Ngikhumbula okokuqala engake ngavakashela iziboshwa ezisohlwini lokufa eTennessee. Okwangihlaba umxhwele ngalokhu okuhlangenwe nakho kwakungesona isizotha noma usizi olusalindile lokubulawa olwalulenga phezu kwendawo njengefu elisongelayo. Futhi kwakungesibo ubuntu obumangalisayo kanye nesithunzi sabaningana kwabalahliwe—ngisho nalabo ababenamacala amabi ngempela—yize nakho lokho kwakungehli kahle.
Okwakungixaka kakhulu wubuso bonogada. Noma kunalokho, ukuntuleka kokukhuluma. Kwakukhona ukungabi nalutho, umzwelo ongenawo umzwelo. Hhayi ingqondo enonya kuwe, kodwa into embi kakhulu. Njengokungathi bonke bebedingeka ukuthi bathathe imijovo ye-Botox nsuku zonke ukuze bushelelezi imigqa nama-creases okuphila kwansuku zonke.
Ukuthamba kobuso kwenziwa ukuthi kuphazamiseke nakakhulu amazwi adluliswa yilaba nogada abafanayo; amagama lawo akhombisa ubundikindiki obujula kakhulu kunezingqimba ze-epidermal ezingaphandle futhi zifinyelele kahle emakamelweni angaphakathi emiphefumulo yawo.
Njengoba omunye unogada ekubeka, kwadingeka alahle imizwa ayenayo ngamadoda ayewagadile—amadoda awavuma ukuthi ayengabadwebi abamangalisayo nezimbongi, futhi ehluke kakhulu kunesithombe esivamile umuntu avame ukuba naso salabo abagqoke ilebula. , 'umbulali.' Ukuze benze imisebenzi yabo, laba nogada babephoqeleke ukuba bahlukanise iziboshwa nendilinga evamile yesintu ababeyingxenye yaso; ukwamukela ukulahlwa kwabo emehlweni ombuso; ukubabheka njengabancane kunamadoda abayibo.
Ngicabanga ukuthi akulona ihaba—futhi mhlawumbe kuwukubukela phansi okujulile kwezilinganiso ezibangela amahloni—ukuphakamisa ukuthi ukunganaki ubuntu obubalulekile bomunye umphefumulo ophilayo, ikakhulukazi lapho leso sintu sisobala ngokusobala, kwenza okuthile kumuntu. Futhi ekwenzayo akukaze kube yinto enhle.
Njengoba nje abanikazi bezigqila kwadingeka bazenze ndikindiki ngenxa yobuhlungu bokuxoxa nabo, ngokufanayo nabo ekugcineni baba ndikindiki ebuhlungwini babo: ubuhlungu babesifazane abavaleleke ezimweni ezicindezelayo zezinzalamizi; ubuhlungu bezingane zabo, ezazingaqondi neze ukuthi zingayihlukanisa kanjani imizwelo yazo phakathi kothando ngabesifazane abamnyama ababakhulisa ngokoqobo, nokwesaba nokuzondwa okwakufanele bakuzwe ngamadoda amnyama.
Leyo mpi igqugquzela ukuhlukana ngokomzwelo okufanayo kufanele kube sobala. Asizalwa, phela sinesifiso semvelo sokubusa nokucindezela nokubulala abanye bohlobo lwethu. Sizalwa sinomzwelo ongokwemvelo wokuphila, kodwa njengoba ukuziphatha okungaka okucindezelayo nokubulalayo akuhlangene nokuzivikela okusemthethweni (futhi ngaleyo ndlela lomzwelo ofanayo wokusinda), ngokusobala kukhona okwenzekayo ukuvumela abantu ukuba baqhume, badubule, bakhubaze. , bese uhlola umonakalo bese uphinda futhi. Futhi njengakunogada wejele, noma umnikazi wesigqila, noma ngabe iyini le nto, ayikaze ibe yinhle neze.
Ukuze kube nobufakazi obesabekayo bokuthi impi iguqula abantu babe into emnene futhi eyigugu kakhulu kuneziqu zabo ezingcono, akudingeki ukuthi umuntu abheke kude kulezi zinsuku. Izimpawu zokuhlehla kwezimilo zesintu zisizungezile.
Nakuba kufanele sikuqaphele futhi sikujabulele ukwanda kwamazwi amelene nempi aqaphelayo, emizwa, angenandikindiki emhlabeni wonke, masivume futhi sililele ngokufanele ukuvuma ubudlova nokufa kwabanye abambalwa. , kanye neningi elibonakalayo labantu baseMelika, ikakhulukazi labo abamhlophe: isihloko engizobuyela kuso.
Okokuqala, futhi lokhu kufanele kubonakale, ukuqhunyiswa ngamabhomu kwesinye isizwe kudinga ukukholelwa ukuthi labo abanobuzwe obuhlukile kunobakho bayalahlwa. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi izakhamuzi 'ezibulawe ngengozi' ngamabhomu 'ahlakaniphile' angalungile, noma amasosha ahlatshwe ngenhloso ukuze 'ashaqeke futhi athuke' abasindile ukuze bazinikele, ukuphela kwendlela umuntu angakwamukela ngayo ukubulawa kwabantu ngale ndlela iwukuba ekugcineni akholwe ukuthi. wathi izimpilo zibalulekile kunezakho. Kudinga inkolelo yokuthi izingane zabo azibalulekile kangako emehlweni kaNkulunkulu, noma ukuthi uma ziyigugu ngendlela efanayo, ukufa kwazo kuseyizindleko ezamukelekayo zokwenza ibhizinisi ezweni lanamuhla.
Singase singafuni ukuvuma lokhu kuyiqiniso kodwa akuthathi ukusesha okuningi ukuze sithole isiqinisekiso. Ngikuzwa emazwini alabo abangibhalela bebiza ukuchitheka kwegazi e-Iraq, futhi okwathi lapho bebuzwa ukuthi bangaki abantu abazimisele ukubaqothula ukuze 'bazizwe bephephile,' baphendule ngaphandle kokungabaza noma umuzwa omncane wokuhlekisa: 'Ngangoba kudingeka.'
Okuthile kungitshela ukuthi babengenjalo lapho beneminyaka eyisikhombisa noma eyisishiyagalombili ubudala, futhi akekho obonakala enesithakazelo esikhulu ekutholeni ukuthi yini ngempela eyenzeka ezimpilweni zabo phakathi kwaleso sikhathi namanje okwabashintsha baba abazimisele ngokuqothula uhlanga. Kodwa ngingathanda ukwazi, futhi ngicabanga ukuthi sonke singazuza olwazini olunjalo.
Kukhona okumele kwenzeke ukuze ngenze izwi elilodwa-njengoba kwenza uzakwethu wami ngo-1986 ngesikhathi siqhumisa ibhomu umuzi ka-Muammar Quadaffi-'kahle, kungenzeka ukuthi asimtholanga, kodwa okungenani sayibulala indodakazi yakhe, futhi cishe yayizokhula. ngizoba amaphekula ngolunye usuku.'
Kumelwe kwenzeke okuthile ukuze umuntu ajabule lapho ecabanga ngempi yomhlaba wonke, njengoba kwakunjalo namadoda amabili ayeshayela umbhikisho wethu wokulwa nempi eNashville kuleli sonto, ephephezelisa ifulegi laseMelika futhi ememeza ethi 'IKorea ilandelayo,' ngaphandle kwefasitela-angacacisi. okuyinto Korea, noma mhlawumbe engazi ukuthi kukhona ezimbili, noma mhlawumbe akanandaba.
Kumelwe kwenzeke okuthile ukuze kwenze umuntu abe muncu, athukuthele, abe nenzondo futhi abe nolaka njengoba eqhuba ngalowo mbhikisho ofanayo lapho abantu bebiza ukuthula nje, futhi bamemeze ngobuso obugcwele intukuthelo uma kungekona ukuwohloka kwengqondo, 'ibhomu, ibhomu, ibhomu. , bulala, bulala, bulala,’ njengoba nami ngibonile kuleli sonto.
Kodwa okwesabisa kakhulu kunokujaha ukukhuluma okubi nobudlova njengalokhu okukhulunywe ngakho ngenhla, ukuguquguquka okukhulu kakhulu ekwamukelweni okugodliwe nokungathinteki.
Phela kumele kwenzeke okuthile ukuze kusivumele ukuthi sibize izingane ezifile ngokuthi 'umonakalo owenziwe yisibambiso,' igama esingalithatha njengecala eliphakeme kakhulu uma lisetshenziselwa ukuchaza abathandekayo bethu, kodwa esitshelwa ukuthi silamukele ukungabaza lapho kusetshenziswa emndenini womunye umuntu ngakolunye uhlangothi lwembulunga.
Kumelwe kwenzeke okuthile okubi ukusivumela ukuthi sibukele ngokunganaki i-hi-tech, ukusabalala okufana nomdlalo wevidiyo wale mpi ku-CNN, noma i-MSNBC, noma i-Fox; ukufunda ngokuthula amafonti agqamile okuyiskripthi esikhethwayo samanethiwekhi njengoba ekhuthaza ukufa kwabantu abaningi nokucekelwa phansi; ukuphawula ngaphandle kokuphawula iwashi elincane ekhoneni elingakwesokudla kwesikrini libala phansi amaminithi namasekhondi kwesokunxele kuze kube i-ultimatum yaseBush-to-Baghdad iqala, futhi ukuqhuma kwamabhomu kungaqala. Umuntu angacishe acabange ukuthi othile ugebenga ibhola lengilazi eline-bejeweled e-Times Square ukuze abale phansi imizuzwana yokugcina, njengo-Dick Clark ebabala phansi ngoNcibijane. Kodwa mhlawumbe lokho kuzwakala kuwukubhuqa kakhulu.
Futhi uma kukhona into eyodwa engifisa kungabi yiyo iwukubhuqa. Ngisho nangalesi sikhathi sokuphela kwesikhathi sokuvela kwezinhlobo zethu zezilwane ngiyakholelwa ebuhleni obuyisisekelo babanye abantu phela. Uma ngingakukholwa lokhu ngaphambi kokuzalwa kwendodakazi yami ngokuqinisekile ngiyakwenza manje. Ukuletha umntwana emhlabeni, ngemva kwakho konke, kuyisitatimende esiveza ithemba uma kwenzeka kwaba khona; ukugcizelela ukuthi umhlaba akudingeki uthathwe ngendlela umuntu awuthola ngayo; uhlobo lwenothi lesithembiso esizayo; isidingo esingakwazi futhi okumele sisenze.
Cha, uma kukhona ama-crinics kulesi simo akusibo labo abaphakamisa izwi labo ngokumelene nengxoxo ye-blasé yokucekelwa phansi kwesizwe. Ama-cynic yilabo abaxoxa ngale ndlela yokubhidliza isizwe ngale ndlela phezu kwe-latté.
Yilabo abavuma ngekhanda ukuvumelana (noma kuwukufisa) njengoba bezwa uDonald Rumsfeld-indoda okwadalelwa yona igama elithi cynic-iphikelela ngokuthi 'asizange siyicele le mpi,' nakuba ngempela sikwenzile lokho, okungenani kwaze kwaba sobala ukuthi ukucela kwakungasisizi ndawo, ngakho imvume yayingasadingeki.
Yilabo abenza ukuzikhohlisa kangangokuthi bangakwazi ukulalela ngaphandle kokuhleka noma ukuzwa ihlazo elijulile nelivukelayo njengoba le ndoda ithi enye yezinhloso zale mpi ukuvumela ukuqedwa kwezigwegwe kanye nokwakhiwa kabusha kwe-Iraq, noma kunjalo. ukufa kwesigidi noma ngaphezulu sekwephuzile.
Yilabo abaphefumulayo ngezithembiso eziqinile nezigodliwe-yize ziqinisekisa-izithembiso zojenene asebathatha umhlalaphansi ababukiswa abezindaba, ukuthi 'lokhu ukuqhuma kwamabhomu okunembayo,' ukuze singakhathazeki. Izindawo zokuhlala ziphephile. Yebo, i-al-Qaeda ayizange iqonde izindawo zokuhlala ngomhlaka-9/11, kodwa ngicabanga ukuthi lokho akuzange kwenze muntu azizwe engcono kakhulu.
Ungangizwa kabi. Angizami ukuhlukanisa phakathi kwethu esivele simelene nale mpi nalabo abayisekelayo. Angisho ukuthi singabantu abangcono, abaziphatha kahle, abalungile, noma ngayiphi indlela abantu abaphakeme. Angingabazi ukuthi ezikhathini ezahlukene nathi sike sabhekana nalolu hlobo lokuba ndikindiki, noma siphendule amakhanda ethu ezenzweni zonya. Ngempela emphakathini ononya olunjalo lwenzeka njalo-futhi cishe njalo ngaphandle kwemvume esebenzayo noma ngisho nokufaka uquqaba-akunakwenzeka ukuthi singayigwema into enjalo ngezikhathi ezithile. Akekho ngaso sonke isikhathi oyiqhawe eliphelele lokumelana. Ukusebenzisana kwakhiwe cishe emhlabeni wesimanje.
Kodwa-ke ukulingana okuyisisekelo kobuthakathaka bezinhlobo zethu akusona isizathu sokubungaza. Ukuthi sonke siyahluleka izikhathi eziningana ngeviki akuwona umthombo wenduduzo, kodwa kunalokho kuyisizathu sokuphindaphindeka kwemizamo yethu yokuqeda ndikindiki labo abalaliswa izinzwa ngalesi sikhathi, njengoba nje singathemba ukuthi bazosenzela okufanayo. ezikhathini zethu ezingezinhle kangako. Ngokuba izindleko azikwazanga ukuba phezulu kakhulu.
Namuhla ngithole i-e-mail evela kothile ozichaze njengomama webhola likanobhutshuzwayo, owayephikisana ngokuphelele nokuhlanya kwalokhu kubulawa. Bekumnandi ukufunda into enjalo kumuntu okungenzeka ukuthi iningi lingalindela ukuba ngowokuqala kulayini ophuzi kanye nokuphiwa kwefulegi laseMelika: injalo imvelo yemibono yethu engaqondile, ehlanganisa neyami.
Impela injabulo yami ngokufunda incwadi yakhe yokulunga yathonywa yindaba ayixoxa lapho, elandisa ngokubuzwa ngumabhalane wasesitolo ukuthi wayeqhuba kanjani, ephendula ngokuthi 'kubi' futhi echaza le mpendulo njengehlobene nokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu, bese etshelwa. ngumabhalane ofanayo, ukuthi 'okungenani siphephile lapha futhi akumele sidlule kukho konke lokho'
Ukubeka eceleni inkinga esobala 'esingazange sidlule' kuyo ngo-9/11 ngaphambi kuka-9/11 noma-kanjalo-ngakho-ke umuntu akazi ngempela ukuthi inkokhelo ikwehlela nini-kukhona ubuthakathaka obucashile esiqinisekweni sakhe. Okungukuthi, lapho umuntu enganikeza umbono onjalo wokucasuka lapho ebhekene nesiphithiphithi, lowo muntu kufanele okungenani acace ukuthi 'uyadlula kukho,' uma ngokuthi 'kusho' sisho ukufa. Ukufa phela kungafika kumuntu kusenesikhathi inhliziyo ingakashayi.
Futhi lokhu angikusho njenge-hyperbole. Ukufa akusona nje isimo esingokomzimba.
Ngesimo sayo esingacacile, sonke siye sahlupheka ngezindlela ezincane zokufa ngezikhathi ezithile. Ngempela, ezweni eligcwele ukungabi nabulungisa (kanye nomusa omningi wobuntu, kufanele kuphawulwe), umuntu akanakulindela okunye.
Ekugcineni ngokwedlulele, uma umuntu edinga ukuqinisekiswa okwengeziwe ukuthi imiphefumulo ephefumulayo ingafa, umuntu kudingeka abheke kuphela ubuso balawo madoda amhlophe namakhosikazi awo abenza ulamula, emi ngaphansi kwemizimba efile yamadoda amnyama eshwibeka ezihlahleni ze-oki. ezithombeni ezindala zama-lynchings ukuze ubone ukuthi ngikhuluma ngani. Alukho uphawu lokuphila emehlweni abo, nakuba ngokuqinisekile kufanele baphapheme njengoba babekade bephapheme ngaleso sikhathi—iphunga lenyama lishisiwe ngaphambi kokulengiswa kokugcina bekungaqinisekisa lokho. Nokho ipikiniki yaqhubeka njengoba kwakuhleliwe, futhi izimpukane zaxoshwa nge-swat yesandla, imiphefumulo emnene okungenzeka yayicabanga ukuthi lezo zimpukane zazizele isaladi lezinkukhu kuphela.
Futhi cha, angisho ukufana ncamashi phakathi kwamabutho asekela impi okwamanje, nalabo abamhlophe ababambe iqhaza elikhulu ekubulaweni kwabantu abamnyama ezweni lonke. Ngimane ngiphawula isenzakalo esivamile, futhi ngibuza mayelana nemikhondo kanye nokuqhubekayo, futhi ngiyazibuza ukuthi iyiphi inhlanhla ehlukanisayo nalabo abangabamba iqhaza ebubini obunjalo, futhi isivimbela ekunikezeni imizwa yethu engokwemvelo? Kudingeka siyazi nempendulo yalo mbuzo.
Futhi uma ngikhuluma ngabantu abamhlophe, yizikhathi ezinjengalezi engingasho ngaphandle kokwesaba ukuphikiswa ukuthi ngifisa sengathi isizwe sami siphethwe ngabantu abamnyama. Ngoba nakuba abantu base-Afrika baseMelika ngokuqinisekile bekwazi ubudlova ngezinga elisabalele, njengakithi thina esincishwe i-melanin kakhulu, kuyiqiniso nokho ukuthi babonakala benesanguine kancane mayelana nombono wokufa kwabantu abaningi, ukubulawa kwabantu abaningi, noma ukushiswa komhlaba. .
Nakuba iningi labamhlophe, ikakhulukazi abesilisa, lithi liyayisekela impi yase-Iraq noma ngabe iholela ezinkulungwaneni zezakhamuzi zase-Iraq zilahlekelwe izimpilo zazo, abangaphansi kwamashumi amabili ekhulwini abamnyama bazizwa ngendlela efanayo. Futhi nakuba iningi lamaLatinos lisekela impi lapho licelwa ukuba livote elilula elithiyebo noma cha, lapho ithemba lokufa kwabantu abaningi liphakanyiswa, ukusekela kuyancipha phakathi kwabo futhi, kuze kube ngaphansi kwengxenye eyodwa kwezinhlanu. Abesilisa abamhlophe kuphela abaqhubeka nokuseka impi noma ngabe sekufe abantu abangaki.
Mhlawumbe kungenxa yokuthi ukuba yiqembu elibusayo emphakathini njengoba lidakwe amandla njengaleli, kwenza umuntu angaphinde aqagele izenzo zakhe. Mhlawumbe kungenxa yokuthi ukuba phezulu kwenqwaba kusho ukuthi awusoze washo ukuthi uyaxolisa.
Noma mhlawumbe yingoba abesilisa abamhlophe baseMelika kusamele banikezwe izimbongolo zethu yisitha esinamandla. Ngokungafani namaBrits amhlophe, noma amaJalimane, noma amaFulentshi, noma amaRussia, aziyo ukuthi kusho ukuthini ukuqhunyiswa, ukuqhunyiswa ngamabhomu, ukunqotshwa nokwenza isihloko somkhankaso wokuqothula, abesilisa abamhlophe baseMelika bacabanga ukuthi ama-dicks ethu makhudlwana. Noma mhlawumbe asicabangi lokhu, kodwa singakwazi ukubuyisela noma yikuphi ukuntuleka ngokwakha imicibisholo emikhulu futhi sisho izinto ezinjengokuthi 'Ungadlali ne-Texas.' Ama-Daisy-cutters njenge-Viagra yobuchwepheshe: isinxephezelo sokungabi namandla kwethu kokuziphatha.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, abantu abamnyama nabansundu bayazi ukuthi kunjani ukuba yizisulu zokubulawa kwabantu abaningi: kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kuPhaseji eliPhakathi eladla amashumi ezigidi zabantu base-Afrika, noma imiphefumulo yomdabu eyizigidi ezingama-93 ehlanjululwe ukuze kunqotshwe izwe. emazweni aseMelika, abanye abantu sekuyisikhathi eside bebhekana nokushaqeka nokwesaba. Isikhathi esingaka, eqinisweni, ukuthi ayikho into eyenziwa abelungu kubonakala kushaqisa.
Ngaphandle, mhlawumbe, ngenxa yekhono eziphikelelayo zalawo madoda amhlophe okukholelwa ukuthi isibungu asisoze saphenduka; ukuthi esinye isicathulo asisoze sawa. Ukungafuni ukubamba iqiniso elilula nelithusayo lamazwi athi, 'okuhambahambayo kuyavela,' noma uma uthanda, inguqulo kaJames Baldwin, ethi, 'abantu akufanele bamangale lapho isinkwa abasiphonse phezu kwamanzi sintanta sibuya. kubo, nginoshevu.'
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