Ngibe yiDetroiter iminyaka engu-60 futhi kungokokuqala ngqa kokuhlangenwe nakho kwami ukuthi izinhlangano eziningi kangaka ezinemibono nobuntu obuhlukene zibone ukuthi sesifikile isikhathi lapho kufanele sihlangane ukuze simelane futhi sinqobe uguquko olukhulayo oluphikisayo.
Le-counter-revolution ayinazimiso, iyingozi kakhulu futhi ithatha izinhlobo eziningi, Ngakho-ke ukunqotshwa kwayo kuzodinga ukubambisana okukhulu, isibindi, nomzabalazo onezimiso.
Igxilile emncintiswaneni, kanye nokuthungathwa kwe-American Dream, kwaqala ekupheleni kweMpi Yezwe II lapho abamhlophe bethuthela ezindaweni ezingaphansi kwedolobha bebalekela abamnyama emadolobheni afana neDetroit lapho abamhlophe babeba yingcosana. Behamba nezikole zabo, amabhizinisi abo kanye nezintela zabo, baphuce amadolobha futhi baheha ukunaka nemali yalabo abalwela ilungelo ngokwedlulele njengabazalwane bakwaKoch.
Ngenxa yalokho, ngokuhamba kweminyaka izindawo ezingaphansi kwedolobha ziye zanda ngokusabela. Bakhethe ababusi abafana noScott Walker noRick Snyder. Baye baphasisa imithetho emelene nenyunyana yokusebenza, emelene nabesifazane, kanye nemithetho emelene nomnyama ethi "Yima phansi", enikeze amadoda afana noGeorge Zimmerman imvume yokubulala intsha efana noTrayvon Martin njengokungathi bayizingulube.
Kuyakhula futhi emakolishi amakolishi. Osolwazi babhala izincwadi bebungaza uSenator uJoe McCarthy, bethi ukuthakatha kwakhe okubomvu empeleni kwakuyizixwayiso zangaphambi kwesikhathi ngohulumeni omkhulu u-Obama azama ukusiphoqa ngazo. Minyaka yonke i-ultra-conservative Phyliss Schlafly isingatha iNgqungquthela Yama-Collegians esakazwa kuzwelonke ku-Heritage Foundation ukuze kuhlinzekwe labo solwazi ngezethameli ezisencane.
Ngenxa yalokho, kwamanye amakhampasi abafundi abamhlophe baxwayisa oprofesa abamnyama ukuthi bangabashicileli - noma-ke. Esikoleni sezobudokotela sase-UCLA uDkt. Christian Head, udokotela ohlinzayo omnyama, washaywa iflaya elimbonisa nesidumbu segorilla silaliswa ngomunye uprofesa. Wamangalela futhi wagixabezwa ngo-$4.5 million.
Ngokukhula kokuntuleka kwemisebenzi, isimo esibucayi eMpumalanga Ephakathi, kanye nokwehla kokubusa kwaleli zwe emhlabeni jikelele, sesifike ekupheleni kwephupho laseMelika. Lesi simo singikhumbuza ngeminyaka yawo-1930 lapho amaJalimane alungile, edangele ngokunqotshwa kwawo ku-WWI, ukuntuleka kwemisebenzi kanye nokwehla kwamandla emali, elandela uHitler ekuQothulweni Kwesizwe.
Kulezi zinsuku, Ezweni lethu, isibalo esikhulayo sabamhlophe sinomuzwa wokuthi, njengoba beba yingcosana futhi umuntu omnyama eseqokwe njengomongameli, izwe aliselona elabo. Baya ngokuya bephelelwa yithemba futhi babe yingozi.
Kudingeka sibhekane nokwesaba kwabo, futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo sibameme futhi sibaphonsele inselelo ukuthi bahlanganyele nathi ekudaleni iphupho elisha laseMelika.
Ngeke kube lula. Kuzothatha ukuzimisela ukubeka engcupheni ukuboshwa abantu baseNyakatho Carolinian abakhombisayo emkhankasweni weMoral Mondays.
Kuzodingeka uhlobo lwezempi olubukiswa ngabafundi ngesikhathi behlezi bephikisana nomthetho othi '''Yima uqine'.
Kuzodinga uhlobo lwesibindi nokuphikelela okwaboniswa uSenator Wesifunda SaseTexas uWendy Davis lapho enza ifilibuster yamahora angu-13 ngokumelene nomthethosivivinywa owawunganqabela abesifazane ilungelo lokuzikhethela.
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UGrace Lee Boggs ube yisishoshovu iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-60 futhi ungumbhali we-autobiography Ukuphilela ushintsho futhi, noScott Kurashige, Uguquko Olulandelayo LwaseMelika: Ubushoshovu Okuqhubekayo Kwekhulu Lamashumi Amabili Nanye.
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