukuxolisa emphakathini, ukulahlekelwa yinoma yisiphi isikhundla samandla noma amalungelo, ukwelulekwa, njll. - kodwa angababhubhisi. UKaba uyabhala: โIjele limane liyindlela embi nengasebenzi yokubhekana nobudlova nobugebengu.โ
Ngokumangazayo, imiyalelo yakhe izodinga uguquko lwezenhlalo nezomnotho, uKaba, omelene nonxiwankulu, asesebenze iminyaka. Uyabhala: โUkulimala kuvela ezimweni ezibuswa ukucindezeleka, ukuntula nokucindezelwa. "Uhlelo lwethu lokujezisa, olusekelwe ekuqothulweni kohlanga nasekugqilazweni futhi oluqhubekisele phambili imisebenzi nezindikimba zalezo zenzo zonya, alusoze lwalungiswa."
Njengabaningi ababhubhisi, uKaba wathola ithemba ekuvukeleni kukaGeorge Floyd ehlobo eledlule futhi wajoyina labo abafuna ukuhoxiswa kwamaphoyisa. Nalu uhlu lwakhe โlwezinguqukoโ zamaphoyisa okufanele zigwenywe: โ1) izinguquko ezabela amaphoyisa imali eyengeziwe; 2) izinguquko ezimele amaphoyisa engeziwe; 3) izinguquko ezigxile kubuchwepheshe; 4) izingxoxo zomuntu ngamunye namaphoyisa ngamanye axhaswe ngamadola entela." Kunalokho uyakweseka: โ1) ukunxeshezelwa kwabahlukunyeziwe kanye nemindeni yodlame lwamaphoyisa; 2) ukuncipha kosizo lwamaphoyisa kanye noxhaso lwasejele kanye nokuluqondisa kwezinye izimpahla zomphakathi; 3) amabhodi azimele azimele abhekele ukuphendula kwamaphoyisa anamandla okuphenya, ukujezisa nokucisha amaphoyisa nabaphathi; 4) ukuphuca amaphoyisa izikhali; 5) ukwenza lula iminyango yamaphoyisa ehlakazwayo; 6) ukuveza obala kwedatha (ukuma, ukuboshwa, isabelomali, njll.)โ
I-Kaba iphikisana namaphoyisa noma izinguquko zasejele. Akakuchazi ukusebenza kwamaphoyisa njengokuphukile, ngoba lokho kuqinisekisa ukuguqulwa futhi kwehlisa ukuqedwa. Amaphoyisa abulala abantu ababalelwa ku-1000 ngonyaka, uyaphawula, kodwa kusukela ngo-2005, kube nokushushiswa kwamaphoyisa angu-110 kuphela adubula abantu, agwetshwa emacaleni angaphansi kuka-42. Kodwa u-Kaba ubuye aphawule impumelelo yababhubhisi: ukususa owayengummeli wesifunda sase-Illinois u-Anita Alvarez; ukusiza ukuzuza izinxephezelo zezisulu zokuhlukunyezwa ngesikhathi sokubusa "komkhuzi wamaphoyisa odumile uJon Burge eChicago - idolobha osekuyiminyaka engamashumi amabili edlule, libe isizinda sokuhlela ukuqeda nya;" kanye nemikhankaso eminingana yokukhulula abesifazane ababoshelwe ukuzivikela kubahlukumezi ngokocansi.
Ilungelo labesifazane lokuzivikela ekuhlukunyezweni, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi unkosikazi nomyeni wakhe noma othengisa ngomzimba kanye neklayenti, liwumgogodla wokucabanga kukaKaba. Eqinisweni, waqamba isahluko esisodwa esithi, โUkuhlela Ukuqeda Ubudlova Bobulili Ngaphandle Kokumajele.โ Uchaza isimo somuntu ohlukunyezwe kanje: โNgaphatheka kabi. Kukhona okwenzile. Ngifuna bazi ukuthi bakwenzile. Ngifuna ukubona ukuthi bayazisola ngokwenza lokho.โ Lokho kukude kakhulu nokujikijela umhlukumezi esitokisini amashumi eminyaka, ukuze kuthi lapho esekhululekile, abe esekhulile futhi akasebenzi.
Kodwa umphumela omubi nakakhulu wendlela yamanje yobulungiswa bobugebengu ukuthi abesifazane abazivikelayo bagqunywe ejele. โUkushushisa nokubopha abasinde odlameni,โ kubhala uKaba โkubeka izinkantolo namajele endimeni yokujezisa efanayo nabahlukumezi bazo.โ Lapha ubukeza amacala amaningana aqavile, isibonelo, uCyntoia Brown, oneminyaka engu-16, "wadubula wabulala uJohnny Allen, isakhamuzi saseNashville esineminyaka engu-43 ubudala esamlanda ukuze enze ucansi." UBrown wachaza ukuthi wamdubula ezivikela. โWaquliswa icala lapho esemdala futhi walahlwa yicala lokuqala lokubulala ehlosile kanye โnokuphanga kubi kakhulu.โโ Ngokugwetshwa udilikajele ngesikhathi esisodwa, wayengakufanelekela ukukhululwa ngemva kweminyaka engu-51 ejele. Nokho, icala likaBrown ladonsa amehlo abezindaba, futhi waxolelwa. UKaba ucaphuna amanye amacala anjalo.
"Ngo-2017, bekunabesifazane abangama-219,000 emajele nasemajele aseMelika, iningi labo limpofu futhi linombala," kubhala uKaba, ebona ukuthi izinga lokuboshwa kwabesifazane abamnyama liphindwe kabili kunabesifazane abamhlophe. Uphikisa ngokuthi abasinde ekuhlukunyezweni bajeziswa ngendlela ehlelekile โngokuzama ukuzivikela bona kanye nezingane zabo,โ ukuthi โkulimaza abantu abalimaza abanye abantu,โ nokuthi ijele akufanele lingene kulesi sibalo.
Le ncwadi ilandisa ngezindaba ezimbi zabesifazane abajeziselwa ukuzivikela, kodwa oyedwa, waseFlorida, wethula indida ebuhlungu kakhulu: UMarissa Alexander wadubula emoyeni ukuze aphoqelele umyeni wakhe onobudlova ukuba ahlehle. Ngenxa yalokhu, wabhekana neminyaka engu-60 ejele. Wayengase abonakale engumuntu ongase angenele ukhetho lwaseFlorida olunedumela elibi โukumela umthetho wakho oyisisekeloโ - akunjalo? Kodwa ijaji lathi cha, ngoba akazange abonise ukwesaba. Watholwa enecala wagwetshwa iminyaka engu-20 ejele. (Ngemva kweminyaka emithathu ejele kanye nemibili eboshelwe endlini, wakhululwa, ngenxa yomkhankaso kazwelonke wokumkhulula kanye nabameli abathile abaphumelelayo.)
Umuntu akakwazi ukuzibamba ezibuza, ukube uMarissa Alexander wayengowesilisa nomhlophe, njengoGeorge Zimmerman, owadubula wabulala uTrayvon Martin - ngabe ijaji lalizosilawula kanjani ngaleso sikhathi? Ingabe wayezomyeka ahambe, njengejaji eladedela u-Zimmerman? Ngoba ngokusobala, okungenani eFlorida, yini ukuzivikela kowesilisa ukuzama ukubulala owesifazane.
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