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Intombazane eyodwa kwamane kanye nomfana okungenani oyedwa kwabayisithupha ukuhlukunyezwa ngokocansi ngaphambi kwezinsuku zabo zokuzalwa eziyi-18. Amaphesenti angamashumi ayisishiyagalolunye nantathu okuhlukunyezwa ngokocansi kwezingane ngamalungu omndeni noma abantu abajwayele ingane, hhayi abantu abangabazi abacashe ethunzini.
Singakuphazamisa futhi sikuqede kanjani ukuhlukunyezwa kwezingane ngokocansi ngaphandle kokuphendukela emaphoyiseni nasezikhungweni zezimboni zejele ezinobandlululo ezenza ubugebengu ngokungenasisekelo, zibophe futhi zibophe abantu abaNsundu nabomdabu, okuqhubekisela phambili ukudicilela phansi imindeni nemiphakathi yabo?
Umdidiyeli wamafilimu u-Aishah Shahidah Simmons uzimisele ngokuthola izimpendulo, ikakhulukazi egxile ekunukubezweni kwezingane ngokocansi emindenini nasemiphakathini yabaNsundu, okokuqala ngqa. isithangami ku The Feminist Wire futhi manje i-anthology Uthando NGOKUZIphendulela: Ukumba Umsuka Wokuhlukunyezwa Kwezingane Ngokocansi.
Ebhekise ezindabeni ezingama-40, utshele Ngaphandle, โEngithemba ukuthi le ncwadi inikeza amabalazwe emigwaqo angu-40 abantu abangawahlola, bacabange ngalokho okubathintayo, abangakwenzi nokuthi kungani, futhi babe nalezi zingxoxo.โ
KwaSimmons, idokhumentari yakhe yango-2006 CHA! Idokhumentari Yokudlwengula ihlola ukudlwengulwa kwabantu bobulili obuhlukile nodlame emiphakathini yabaNsundu, umbuzo nawo ungowomuntu siqu. Njengengane yabahleli bokunyakaza, uSimmons wachitha isikhathi eside ngaphansi kokunakekelwa kukagogo wakhe kanye nomkhulu wakhe, "Pop-Pop," ngenkathi abazali bakhe besebenza, behamba futhi behlelekile. Iminyaka emibili ngesikhathi sobusha, uSimmons wahlukunyezwa yiPop-Pop. Ngokushesha ngemva kokuqala kokuhlukumeza, watshela abazali bakhe, kodwa uthi, โngokudabukisayo, abazange bakhulume, baphazamise, noma baqede ubuphekula bobulili nokuhlukumezeka okwalandela.โ Kunalokho, bangabaza ukuthi ukuhlukunyezwa kwakwenzekile futhi, iminyaka, waqhubeka emthumela emzini kagogo nomkhulu wakhe.
Ngenkathi ama-eseyi engaphakathi Uthando NGOKUZIphendulela zibhalwa abaNsundu abasinde ekuhlukunyezweni kwezingane ngokocansi, i-anthology idlulela ngalรฉ kokuhlangenwe nakho kwabo komuntu ngamunye ukuze babone ngeso lengqondo ukuthi ukuziphendulela - kanye nomhlaba lapho izingane zikholelwa futhi zivikelwe khona - okungase kubukeke.
Umthetho kaVictoria: Kungani ukhethe ukugxila ikakhulukazi ekunukubezweni kwezingane ngokocansi phakathi komndeni wabaMnyama nomphakathi?
Aishah Shahidah Simmons: Okokuqala nokubalulekile, ngingumuntu omnyama, waseMelika waseMelika. Ngiyabona Uthando NGOKUZIphendulela njengokuqhubeka kwefilimu yami, CHA! Idokhumentari Yokudlwengula, ebheka ukudlwengulwa kwabantu bobulili obuhlukile nodlame emiphakathini yabaNsundu.
Ukunukubezwa kwezingane ngokocansi kuwunya lwamazwe ngamazwe, kodwa bengifuna ngempela ukuzwakalisa umphakathi engiphuma kuwo, umphakathi wabaNsundu be-diasporic, futhi ngibheke ukuhluka kwamasiko nokucaciswa okuphathelene nodlame locansi kanye nobuhlanga ngokombono wabaNsundu.
Ingxenye yenkinga yokuzama ukubhekana nokuhlukunyezwa kwezingane ngokocansi ukuthi sisazama ukuvikela amalungu omndeni wethu kuhulumeni.
Sicabanga ngesakhiwo sejele-izimboni. Abantu abamnyama baphakathi lapho ngokungafani; impendulo evamile odlameni locansi ithi โthola abenzi bokubi nibavaleleโโฆ. Kubukeka kanjani ukuziphendulela, ikakhulukazi eminyakeni ye-Black Lives Matter? Sikhuluma kanjani ngodlame locansi sibe silwazi kahle udlame olugunyazwe nguhulumeni kanye nokuphatha kwabamhlophe kwemiphakathi yabaNsundu?
Kukhona oyedwa obambe iqhaza ebhukwini omonile wakhe usejele. Ngesikhathi ehlukunyezwa esemncane, umndeni wakubo wammangalela wabe eseya ejele. Iningi labantu abaku-anthology, nokho, alicabangi ukuthi leso yisixazululo. Sibhekana kanjani nalesi sihluku ngaphandle kokuthembela ophikweni lwezobulungiswa bobugebengu olusiphathe ngesihluku?
Abantu abamnyama akubona bodwa abantu abalinyazwa wumbuso; Ngifuna ukucaciseleka ngalokho. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, bengifuna ngempela ukucija okuhlangenwe nakho kwabaNsundu futhi ngiphushe izincazelo zokuthi kuyini okuhlangenwe nakho kwabamnyama.
Yini onethemba lokuyizuza ngale anthology?
Ngithemba inkhulumomphendvulwano. Ngithemba izikhala lapho singaba nalezi zingxoxo ezinzima kakhulu neziyinkimbinkimbi, ngoba akukho ukungabaza engqondweni yami, ukukhuluma njengomuntu osindile ekuhlukunyezweni ngokocansi kwezingane, umthelela uhlala isikhathi eside. Sihlangana kanjani nalokho? Siwulungisa kanjani umonakalo odaliwe?
Uma singavuma ukwesabeka kohlelo lwezobulungiswa bobugebengu kanye nenkimbinkimbi yezimboni zejele, ngicabanga ukuthi lokho kungasivulela isikhala esiningi sokuba sibe nezingxoxo zangempela. Ingxenye yenkinga yokuzama ukubhekana nokuhlukunyezwa kwezingane ngokocansi ukuthi sisazama ukuvikela amalungu omndeni wethu kuhulumeni. Okuningi kungashintsha uma singavula futhi sithi, โKubukeka kanjani ukuziphendulela? Kubukeka kanjani lokho uma besazi ukuthi lowo muntu ngeke abhadle ejele, kodwa kucace ukuthi kumele aphendule?โ
Engiyethemba ukuthi le ncwadi inikeza amamephu emigwaqo angu-40 lapho abantu bengahlola khona, bacabange ngalokho okuhambisana nabo, abangakwenzi nokuthi kungani, futhi babe nalezi zingxoxo. Nakuba le ncwadi ikhuluma ngabantu abamnyama futhi ngikholelwa ukuthi ingasetshenziswa futhi kufanele isetshenziswe yibo bonke.
Kungani unqume ukubhala mayelana nolwazi lwakho?
Sonke siyinkimbinkimbi. Ukuhlukunyezwa kwagcina kunqamukile. Angizange ngithole isimemezelo sokuthi ukuhlukunyezwa kuyekile. Kwama ngemva kweminyaka emibili, kodwa ngangingazi ngisakhula ukuthi wayezobuyela yini ekamelweni lami futhi.
Ukuziphendulela akufanele kube igama elibi. Sonke sidala umonakalo. Ngibangele umonakalo. Kuneziqu zokulimala, futhi ngiyazibuza manje ukuthi ubani owalimaza umkhulu wami.
Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, i-Pop-Pop yaba ngumsindisi wempilo emndenini. Ugogo wami waba ne-Alzheimer futhi akazange achithe usuku ekhaya lasebekhulile. Ukuphela kwesikhathi abesesibhedlela kwakuyizinsuku ezintathu zokugcina zokuphila kwakhe. Kwaphela iminyaka engu-10 umkhulu enakekela umkakhe ubusuku nemini. Ngakho-ke sibhekene nalokhu kungqubuzana kweqhawe elalinakekela unkosikazi walo, umatikuletsheni wasekhaya, kanye nephekula elalingihlukumeza ngiseyingane. Kwadingeka kakhulu kimina ngempela ukumba zonke lezi zinkimbinkimbi futhi ngibone ukuthi lokho umkhulu akwenza kwakukubi futhi kungenakuthethelelwa, nokuthi abazali bami badlale indima njengababukeli.
Ngaqala ngoJanuwari 2015, ngineminyaka engu-40, ngifuna izingxoxo nabazali bami ngalokhu. Ngaqala ukusayina ama-imeyili ami, โLove WITH accountability.โ Kulapho lokhu kuphuma khona: Engangikusho ukuthi, Nginithanda nonke, futhi ngiyazi niyangithanda, kodwa nonke kufanele niphendule ngezindlela eningangivikelanga ngazo..
Lokho kwakubaluleke kakhulu ngoba abazali bami, abahlangana njengezishoshovu ze-SNCC ... namanje baseqhulwini lokulwela ubulungisa bobuhlanga kanye nobulungiswa bobulili. Kimina, kubaluleke kakhulu ukugqamisa ukuthi ngiyakholwa futhi ukuthi kuba nale nganekwane yokuthi ubani ovumela ukunukubezwa kwezingane ngokocansi ukuthi kwenzeke noma ohlukumeza ngokocansi. Kungakho ngithe umkhulu wamnakekela unkosikazi wakhe iminyaka eyi-10. Silokhu sibheka okuhle, konke okubi. Cha akunjalo. Kuyinkimbinkimbi. Yilokho isisekelo Uthando NGOKUZIphendulela. Kuvela kokuhlangenwe nakho kwami โโโโokuphilayo.
Ngifuna le ncwadi isetshenziswe emikhankasweni yethu yobulungiswa bezenhlalakahle. Besilokhu sivinjezelwe - kusukela ngo-1492 - kodwa kuningi nje okwenzekayo lapho engingakwazi nokukucabanga, angisiyena umzali, ukuthi bengizokusingatha kanjani konke lokhu. Ufana nokuthi, โNgidinga ukuya emhlanganweni, ngidinga ukuya emhlanganweni,โ bese uyazibuza, โUbani ozonakekela ingane yami?โ Abazali bami kwakudingeka bakholelwe ukuthi ngangiphephile.
Umama waya eVietnam. Wayeyingxenye yethimba lokuqala lenhlangano engekho ngaphansi kukahulumeni ukuya eVietnam ngokushesha ngemva kwempi futhi langena ngokunyenya eCambodia. U-Pol Pot wayehlehlisiwe, kodwa wayesengaphakathi kwesifunda. Ngaleso sikhathi nganginukubezwa. Wayese-Southeast Asia amasonto ayisithupha.
Ngikholelwa ukuthi ikhona indlela yokubhekana nokulimala futhi senza umsebenzi wokunyakaza omangalisayo. Kodwa kufanele sikhulume ngakho.
Ngabe uthando lokuziphendulela lubukeka kanjani emndenini wakho?
Bengingathanda ukuthi bacace kucace ukuthi bayangikholwa ngoba bebengacaci. Impendulo yokuqala yayiwukuthi, โUqinisekile ukuthi awuphuphi? Ungaba namaphupho abonakala engokoqobo.โ
Ngisho noma babengangikholwa noma bengenasiqiniseko, ngangifisa ukuthi okungenani bangitshele, โSiyakukholelwa futhi sizokuhlolisisa lokhu.โ
Kufanele utshele abasindile ukuthi, โNgiyakukholwa.โ Uma kuvela ukuthi kukhona umuntu oqambe amanga, sizobhekana nakho, kodwa uma ubheka izibalo, kuphela iphesenti elincane balabo ababika ukuhlaselwa baqamba amanga. Ake siqale ngenkolelo yokuthi abantu bakhuluma iqiniso.
Ngihamba ngizibambele mathupha ngoba kwazi bani ukuthi ugogo ubezosabela kanjani? Nginomuzwa wokuthi i-Pop-Pop bekufanele kubhekwane nayo, futhi bekufanele kube nezingxoxo mayelana nalokhu engishilo ukuthi kuyenzeka. Kodwa noma ngithi njengamanje, nginezimvemvane esiswini ngoba uNana wayezongikholelwa? Kwakuzokwenzekani? Ngangazi ukuthi ngangingeke ngifune ukuthi i-Pop-Pop iye ejele. Ngikhumbula ngifuna nje ukuthi ime. Ngangimthanda; Ngangifuna nje ukuthi afaneleke ngendlela ayesebenzisana ngayo nami.
Luyini uthando nokuziphendulela?
Ukuziphendulela akufanele kube igama elibi. Sonke sidala umonakalo. Ngibangele umonakalo. Kuneziqu zokulimala, futhi ngiyazibuza manje ukuthi ubani owalimaza umkhulu wami. Angicabangi ukuthi sizalwa bese siqala ukunukubeza izingane noma ukudlwengula noma ukushaya abantu nokubulala. Kwenzekani empilweni yomuntu?
Uma ngicabanga ngokuziphendulela, kuba nezingxoxo lapho sikhuluma khona ngokuzibophezela ngezenzo zomuntu kanye nokuhlola ukuthi ukuphulukisa kungase kubukeke kanjani. Lokho kungase kusho ukuthi ngeke uphinde uhlanganyele nalowo muntu. Angikhuthazi ukuthi โWonke umuntu kufanele akhe futhi abe umndeni owodwa ojabulayoโ nhlobo. Ngiyahlonipha ukuthi abanye abantu bathi, โAngifuni ukuphinde ngimbone umuntu ongizwise ubuhlungu.โ
Ngicabanga ukuthi umuntu odale umonakalo kufanele aziswe ukuthi udale umonakalo futhi kufanele aziphendulele. Asimane nje sibadedele bahambe. Ingabe badinga ukuya ekwelashweni? Okufanele kwenzeke ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi, a.) akuphinde kwenzeke; bese-ke b.) ukuthi bangalungisa kanjani, ngisho noma bengahlanganyeli nomuntu, kodwa yimuphi umsebenzi okudingeka bawenze ukuze balungise umonakalo?
Manje uma ucabanga ngokuhlukunyezwa kwezingane ngokocansi, ... uma ngicabanga ngomkhulu wami, bengizofuna ukuthi aziphendulele. Mina ngokwami โโbengizofuna ukuxolisa nokuthi kungaphinde kwenzeke futhi ngivume ukuthi kwenzeke.
Bengingeke ngifune ukuthi axoshwe emndenini, ikakhulukazi ngenxa yeqhaza lakhe ekunakekeleni ugogo wami. Ukube bekungeyena, ngabe usemakhaya asebekhulile.
Le anthology ekuqaleni yayiyinkundla ekhethiwe The Feminist Wire. Khuluma ngenqubo yokucela izethulo.
Siyabuza, โKungabukeka kanjani lokhu? Besingabhekana kanjani nalokhu? Kubukeka kanjani ukuba nomhlaba ongenawo ukuhlukunyezwa kwezingane ngokocansi?โ
Bengikuthakasela kakhulu ukufinyelela kubantu abasebenzela ukuqeda udlame, ikakhulukazi udlame locansi. Wonke umuntu ubengayixoxa indaba yakhe, kodwa i-caveat ukuthi bekufanele ukhulume ocezwini lwakho "singaluphazamisa kanjani futhi siluqede udlame." Ngicabanga ukuthi kukhona okunamandla ekuxoxeni izindaba, kodwa futhi bengifuna ukuthi lokhu kube ithuluzi lokuhlela. Bengifuna sicabange ngalokho okungenzeka. Ngihlala ngicabanga ngo-Walidah Imarisha - umbhali, isishoshovu kanye nombhidlizi wasejele - lapho ekhuluma inganekwane eqagelayo namandla ayo ekucabangeni imihlaba emisha. Siyabuza, โKungabukeka kanjani lokhu? Besingabhekana kanjani nalokhu? Kubukeka kanjani ukuba nomhlaba ongenawo ukuhlukunyezwa kwezingane ngokocansi?โ
Bekubalulekile ngempela mayelana nendatshana yokuvala ngo Edxie Betts, isishoshovu se-trans radical esiphusha ngempela izincazelo zobudlova. Babeka yonke indawo ukuthi imvume isho ukuthini, uma kubhekwa ukuthi leli zwe alisungulwanga kulo. Sikhuluma ngokuvuma ukuba sexy, kodwa lokho kusho ukuthini? Isisekelo sezwe sasimayelana nokudlwengulwa nokubulawa kwabantu, ngakho-ke uma sikhuluma ngokuphazamisa ukudlwengula, kusho ukuthini lokho?
Ngiyabona Uthando NGOKUZIphendulela njengesiqalo, hhayi isiphetho.
U-Simmons uhlela ngokuhlanganyela #FromNO2Love: Inkundla Yabesifazane Abamnyama Yokuphazamisa Udlame Locansi, ezokwenzeka e-Philadelphia kusukela ngo-Okthoba 31, 2019, kuya kuNovemba 1, 2019.
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