U-Tim Wise akayena umfana wakho omhlophe omaphakathi.
Umbhali nesishoshovu, owaqala umsebenzi wakhe njengomgqugquzeli we-Louisiana Coalition Against Racism and Nazism, usechithe amashumi amathathu eminyaka edlule elwa nokucwasa ngokwebala “esiswini sesilo sobumhlophe,” njengoba ekubeka.
Encwadini yakhe entsha, Phakathi kukaBarack Nendawo Enzima: Ukucwasa Ubuhlanga Nokuphika Okumhlophe Ngenkathi Ka-Obama, Uhlakaniphile uyazindla ngalokho akubiza ngakho Ukucwasa ngokwebala 2.0-uphawu olusha lokuphakama kwabamhlophe olusebenza ngaphansi kwesicathulo sokucwasa ngokwebala.
Wakhuluma naye UmbalaLines mayelana nendlela yakhe yokulwela ubulungiswa bezinhlanga kanye nezinselele kanye namathuba abameli ababhekene nawo ngaphansi kokuphatha okusha.
Uwulinganisa kanjani umlayezo wakho kuwo wonke lamaqembu ahlukene okhuluma nawo nangawo? Obani obabona njengabalaleli bakho abakhulu?
Ngokusobala, izethameli zami zokuqala, neziyinhloko ngabantu abamhlophe ngokuvamile abangakaze bacelwe ukuthi bacabange ngalezi zinkinga kakhulu, ikakhulukazi hhayi ngomunye umlungu.
Ngithatha lesi siqondiso ukuze ngenze lokho emithonjeni emibili: Okokuqala, isiyalo esidala iKomidi Lokuxhumanisa I-Student Nonviolent Coordinating [SNCC] eyasinika izishoshovu ezimhlophe ngo-'67, esasithi, "Hamba uyosebenza nabantu bakho."... ukwenza ngezinye izikhathi. Kulula kakhulu ukwenza into ye-mbambaya mzuzu, kunokuba uhambe uyophonsa inselelo eyakho, futhi ngithatha leso seluleko esanikezwa abantu bemibala ngokungathí sina.
Okwesibili, ubudlelwano bami nabantu basePeople's Institute for Survival and Beyond, nabanye abeluleki bemibala engibe nabo, abathi, "Sidinga ngempela ukuthi usebenze ngokuyinhloko ukuphonsela inselelo abanye abantu abamhlophe ukuthi bacabange ngabo. lezi zinto ngendlela entsha."
Ingabe inhloso ukuhlanganiswa okungcono phakathi kwemiphakathi noma inkhulumomphendvulwano ngenxa yezingxoxo? Uyini umdlalo wokugcina?
Akuwona umsebenzi walabo abazibiza ngongoti, noma ngabe bamhlophe noma bebala, ukwenza lokho kucabanga ngempela kubantu basemazingeni aphansi.
Lapho amalungu e-SNCC ehlangana ndawonye ezindlini ezingaphansi zesonto eNingizimu ngo-1961, 62, 63, futhi ahlale lapho amahora ayisishiyagalombili enza izinhlelo zokuthi azogqashula kanjani umhlane wobandlululo eMississippi, awazange ahambe. ngaphakathi futhi ulalele inqwaba yochwepheshe ibatshela ukuthi benzeni. Bangena, balalelana, bacabangisisa, bahlela izinhloso ezithile baphuma nezinhlelo ezimangalisayo. Futhi alikho nelilodwa lalawo maqhinga elakhishwa ngabazibiza ngongoti.
UDkt. King, u-James Lawson, bonke labo bantu—njengoba bebaluleke njengoba babevela ku-engeli yokukhuthaza kanye ne-engeli yokukhuthaza kanye ne-framework angle—akubona labo ababeka iqhinga eliningi. Labo kwakungabantu basemazingeni aphansi….. Ngakho-ke indima yombhali, umbhali wendatshana, isikhulumi, ukukhulisa ukuhlaziya nokuqonda kwabantu ngalokho okufanele bakubhekisise, bese bethemba ukuthi banekhono nekhono, futhi. ngokuqinisekile ngalokho, kanye nesifiso, sokuba amathuluzi enkululeko yabo.
Ingabe sidinga ukucwaninga umphefumulo embuthweni wobulungiswa bobuhlanga mayelana nokuthi singazenza kanjani sifaneleke kakhulu kweminye imiphakathi nezinhlangano?
Ukufuna umphefumulo kufanele kube okufanayo. Ngicabanga ukuthi inkinga yokwakha imifelandawonye ibe yinkinga kakhulu yezinye izinhlangano zobulungiswa bezenhlalakahle ezingafuni ukubheka ubuhlanga kanye nelungelo…. Kepha ngasikhathi sinye, kufanele siqale sithi, "Asisho ukuthi sifuna ukususa umsebenzi wakho obalulekile okhona wokunakekelwa kwezempilo, imfundo, impi, imvelo, nomsebenzi wokulwa nokucwasa." Asisho ukuthi, "Yeka yeka zonke ezinye izinto, futhi wenze esikwenzayo."
Esikushoyo ukuthi, "Sizama ukunikeza ukuhlaziya, ilensi ongayiletha emsebenzini wakho obalulekile, ukuze wenze umsebenzi wakho obalulekile uphumelele. Futhi ngicabanga ukuthi mhlawumbe, asizange sixhumane njalo [lokho] njengoba kufanele."
Selokhu kwakhethwa umongameli wokuqala omnyama wesizwe, ucabanga ukuthi umsebenzi wakho njengesishoshovu usushintshile?
Engikubonile kuphuma kulolu khetho yileli Racism 2.0. Leli khono labantu abamhlophe lokuthi, "Awu, uyazi, ngisenemibono engemihle ngabantu abaningi bebala, kodwa ngiyamthanda lowo mfana. Singaveza okuhlukile kulaba bantu abambalwa."…. Uhlobo lwekhadi elisha labangane bami abakhulu abamnyama, abaphuma-ejele bamahhala.
Ngaso leso sikhathi, kube nalolu hlobo lokuqhuma kwezinto ezicwasa ngokwedlulele, zingagoqiwe, zinganakiwe, ziphuma kubasakazi bezingxoxo nokunye okunjalo.
Ukhetho lukhiphe okhuni ukukhathazeka nokwesaba okumhlophe okuningi. Futhi lokho kudala ukuthi le ngxoxo iqhubekele phambili. Kuyishwa ukuthi kuthathe uhlobo lokusabela ukwenza leyo ngxoxo iqhubeke, kodwa ngicabanga ukuthi abantu bayanaka manje.
Ucabangani ngokuhamba kukaMongameli Obama emuva kokuphawula kwakhe kokuqala mayelana namaphoyisa enza “ubuwula” ekuboshweni kukaprofesa waseHarvard uHenry Louis Gates, Jr.?
Akusho [ngokuboshwa kukaGates] empeleni bekumnene kakhulu…. Kodwa ngeshwa, nansi inkinga: Nansi insizwa okuthe, ngenxa yokuthi ubelokhu ezimisele ngokuyigwema le ngxoxo yobuhlanga isikhathi eside njengosopolitiki, akasenamandla ekungeneni kukho…. Ngakho-ke ukubuyela emuva, kimi, kuyinkomba nje yemingcele ukuthi ngeshwa abantu bebala ikakhulukazi ababazungezile noma nini lapho befuna ukukhuluma ngobuqotho mayelana nokucwasa. Bashaywa ngezimpama. Yilokho okwenzekayo.
Ucabangani ngokungezwani okubonwayo phakathi kwemiphakathi yemibala kanye nomphakathi we-LGBT ngemuva kwesiqephu se-Proposition 8?
Igxilile endleleni umzabalazo we-LGBT owenziwe ngayo-futhi wakhiwe yibo bobabili abezindaba, kodwa futhi nawubuholi besishoshovu se-LGBT uqobo, futhi kuzo zombili lezi zimo, ngicabanga ukuthi ifakwe njengomhlophe ngendlela engavamile.
[Kubantu bemibala ye-LGBT], ukucwasa ngokwebala kuyinto exakile. Futhi ukushaya ama-queer kuyinkinga yomjaho…. Ukuzama ukukhuluma ngobuqhwaga njengokuphambuka kulokho iqembu elibusayo elikubheka njengokujwayelekile (futhi ngenxa yalokho okunempilo, ngakho-ke kufanelekile, ngakho-ke kulungile) kungenye indlela yokwandisa le ngxoxo ngempela. Uma unweba ingxoxo ngaleyo ndlela, uvumela ngempela umfelandawonye omkhulu ongaba khona wabantu abahlukile kunalesi simiso, okuyinto, uma ngikhuluma iqiniso, engakaze ibe yinto evamile.
Ngicabanga nje ukuthi ukuphela kwendlela okuzoxazululwa ngayo lokhu kungezwani ukuthi umphakathi we-LGBT, omhlophe kakhulu ezingeni lobuholi, ukuqonda isimo sawo sobuhlanga futhi uqale ukwenza okunye kwalokho kufinyelela ngaphakathi kwemiphakathi yabaNsundu nabansundu. .
Ingabe kukhona ngempela "ukungezwani okunsundu," njengoba abezindaba bevame ukusikisela?
Ukhona, kodwa umbuzo obalulekile awukaze uphakanyiswe ngabaphambili kuleyo mithombo yezindaba, okungukuthi: Kungani abantu abamnyama nabansundu beqhumisana, belwa bodwa, phezu kwezingcezu zikaphayi esikhathini esiningi. akekho kubo owakhe?… Kuwukuzishaya. Iyazibhubhisa. Futhi ukukumisa njengokungezwani "okumnyama nokumnyama", ngokuphambene nomthelela oyinsalela wesistimu yokubusa kwabamhlophe, ukubusa kwabamhlophe kanye nelungelo elimhlophe - lapho womabili lawo maqembu engabalwa khona - ukuqinisekisa ukuthi abantu bayaqhubeka nokukhomba. komunye nomunye, kuyilapho labo abaphezulu ngempela kuleso sakhiwo samandla bavele bahlale bahleke.
Ngakho akukhona ukuthi akukho ukwahlukana—kukhona. Kodwa yilokhu okwenzekayo lapho abantu abaphansi kwesakhiwo senhlalakahle benomuzwa wokuthi abanayo indawo yokuguqula leso sakhiwo. Bajikela abasondelene kakhulu nabo. Futhi lokho kuzokwenzeka noma ngabe kungabantu abamnyama nabamaLatino, noma ngabe abantu abamhlophe besigaba sabasebenzi kanye nabantu abamnyama besigaba sabasebenzi. Uyazi, yiwo wonke umlando walokho okwenzekayo.
UMichelle Chen ungumbhali ozimele ozinze eNew York City. Ubhalisa ku Racewire.org.
UTim Wise ungumbhali wezincwadi ezimbalwa; eyakamuva kakhulu ethi Phakathi kuka-Barack kanye Nendawo Enzima, Ukucwasa Ubuhlanga Nokuphikiswa Okumhlophe Enkathini Ka-Obama, eshicilelwe ku-Open Media Series yi-City Lights Books, www.citylights.com
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