U-Street ulethe inguqulo efushanisiwe yamazwi alandelayo ngo Umbiko we-Black AgendaIphaneli ye-“Black Politics at the Tail End of Obama – and Beyond” at the Left Forum, New York City, June 9, 2013. Ikheli langempela litholakala kokuthi http://blackagendareport.com/content/race-politics-and-late-obamanism
Umhlaziyi omangalisayo uJohn Pilger washo into ebaluleke kakhulu mayelana nokuntwela kokusa kuka-Obama ngoJulayi 2009. “Insizwa ehlakaniphile esanda kungena eWhite House,” uPilger etshela iqembu lamaSocialists eSan Francisco eminyakeni emine edlule, “inga. i-hypnotist ekahle kakhulu, ngokwengxenye ngoba kuyajabulisa ngempela ukubona umMelika waseMelika esicongweni samandla ezweni lobugqila. Nokho,” kuphawula uPilger, “leli ikhulu lama-21, futhi uhlanga kanye nobulili ngisho nesigaba kungaba amathuluzi akhanga kakhulu enkulumo-ze. Ngoba yini evame ukunganakwa kanye nalokho okubalulekile...ngaphezu kwakho konke,” kuphawula uPilger, “ikilasi umuntu alikhonzayo [kugcizelela].”
Ngifuna ukubuyela ekwakhiweni kuka-Pilger ekupheleni kokuphawula kwami ngoba ngikholelwa ukuthi ukucabanga ngemuva kwakho kubalulekile ekuvukeni kabusha kwezombusazwe ezizimele nezizimele eMelika namuhla - ukuvuka kabusha okufanele kwenzeke, ngingangeza, uma uhlobo luzoba nanoma yiliphi ithuba lekusasa elihloniphekile nelentando yeningi. Ngenxa ye-eco-cide yonxiwankulu ezayo futhi ehlala ijula eyindikimba eyinhloko yeForamu Yesobunxele yalo nyaka, i-Hungarian Marxist u-Istvan Meszaros wayeqinisile ngo-2001 ukuze abuyekeze i-Rosa Luxembourg ngokuthi “ubusoshiyali noma ubuqaba uma ' 'unenhlanhla….Iqiniso elingemnandi,” kwengeza u-Meszaros, "ukuthi uma lingekho ikusasa lomnyakazo omkhulu esikhathini sethu, ngeke libe khona ikusasa lesintu ngokwaso."
Ngesinye isikhathi ehlobo lika-2008 intatheli emnyama ne-CNN yangibiza ngoba ifuna ukwenza indaba eyayinenkinga yokudlula abaphathi bayo. Intatheli yayifunde okuthile engangikubhalile Umbiko we-Black Agenda Ngokuhambisana nokuthi ukuba ngumongameli ka-Obama kungaba yinto embi kuMelika omnyama kanye nomzabalazo womlando wokulwa nokucwasa kweMelika. Intatheli ibibonakala inelukuluku lokwazi ngombono (ophikisayo) wokuthi u-Obama angase abe mubi ngokulingana kwezinhlanga. Ubebonakala ehleka ukuzwa lokhu kumlungu. Wangicela ukuthi ngichaze kabanzi. Ngamtshela ukuthi ubuholi buka-Obama buyoba isipikili sokugcina ebhokisini lokuzimisela okwase kufiphala kwabamhlophe baseMelika ukuvuma ukuthi ukucwasa ngokwebala kusengumgoqo onzima wokuthuthuka nokulingana kwabantu abamnyama eMelika. Ngamtshela ukuthi bangakanani abantu baseMelika abamhlophe abanamathela kulokho okubizwa ngokuthi abalungile, okungukuthi onxiwankulu, abangasabi, abathandeka kwabamhlophe abafana no-Obama no-Oprah no-Colin Powell no-Condi Rice ukuze bajulise ukudelela kwabo izigidi zabampofu nababi ngokusemthethweni futhi abansundu abayingozi babhajwe futhi bagcinwe eqeqebeni elikhulu lesizwe lama-ghetto namajele angasasetshenziswa yizimboni. Ngitshele intatheli ye-CNN ngendlela “omnyama kodwa engafani noJese” u-Obama ngokwakhe asebenzise ngayo amandla okukhuluma anomoya omubi egxeka abantu abamnyama ababi nabangafaneleki ngokusemthethweni ngobumpofu babo kanye nengcindezelo. Ngamtshela ukuthi inkulumo ka-Barack ethi “Guess Who's Coming Who Coming to Dinner” ka-Obama eyamenyezelwa kabanzi ngokuthi i-Philadelphia Race Speech yanikezelwa kanjani esihlokweni sokuthi intukuthelo kaJeremiya Wright ngengcindezelo yobuhlanga yaseMelika yayingasafaneleki e-United States yangaleso sikhathi okwakuthiwa inobandlululo nombala. Ngatshela intatheli ngenkulumo ka-Obama eyihlaya yokuthi i-post-Civil Rights yaseMelika i-“Joshua Generation” ifike ngamaphesenti angama-90 ekulinganeni okuphelele. Ngamtshela ngomehluko phakathi kokushintsha kwemibala okungokomfanekiso emahhovisi aphezulu kanye nezinselelo zangempela zokucwasa ngokobuhlanga emphakathini nasesikhungweni eziqondwa ngokujulile maqondana nesakhiwo kanye nokusebenza kwezimakethe zemisebenzi nezezindlu, izinhlelo zemfundo, uhlelo lwezobulungiswa bobugebengu kanye nabezindaba. Ngamtshela ukuthi irekhodi lika-Obama kanye nezinkulumo nezinkulumo zakhe zazibonise ukuthi umongameli wakusasa uzimisele kangakanani - akagcini nje ngokubheka ubuhlanga kodwa futhi ekilasini nokunakekelwa kwezempilo kanye namalungelo abasebenzi kanye nobubha nombuso nokunye. Ngamtshela ukuthi uMengameli u-Obama kanye nabaphathi bakhe bazosabela kanjani ekwesabeni kweMelika emhlophe ngomongameli omnyama ngokuqinisekisa ukuthi ubumongameli bakhe buzosho futhi ngenze okuncane ngokungalingani kwezinhlanga kunanoma ibuphi umongameli omhlophe esikhathini esidlule. Futhi ngamtshela ukuthi ubumnyama bezobuchwepheshe buka-Obama buzohlangana kanjani nophawu lwakhe olukhohlisayo njenge-anti-war kanye ne-pro-ecology futhi njengomuntu olwela inkululeko kanye nokunye ukuvimbela abakhululekile nabathuthuki bazo zonke izinhlanga ekugxekeni umsebenzi wakhe wombuso, ukungalingani, kanye nenkampani. kanye nabaphathi bezezimali.
Angazi ngempela ukuthi kwenzekani ngentatheli ye-CNN kanye nendaba yakhe ngaphandle kwenkumbulo engacacile yokuthi wakwazi ukwenza inguqulo yayo emfushane, enganakiwe. Engikwaziyo ukuthi konke ukukhathazeka kwami - konke ukukhathazeka kwethu - kufakazelwe ngokucebile yihhovisi lika-Barack "Izingubo Ezintsha Zombuso" Obama.
Muva nje bengibiza umongameli ngokuthi “Ngaphansi kweBus Obama.” Lokhu ngikwenza ngenhloso yokuhlonipha indlela ephethwe igazi elibandayo, esondelene kakhulu ne-socio-pathological lapho ezimisele ukuphonsa labo athi uyabakhathalela ngaphansi kwebhasi uma kushaywa i-ajenda yenqubomgomo yesigaba esibusayo esigcwele u-1%. Ngiyaqiniseka ukuthi abantu balapha bayakhumbula ukuthi u-Barack Obama waphonsa kanjani ugogo wakhe ozala umama omhlophe ngaphansi kwebhasi ngenkathi ephonsa umshumayeli wakhe wangaphambili uMfu. Wright ngokugcwele ngaphansi kwalelo bhasi entwasahlobo ka-2007?
Lokho bekubanda, kodwa akulutho uma kuqhathaniswa nokuhlasela kukamongameli manje izigidi zabanye ogogo baseMelika, okuhlanganisa nenani elilinganiselwe logogo abampofu nabamnyama ababezolimala kakhulu ngokusikwa kwakhe okuhlongozwayo ku-Social Security and Medicare.
Uma ufuna ukuphonsa ugogo wakho omhlophe omi kahle ngaphansi kwebhasi ukuze ufeze izifiso zakho zezombangazwe, uyazi, lokho kubi kakhulu, kodwa kubi kakhulu ukwehlisa amashumi ezigidi zogogo abampofu ngokungenakulinganiswa, abangemhlophe enkonzweni abelungu abacebe kakhulu abakubeke ezikhundleni futhi obulokhu ubavikela kusukela uqala ubuholi bakho.
Uhlu lwalabo abaphonswe ngu-Obama ngaphansi kwamabhasi abalekayo onxiwankulu be-neoliberal, umbuso wezempi, kanye nokubusa kwabamhlophe luyesabisa. Ukuqalwa kwakhe kabusha kokukhaphela kubandakanya ukunyakaza kwabasebenzi (ukukhashelwa nokulahlwa kwezohwebo zomhlaba wonke, ukuguqulwa kwemithetho yezabasebenzi, ukuhlubuka kwaseWisconsin, kanye nemibandela yokwehliswa kwamaholo kanye neyokwehliswa kwemisebenzi yebheyili yemoto enzima kakhulu); izazi zezemvelo (ezilahliwe futhi zakhashelwa ekubholeni ogwini, ukuqhekeka kwe-hydraulic, uhwebo lomhlaba wonke, imizamo yokunciphisa ukukhishwa kwekhabhoni yomhlaba wonke kanye, maduze, i-Keystone); abokufika (abakhashelwe umongameli oye andise isibalo sokudingiswa) ama-civil libertarians (abashiyiwe futhi abakhashelwa eGuantanamo, ukuhumusha, ama-wiretaps angenawaranti, uhlu oluyimfihlo lokubulala, ukuvikela ama-whistleblower, ama-drones asekhaya, ukungena kwezinhlangano zokubhikisha, ukuqoqwa "kwemethadatha", nokunye), umshini wokunyathelisa ovamile (osanda kuphonswa ngaphansi kwebhasi ukuthathwa kukamongameli okwesabekayo kwamarekhodi ocingo e-Associate Press), abagqugquzeli bokukhishwa kwezikhali zenuzi (abasanda kudayiswa ngebhomu lamandla adonsela phansi lenuzi le-B61 eYurophu), umphakathi wokulwa nempi (owakhashelwa u-Obama). impi engakamenyezelwa eLibya, ukwanda kokuhlasela kwe-US e-Afrika, i-US saber-rattling maqondana ne-Iran, iSyria, ne-East Asia nokunye okuningi), kanye neMelika emnyama, evotele u-Obama ngamanani aqoshiwe. Abanenkululeko ekhashelwayo nabahlukunyezwayo kanye nabathuthukayo babonise ukungafuni okumangazayo ukubiza umongameli wokuqala omnyama wesizwe ngobumbande bakhe, into esifake ekwesabeni kukaRichard Trumka noBill McKibben noJonathan Alter kanye nezinhloko ze-NUL kanye ne-NAACP. ecula izindumiso zesikhulu esiphezulu esibuka futhi siphathe umnyakazo nezikhungo zabo nabavoti ngokungenanhlonipho.
Mayelana nokukhaphela kokugcina nokungavamile kakhulu - okwabamnyama baseMelika - isazi sezombangazwe saseColumbia University uFrederick C. Harris unikeze imibono ethakazelisayo New York Times ngo-Okthoba odlule. “Kulabo ababebone okhethweni lukaMongameli Obama umvuthwandaba weminyaka engamakhulu amane yamathemba nezifiso zabamnyama nokugcwaliseka kombono kaDkt. King ‘womphakathi othandwayo,’” kubhala uHarris, “iminyaka emine edlule kumelwe ibhekwe njengokudumazeka. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi iphetha ngo-2013 noma ngo-2017,” kuphawula u-Harris, “ubumongameli buka-Obama sebuvele buphawule ukwehla, kunokuba kube isiqongo, sombono wezepolitiki ogxile ekubekeni inselele ukungalingani kwezinhlanga …………………………………………………………………………………………… ukusho ngezinto ezikhathaza abantu abamnyama. Inkulumo yakhe yeSimo SeNyunyana ngo-2011 kwaba ngeyokuqala kunoma yimuphi umongameli kusukela ngo-1948 ukuthi angakhulumi ngobumpofu noma abampofu… UMnu. Obama, eminyakeni yakhe yokuqala emibili ehhovisi, wakhuluma ngobuhlanga obungaphansi kwanoma yimuphi umongameli weDemocratic Alliance kusukela ngo-1961. echaza ngokuboshwa kwabantu abaningi ukuze enze isenzo sokuqinisekisa, ukuphawula kwakhe bekuncane futhi kuyema” (Frederick C. Harris, “The Price of a Black President,” New York Times, Okthoba 27, 2012).
Ngaleso sikhathi, uHarris uyaphawula, inhlekelele ye-Black America iyakhula. Amaphesenti angama-28 ngokugcwele abantu abamnyama baseMelika, kanye namaphesenti angama-37 ezingane ezimnyama, ampofu ngokusemthethweni, uma kuqhathaniswa namaphesenti ayishumi abamhlophe kanye namaphesenti angu-10 abantwana abamhlophe. Amaphesenti ayishumi nantathu abamnyama awasebenzi, uma kuqhathaniswa no-13% wabamhlophe. Bangaphezu kuka-7 abantu besilisa abamnyama ababoshiwe kanti umuntu wesilisa omdala oyedwa kwabathathu uboshelwe impilo yakhe yonke enerekhodi elibi elibi, lokho uMichelle Alexander alibiza ngokuthi “The New Jim Crow.” Abansundu bahlupheke ngokwehla kakhulu emalini engenayo kusukela ngo-900,000 kunanoma yiliphi elinye iqembu lezinhlanga. Inani labo eliphelele, eligxile ngokulinganayo ezindlini, selifike ezingeni eliphansi kakhulu emashumini eminyaka. Abansundu namuhla baba ngaphezu kwa-1 kwabangu-3 abasha abangenwa yi-HIV. ngingaqhubeka…. Ngindizela lapha, endleleni, ngibone lokhu okucashuniwe okulandelayo encwadini yakamuva ka-Henry Giroux: “Michelle Alexander, 'Inkathi Ka-Obama Njengephupho Lobuhlanga,' TomDispatch, Mashi 25, 2012.”
Futhi phakathi nakho konke lokhu onxiwankulu abamnyama ababizwa ngesigaba sobuholi bebethule ngokudangala ngokujula kanye nezinga lenhlekelele yabamnyama kanye nokwenqaba kukamongameli wokuqala omnyama ukulungisa leyo nkinga ngendlela ephusile. Akukhona nje ukuthi umongameli unguDemocrat. Kuphinde futhi nangaphezulu ukuthi abe mnyama. Isigaba sezepolitiki esimnyama samukele ukuthula kukamongameli ngobuhlanga, kubhala uHarris, "njengenani elidingekayo lokuziqhenya nokwaneliseka ngokuba nomndeni omnyama eWhite House." Kunikeze ukugxeka okukhulu ukuthula kukaMongameli uBill Clinton mayelana nobuhlanga kunokuthula kuka-Obama ngobuhlanga ngenxa yezombangazwe zabo ezithinta izingane kanye nencane…ngoba, naphezu kwalokho uChris Rock ayekusho, umongameli uClinton wayemhlophe futhi u-Obama. kukho konke ukuqagela kwakhe ukuthi ubani oza esidlweni sakusihlwa ngemva kokucwasana kwabamhlophe kumnyama ngokobuchwepheshe.
"Kuyini okubalulekile," udokotela wengqondo omelene nobukoloni uFrantz Fanon wabhala eminyakeni engu-61 edlule encwadini yakhe yokuqala, Isikhumba Esimnyama, Izifihla-buso Ezimhlophe, “akuwona umbala wesikhumba sakho kangako kodwa amandla owasebenzisayo nezigidi ozikhaphelayo.” Hhayi kakhulu umbala wesikhumba sakho njengezigidi ozikhaphelayo. U-Fanon wayecabanga ngabaholi abamnyama base-Afrika abahluleka ukufeza izimfuno zabantu abamnyama ababenezifiso zezwe labo abathatha izintambo zokubusa ngemva kweMpi Yezwe II. Ukwakheka kwakhe kuhambisana nokuhlobana okuthusayo ekusebenzeni kwe-African National Congress eyayisemandleni eNingizimu Afrika yangemva kobandlululo kanye nangendlela yayo nasehhovisi lika-Barack “Under-the-Bus” Obama. Kodwa uma ngibheka isimo saseMelika esikhona eNkathini ka-Obama kufanele ngisho ukuthi ukwakheka kuka-Fanon kulahlekelwa ukusebenziseka kwayo okuthile ngoba kuqukethe okuthile okungamanga phakathi kombala wenhloko yezwe namandla angempela asetshenziswa yinhloko yezwe. Kanye nokuqinisekisa ngezinye izimfanelo zakhe ezihlanganisa negama lakhe elingumSulumane, akubanga yinto encane impela ngoba umnyama ngokwezobuchwepheshe ukuthi u-Obama ukwazile ukusebenza njengobubi obungamanga obuqhubekayo bokuthulisa umbhikisho enkonzweni yesizwe. amakhosi ombuso wase-US nokungalingani. Okuyikho kanye uGlen Ford noBruce Dixon noMargaret Kimberly noMichael Hureaux noJuan Santos no-Adolph Reed Jr, kanye nedlanzana labanye okuhlanganisa nami ngixwayise ngakho kusukela ekuqaleni kuka-Obama.
Manje, ngicabanga ukuthi uprofesa uHarris unencwadi ekhuluma ngepolitiki yobuhlanga yenkathi ka-Obama futhi kufanele ngiyifunde kodwa ngifuna ukuphetha ngokugxeka okuthathu okunobungane New York Times ucezu engicaphune ngenhla. Ukugxeka kwami kokuqala ukuthi u-Obama ube mubi kakhulu wabe esethula nje embuzweni wengcindezelo yobuhlanga. Njengoba ngabhala encwadini yami ka-2010 Izingubo Ezintsha Zombuso.
Emasontweni amathathu edlule, u-Obama wethula inkulumo yakhe eMorehouse College lapho atshele khona izinsizwa ezimnyama ukuthi, caphuna ukuthi, izaba” nokuthi, caphuna, “Akekho onendaba uma uke wabandlululwa” nokuthi, acaphuna, “noma yini odlule kukho incane kakhulu uma kuqhathaniswa nobunzima izizukulwane ezidlule ezabubekezelela…futhi zabunqoba..” Lokhu kwakungemva kokubalula isikhundla sakhe njengomongameli. njengesibonelo sokuthi, caphuna, “izithiyo ziye zawa phansi” nokuthi, sicaphuna, “iminyango yamathuba emisha isivuleke yavuleka.” Ungacabanga ukuthi umongameli esho into efanayo kwabathweswe iziqu ekolishi labesifazane bonke noma kwabathweswe iziqu eLatino/a high school?
Ukugxeka kwami okwesibili akulungile ngoba uHarris ubengahlosile ukubhala nganoma iyiphi enye ngaphandle kwepolitiki yobuhlanga. Ukuthi nje umjaho ka-Obama ubuhambisana nokuthuliswa kwemibhikisho kanye nokungaboni ngaso linye mayelana nokucwasa kuphela. Bekubalulekile futhi ekuthulisweni kokubhikisha kanye nokungaboni ngaso linye mayelana nengcindezelo yezigaba, ubunxiwankulu, impi, umbuso, i-eco-cide, kanye ne-patriarchy.
Ukugxeka kwami okwesithathu ukuthi angibonanga kuqashelwa endabeni kaHarris yokuthi iqembu elihle kithina kwesokunxele liphakamise kanjani ama-alamu kusenesikhathi futhi aqinile mayelana nomphumela awuchazayo. Sakubikezela futhi saxwayisa ngakho nokunye okuningi mayelana nesenzakalo sika-Obama emakhasini we Umbiko we-Black Agenda nakwezinye izindawo. Izexwayiso zami zaqala ezinsukwini ezimbili ngemuva kwenkulumo ka-Obama Ewukhiye ku-Democratic National Convention ngo-2004. (Uma ucabanga ukuthi ngiqamba amanga vele ngifake ku-Google igama lami kanye “Nemibonakaliso Ebalulekile”). Ngaleso sizathu kanye nezinye, ngithanda ukuphakamisa ukuthi izifundiswa nezihlakaniphi ezithuthukayo zichithe isikhathi esincane nezindawo ezithambile nezingama-squishy njenge The Nation futhi I-American Prospect futhi isikhathi esengeziwe nezingosi ezibucayi BALI futhi I-ZNet futhi Umagazini we-Z futhi I-CounterPunch futhi Usonhlalonhle futhi Ukubuyekezwa Kwanyanga zonke..
Thina esaxwayisa zisuka nje ezikhundleni ezikhishwe inyumbazane ngokusemthethweni zeqembu eliphikisayo sazini ngalokho okwenzeka ngempela? Yini ebesiyazi kusenesikhathi mayelana nokwenzeka kuka-Obama nalokho abaningi bethu abakuzwa ukuthi kungenzeka kube ngumongameli ka-Obama? Sakuqonda kahle kakhulu okwashiwo uPilger esicaphunweni engisinikeze ekuqaleni. Sasazi ukuthi uWEB DuBois esigabeni sakhe sobuMarxist kanye nalokho iQembu LamaKhomanisi laseMelika elidala, okuhlanganisa nomeluleki ka-Obama osemusha uFrank Davis, lakwaziyo ngobuhlanga, okungukuthi nakuba bunempilo ecindezelayo ngokwayo, ngeke kuqondwe ngokugcwele noma ngokufanelekile ngaphandle kobandlululo. izimo ezibucayi zesigaba nombuso. Sasazi ukuthi isigaba esibusayo esigcwele abamhlophe kanye nokusungulwa kombuso kudlala imidlalo ehlakaniphile kaMachiavellian ngobuhlanga nobulili nobuhlanga nenkolo nokuthambekela kobulili, sisebenzisa lezi nezinye izici zobunikazi bomphakathi njengamathuluzi alunga e-propaganda ukuze kuqalwe izigidi ukuba zibone uguquko lwentando yeningi lapho iqiniso eliyisisekelo wukuqina okujulile kobushiqela bemali nombuso obungakhethiwe futhi obuhlobene.
Sasazi lokho uDkt, uMartin Luther King Omncane ayekwazi ngenkathi enqaba imizamo yokumenza angenele isikhundla sikamongameli ngo-1968. “Inguquko yabamnyama,” kuphawula uDkt. King encwadini ka-1968 enesihloko esithi “A Testament of Hope,” ithi “ ukuveza ububi obugxile ekujuleni kwesakhiwo somphakathi wethu. Iveza amaphutha esistimu esikhundleni sokukha phezulu futhi iphakamisa ukuthi ukwakhiwa kabusha komphakathi ngokwako kuyindaba yangempela okufanele kubhekwane nayo.” Izinguquko ebesizidinga ukuze sigweme inhlekelele futhi sakhe impucuko yabantu, iNkosi yezwa ukuthi ayinakukhawulelwa ekushintshanisweni kabusha kwamagama nobuso kanye namaqembu anamandla okuzisholo ngezikhathi ezithile. Kwakufanele kujule kunokushintsha uhlobo olulodwa noma isimo noma umbala wabanikazi bamahhovisi ezinkampani nabathunjwe ezempi ngolunye uhlobo olunjalo kanye njalo eminyakeni emibili, emine noma eyisishiyagalombili.
Sasazi ukuthi, njengoba uHoward Zinn ake asho, “into ebucayi kakhulu akukhona ukuthi ubani ohlezi eWhite House, kodwa ubani ohlezi – emigwaqweni, ezindaweni zokudlela, emahholo kahulumeni, ezimbonini. Ubani obhikishayo, ngubani ohlezi emahhovisi futhi ekhombisa - lezo yizinto ezinquma ukuthi kwenzekani." Akuyona eyokungenela ukhetho lobumengameli.
Uma sizothola umbusazwe oqinile, okuhlanganisa nepolitiki yabantu abamnyama, kumele siphume unomphela emikhankasweni emikhulu yokhetho kanye nepolitiki yokuzazisa. Kufanele sibuyele ekuqondeni okucatshangwa ukuthi yizindala zikaMarxist kanye ne-black-nationalist yokuthi ubuhlanga, ubuzwe bobuhlanga kanye nentando yeningi yokhetho yomgunyathi kusebenza kanjani ndawonye phakathi kwezinhlaka eziphelele nezihlobene zonxiwankulu kanye ne-imperialism.
Abakhululekile bayangibuza, “Geez Street, akekho noma yini enhle mayelana nokuhlangenwe nakho kuka-Obama kanye nokuba ngumongameli ngokombono wobulungiswa bobuhlanga?" Hhayi-ke, angazi kodwa ngizokusho lokhu: Angisakwazi ukulalela “isibonelo esinsundu” sikhuluma ngemva kwakho konke akwenzile lo mongameli ehhovisi esebenzela abacebile, abanamandla nabamhlophe. Ngincamela ukuba nentsha emnyama yaseMelika ephuphe ngokuba iJordani noma i-JayZee noma i-Beyonce kunokuba u-Obama noma u-Colin Powell noma i-Condi Rice noma uSusan Rice noma u-Cory Booker T.
Uma kukhona okuhle ngokuhlangenwe nakho kuka-Obama kanye nenkathi, ngicabanga ukuthi uprofesa Obama unikeze izigidigidi zabantu abavamile ekhaya naphesheya isemina ethuthukisiwe mayelana nokuthi ubani ngempela ophethe lesi sizwe esinonya sonxiwankulu ngaphansi nangale kwalokho iqembu laso elikhulu leminyaka engama-quadrennial ongenele ukhetho lwemali enkulu. -izigcawu ezigxile okhethweni. Usinikeze isifundo esidlulele mayelana nobuze bombudane bokufuna ushintsho oluqhubekayo ngebhokisi lokuvota lonxiwankulu kanye nepolitiki yobunxiwankulu. Ube umfuziselo ophelele wendlela isigaba esibusayo esingasusa ngayo uqhekeko oludala lobuhlanga futhi sibuse ngendlela ekhohlisayo ukuze sibeke izingubo zamavukela-mbuso amanga embusweni ophikelelayo, ogcwele abantu abamhlophe kanye nombuso wabo onegazi. Isifundo sika-Obama - yizifundo u-Occupy azenza ngaphambi kokuthi kuvalwe ukuvula umbukwane wokhetho unyaka wonke - isifundo futhi ukuthi akusikho ukuthi ngubani ohlezi e-White House, mayelana nokuthi ubani ohlezi emigwaqweni. , ohlezi ezitezi zezitolo, ohlezi esigcawini, odla izikole nabezindaba kanye namahholo omthetho kusukela phansi kuya phezulu.
Ngakho-ke, niyazi, vumela umongameli aphuphe amaphupho akhe e-Mount Rushmore. Makabe nesisekelo sakhe sobumongameli bomhlaba wonke kanye nezigidi zakhe ezingenakubalwa zezimali zokukhuluma zebhizinisi kanye nethimba lakhe leSecrete Service. Makathumele uSasha noMalia e-Deerfield Academy nase-Harvard noma e-Oxford futhi amvumele agibele phezulu (uthanda ukushayela i-drone) mayelana nokuthi lokho kufakazela kanjani ukuthi ithuba elilinganayo lifikile eMelika kubo bonke abenqaba "ukubeka izaba." Ngiyazi ukuthi u-Obama usenebhizinisi okumele aliqedele iqembu elibusayo, njengokunciphisa i-Social Security kanye ne-Medicare, imvume yokugcina ye-Keystone Pipeline, ukunyonyoba ku-Trans Pacific Partnership, ukungenelela eSyria kanye/noma i-Iran, nokubeka iPentagon ukuze ibhekane ngokuphumelelayo. China. Yebo, kufanele simelane naye kanye nesigaba esibusayo asisekelayo njengamanje, nsuku zonke, Noma kunjalo, sesivele simzwe umongameli eqala ukushibilika ngaphansi kwebhasi lomlando. Yinto enhle kakhulu leyo. Angicabangi ukuthi u-Hillary Clinton noma uMarc Rubio banganikeza lo mbuso wobandlululo ukuphinda kufakwe uphawu olubulalayo kunoma yini efana naleyo eyenziwa ngu-Obama.
Okwamanje, thina esingakwesokunxele sangempela sinezinto ezinkulu nezingcono okufanele sizikhathaze kunempilo nezikhathi zika-Booker T. Obama. Sinomugqa wesikhathi omkhulu kunomjikelezo wokhetho weminyaka emibili nemine yepolitiki yaseMelika, ingasaphathwa yezitatimende zekota zemali etholwayo, isiphathimandla esiphethe sangempela ngaphansi nangale kwalokho okuzayo. nokuhamba kosopolitiki. Siphishekela lokho uDkt, iNkosi akubize ngokufanelekile udaba lwangempela okufanele kubhekwane nalo ngale kwezindaba ezikha phezulu - ukwakhiwa kabusha okuqinile komphakathi ngokwawo. Ngibona kakhulu.
Izincwadi zikaPaul Street zihlanganisa Izikole Ezihlukanisiwe: I- Educational Apartheid Esikhathini Samalungelo Omphakathi (2005); Ukucindezelwa Kobuhlanga Edolobheni Lomhlaba Wonke (2007); UBarack Obama kanye Nekusasa Lezombangazwe zaseMelika (2008), Izingubo Ezintsha Zombuso: UBarack Obama Emhlabeni Wangempela Wamandla (2010), kanye Bayabusa: I-1% vs. Democracy (Paradigm, Januwari 2014).
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