Ezinsukwini ezimbili ngemva kuka-September 11 umzukulu wami uCrystal, umfundi wasekolishi, wathola i-jingoism kathisha wakhe ingaphezu kokuyigwinya. “Lokhu kuhlasela yizinkukhu ezifika ekhaya zizolala!” esho ekilasini. “Manje sesithola ithuba lokwazi ukuthi kunjani ngalabo bantu emhlabeni abaqhunyiswa ngamabhomu ezweni lethu!”
Ukuphonselwa inselelo kukaCrystal kususe isiphithiphithi esidonse sonke isikhathi. Nokho, ngasekupheleni, abanye babafundi ababethule baqala ukuthi, “Manje yima kancane. Kudingeka silalele uCrystal. Angase abe nephuzu lapha. Kumele simthathele phezulu.”
UCrystal weza ezongibona ngemva kwekilasi. Wayejabule, ephila kakhulu njengoba engitshela okwenzeka. Wayezimelele ngaphansi kwengcindezi enkulu, futhi wenza kahle.
UCrystal akayena umuntu othanda izingxabano, kodwa unethuba elihle kakhulu esimweni sezombangazwe sanamuhla: ungumuntu omnyama futhi isigaba sabasebenzi. Uhlonza isiko lamasiko elikholelwa ukuthi enye indlela yokufuna iqiniso ukuphikisana.
Kule ndatshana ngizophikisa ngokuthi, e-US, iningi labamhlophe abaphikisana nembulunga yonke kanye nesishoshovu sabo sezemvelo kanye nabangane abamelene nempi badinga ukuboleka ngokuphuthumayo kuleli siko lamasiko.
Iningi labasebenzi base-Afrika baseMelika babelana ngesitayela sokuxhumana esiqhakambisa ukukhulumela okushisekayo. (Ukuze uthole incazelo nokuhlaziya bheka incwadi ka-Ethnographer uThomas Kochman ethi Black and White Styles in Conflict, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1981.)
Ngokuphambene nokucabanga okukhona phakathi kwabantu abamhlophe besigaba esiphakathi kokuthi ithoni yengxoxo enengqondo, enesizotha ilungile, ukucabanga kukaCrystal ukuthi ukukhulumela ngentshiseko akukhona ukuzazisa kodwa empeleni kuyindlela ephumelela kakhulu yokuhlola ukufaneleka nokuthola iqiniso.
Ama-decibel aphezulu, amahlaya angazelelwe, ulimi lomzimba olumangalisayo, konke kuhlangana ngesitayela esishukumisayo nesifunayo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukumela okunothando kwenza abantu ngabanye bakwazi ukuzimela futhi bagomele ukuxhumana nabanye - kuyisenzo sokusebenzelana nabanye kanye nenkinga. Kukhona, phakathi kwalokho abantu besigaba esimaphakathi abahlukanisiwe abangasihumusha njenge-bluster, ngokuvamile ubungozi obujulile.
Ukube besingekho esinye isizathu esenza ukuthi ama-anarchist asemancane, inhlangano yokuthula yesigaba esimhlophe esiphakathi, inhlangano yezemvelo, kanye nenhlangano emelene nembulunga yonke kudingeka baphume eghetto yabo yombala/yekilasi bekungaba yilesi: isitayela sokuxhumana esikhona phakathi kwabamhlophe abaphakathi. abantu besigaba bavimba inkulumo-mpikiswano. Phakathi kwabantu abamhlophe besigaba esiphakathi, imithetho yokungavumelani nokungqubuzana.
Izibonelo zokuthi ukungezwani nezingxabano kuzilimaza kanjani izishoshovu zikhona yonke indawo. E-Eugene, e-Oregon, ngalethwa ukuze ngibhekane nokuhlukana okwedlulele phakathi kwama-anarchists asemasha kanye nezishoshovu ezindala ezithuthukayo: Ngasheshe ngafunda ukuthi benqaba ukuhlanganyela engxoxweni.
Ukujikijela nesiqubulo ngemuva kwezindonga KULUNGILE, kodwa ukuphikisana kwangempela kwebhola leso ngeso lapho izishoshovu zingaba abantu ngabanye, ubuso nobuso noma ngamaqembu amancane, futhi ngokunothando baphikisane ngokuthile - kuyaqabukela!
E-New England iqembu lokushintsha kwezenhlalo lakhaphela izindinganiso zalo siqu zentando yeningi nenhlonipho ngokwenqaba izinyanga eziningi ukubeka abamelene naye ekamelweni lapho babengahlanganyela khona ngenxa yokungavumelani okukhulu; esikhundleni salokho, iqembu lahlangana ohlangothini olulodwa futhi lephula yonke imigomo eyaziwayo yokuxazulula izingxabano.
Edolobheni lami, i-Philadelphia, izindaba eziguquguqukayo njengendima yokucekelwa phansi kwempahla kanye nokulwa emigwaqweni emzabalazweni omelene nembulunga yonke aziphikiswani, kuyilapho amakamu aphikisayo ezwa imizwa yokulunga.
Emadolobheni amaningi isiqubulo esithi “ukwehlukahlukana kwamaqhinga” sisetshenziswa ukugwema inkhulumomphendvulwano nokuhlanganyela okungase kudale ijika lokufunda lomnyakazo. Abantu abakwazi ukufunda komunye nomunye uma bengeke bazibandakanye. Ngakho-ke ukuxoshwa kuwukumemezela "ukwehlukahlukana kwamaqhinga" futhi sikubize "ubumbano" - kodwa ubani okhohliswa yileyo nguqulo yobumbano? Impela akuwona amaphoyisa umsebenzi wawo ukusigada.
Emakhempasi e-US lapho ngikhuluma khona ngithola ukuthi cishe wonke umuntu oza ezifundweni zami useyavumelana nami, futhi uma ngifunda amabhodi ezaziso nabafundi bangitshela ukuthi kunjalo nakwezinye izikhulumi ezivakashile.
Lapho ngichitha unyaka ngifundisa emanyuvesi aseBrithani ngathola isiko lezombangazwe elihluke kakhulu: esifundweni ngasinye kuzoba nama-anarchists, ama-Maoist, ama-Trotskyist, amalungu eQembu Labasebenzi, bonke basebenzisa isikhathi semibuzo/impendulo ukubeka izikhundla zabo ezihlukene emoyeni. yenkulumo-mpikiswano. Yenzela inkhulumomphendvulwano emangalisayo, enomoya—unyaka ovuselela ingqondo kunawo wonke engake ngaba nawo eminyakeni engaphezu kwamashumi amane yobushoshovu.
Kodwa kuthiwani ngomlando wokuhlukana nokuhlukana kwe-US Left?
Isazi sezokuhlalisana kwabantu saseJalimane uGeorg Simmel kudala saveza ukuthi ubudlelwano lapho izingxabano zivame ukuba namandla; ukungqubuzana kusiza ukuhlanganisa amaqembu. Ngokuqinisekile wonke umfundi wale ndaba ukhumbula ukungqubuzana okwathi, nakuba mhlawumbe kwakubuhlungu ukuhlanganyela kukho ngaleso sikhathi, kwaphumela esibophweni esiqinile.
Kwa-Training for Change sifundisa abagqugquzeli ukuthi bangawusebenzisa kanjani lo mgomo ezingqungqutheleni zabo zokucobelelana ngolwazi; bheka iwebhusayithi yethu ukuze uthole isibonelo samanje sokugqugquzela ukulwa phakathi kwentsha yaseBalkan kanye nomphumela omuhle.
Ukuhlukana nokuhlukana kuvela, kokuhlangenwe nakho kwami, hhayi ekulweni okulungile, kodwa ekugwemeni izingxabano futhi, ngezinye izikhathi, kusukela ekulweni okungcolile. Indlela edume kakhulu yokulwa okungcolile iwukuhlasela umuntu kunokuhlasela yena noma umbono wakhe.
Njengoba wonke umuntu eke wabhekana nokulwa okungcolile esikhathini esithile ezimpilweni zethu, kuyaqondakala ukuthi abanye abantu—ikakhulukazi abasezingeni eliphakathi nabamhlophe—banquma ukukugwema nhlobo ukulwa. Lokho, nokho, kugcina izishoshovu ku-ghetto yazo, ziqhelelene nabantu besigaba sabasebenzi kanye nabantu abaningi bebala. Ngokugwema ukungqubuzana, abantu abamhlophe besigaba esiphakathi bayakugwema ukuba “bangempela.” Futhi umuntu angathenjwa kanjani njengomngane ogwema ukuba ngokoqobo?
Ukuzihlukanisa kuyinani eliphezulu lokuthi umnyakazo ukhokhelwe — futhi akudingekile.
Izishoshovu zingaphuma kanjani ku-ghetto yezindlela zokuxhumana ezigwema ukungqubuzana?
Ukuze nje ngigcone abafundi be-Z, ngizothatha isibonelo kwabezindaba abahlanjalazwa kakhulu. Ngemuva kokuhlaselwa kukaSepthemba 11 kwaba sobala ukuthi isigubhu sempi sizoba nzima futhi sisakazeke, ngisho ne-hegemonic. Ngokuphambene, i-Philadelphia Inquirer yagijima, eceleni, izindatshana ezimbili ekhasini lokuhlela: eyodwa yayilahla i-pacifism, futhi enye yayivikela. Umphumela: amasonto ezincwadi eziya kumhleli kuzo zonke izinhlangothi zodaba, okwenze kwabonakala umbono owawucindezelwe kakhulu kweminye imidiya.
Uma singagwinya ukuziqhenya kwethu ngokwanele, singathatha isifundo kuMbuzi: yenza izinkulumo-mpikiswano ezisobala zibe sobala, umeme eminye imibono ukuba iveze. Izishoshovu zingafunda ukulwa, nokulwa ngokungenzeleli. Thatha umuntu ongavumelani naye ekhofini kuleli sonto. Ake ziqale izimpikiswano!
UGeorge Lakey ungumqondisi we-Training for Change, ezinze ePhiladelphia. Eminye yemiklamo yamanje ye-TfC iProjekthi Yezingxoxo Zezishoshovu, esebenzela ukunciphisa ukuhlukana phakathi kwezizukulwane zezishoshovu naphakathi kwezishoshovu ezisencane ezizinze ekhempasini kanye nezizinze emphakathini.
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