Ngenkathi u-Trayvon Martin ebulawa “umqhuqhumbi wezimbongolo ezinwabuzelayo” ngoFebhuwari, 2012, i-Black America eyayithukuthele yaqoqana ukuze iphoqe uMbuso waseFlorida ukuthi ubeke umenzi wobubi enkantolo. Ezinyangeni eziyishumi nesikhombisa kamuva, ngamazwi kaMongameli Obama, "ijaji likhulumile," liqinisekisa ingxabano yasekuqaleni yaseFlorida yokuthi ukufa kukaTrayvon kwakungesona isenzo sobugebengu.
I-White House nayo yayifuna ukuthi i-Trayvon ikhohlwe. Emasontweni amathathu ngemuva kwesigameko sokudubula, ekhuluma nonobhala wakhe wezindaba, umongameli wathi, "kusobala ukuthi ngeke singene odabeni lokugcinwa komthetho wendawo." Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa kamuva, u-Obama wafuna ukucacisa umbono womphakathi omnyama ngesitatimende esithi iqiniso elingokoqobo: "Ukube nginendodana, ibizobukeka njengoTrayvon."
Ngemuva kokuvela kwecala, abantu babezindaba baka-Obama bamemezele ukuthi uzophuma ecaleni ngenkathi u-Attorney General u-Eric Holder enza sengathi uhlola ukuthi kungenzeka yini ukuphishekela amacala amalungelo omphakathi abhekene noGeorge Zimmerman. Umnikazi utshele osisi abakhohlakele weDelta Sigma Theta ukuthi ukufa kukaMartin "kwakubi" futhi "akudingekile," kodwa ukushushiswa kombuso kaZimmerman mancane kakhulu amathuba okuba mancane amathuba okuba. Uhulumeni kuzofanele afakazele ukuthi u-Zimmerman wayegqugquzelwa intukuthelo yobuhlanga - okuyiqiniso elisobala kwabaNsundu baseMelika njengesixuku esiqubuka emini kwa-Times Square. Kodwa-ke, ngaphandle kweqiniso lokuthi wabulala ibhungu, uGeorge Zimmerman akaseyena umuntu ocwasa ngokwebala enkantolo yaseMelika kuneningi labamhlophe baseMelika - yingakho amaphoyisa aseFlorida nabashushisi baqale benqaba ukumbopha, kungani ijaji lamkhulula, futhi kungani. ingxenye enkulu yemithombo yezindaba yebhizinisi yazwelana nokuzivikela.
"U-Zimmerman wayesebenza emcabangweni ofanayo wobandlululo ogqugquzela amaphoyisa ezweni lonke. "
Umphakathi omhlophe uhlanganyela no-Zimmerman ngenkolelo - ukuhlakanipha okutholiwe, okugxilwe embonweni wabo womhlaba - yokuthi abafana abaNsundu abancane bayingozi ngokwemvelo. Kuleli “qiniso” kugeleza i-reflex yokuziphatha okuthi, kwabaningi abamhlophe, imane ifane ne-commonsensical. Uma abesilisa abancane abaNsundu beyingozi ngokwemvelo, kufanele babhekwe, ngokungaphezi. I-hyper-surveillance emnyama iyindlela enhle yokuthatha abantu abaningi abaNsundu ejele. U-Zimmerman, umlindi wendawo ozikhethele yena, wenza ngendlela efanayo yokucatshangelwa kobandlululo egqugquzela amaphoyisa ezweni lonke, yingakho amaphoyisa ecaleni likaZimmerman ayebaluleke kakhulu ekuvikelweni kunasekushushisweni. Kungokufanayo nakubashushisi namajaji, iningi lempilo yabo yansuku zonke ehlelwe ngokuphathelene nobungozi bemvelo bezinsizwa eziMnyama.
Ngokwemvelo, amaphoyisa afakaza ukuthi awazange abone i-animus yobuhlanga ezenzweni zika-Zimmerman - njengoba nje ayengaphika ukuthi ukubhekwa kwawo ngokweqile kwemiphakathi yabaNsundu kugqugquzelwa i-animus. Ijaji, njengeningi labantu baseMelika abamhlophe, liyawugunyaza umbuso wokugadwa kwabaNsundu, kanye nalezo zakhamuzi eziqapha “ubugebengu” - okusho ukuthi “abesilisa abamnyama.” Njengoba ijaji B37 ukubeka, "inhliziyo kaZimmerman yayisendaweni efanele" - okusho ukuthi, wabona ukuphrofayilisa kukaZimmerman nokuphishekela iTrayvon njengenhloso enhle futhi enomqondo womphakathi; ngokucacile, hhayi ngonya. Kukhona "okuvele kuhambe kabi kakhulu" - ukuphenduka okungekuhle kwezehlakalo, kodwa hhayi ubugebengu. Isinqumo esivumelana ngazwi linye sibonisa ukuthi amanye amajaji nawo awabonanga bubi - abukho ugqozi lobuhlanga - ngu-Zimmerman.
Eqinisweni, abantu abamhlophe ngokuvamile abacabangi ukuthi kuwukucwasa ngokwebala noma ubufakazi bonya ukukholelwa ukuthi abesilisa Abamnyama bawusongo olukhulu; kuyiqiniso nje. Ngakho-ke, “kunengqondo” ukuthi izakhamuzi, kanye namaphoyisa, bazilungiselele ukusebenzisa amandla abulalayo lapho bebhekene nabesilisa abaNsundu.
"Umphakathi omhlophe uhlanganyela noZimmerman ngenkolelo yokuthi abafana abaNsundu abancane bayingozi ngokwemvelo. "
Impendulo yombuzo othi: Yini umuntu onengqondo angayenza? kubalulekile emthethweni waseMelika. Amaphoyisa, abashushisi, amajaji kanye namajaji basekela izinqumo zabo embonweni wabo siqu wesimo sengqondo sabantu abalimaza noma ababulalayo, kanye nokuba nengqondo kwezenzo zabo. Kubantu abaningi abamhlophe, kunengqondo ukusola ngokuphindaphindiwe abafana abaNsundu abancane ukuthi banenhloso yobugebengu, futhi kunengqondo ukwesaba ukuphila komuntu lapho ebhekene nomuntu onjalo. “Ukungabi nacala” kunengqondo, lapho wonke umuntu obala ecabanga ngendlela efanayo nomenzi wobubi.
Abantu abamnyama abakwazi ukukulungisa lokho. Ngeke sikwazi ukushintsha imibono yabantu abamhlophe ngezwe, nakuba, iNkosi iyazi, sizamile. Sekuyiminyaka engama-45 kwaphasiswa umthethosivivinywa wokugcina omkhulu wamalungelo abantu, iFair Housing Act, nokho ukuhlukaniswa kwezindlu kusalokhu kuyinto evamile, ngenxa yezinqumo zabantu abamhlophe emakethe yezindlu, ngokusekelwe ekucabangeni kwabo ngokobuhlanga. Inamandla kakhulu inkolelo evamile yokucwasa abantu abamhlophe ebugebengwini kanye nokuba phansi kwabaNsundu, ukuba khona nje kwabantu base-Afrika baseMelika endaweni noma eduze kwayo kwehlisa izinga lezwe. Lokhu ukucwasa okunamandla omthetho wezomnotho. “Umthetho” ofanayo uye wavala ukungasebenzi kwabantu abamnyama cishe okuphindwe kabili kunabamhlophe ngaphezu kwezizukulwane ezimbili - umphumela ongaguquguquki ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kufanele ube umkhiqizo wesiko lezepolitiki (ubandlululo) esikhundleni sokuguquguquka kwemakethe.
The Brown Isinqumo seNkantolo Ephakeme cishe sesineminyaka engama-60 ubudala, nokho ukuhlukaniswa kwezikole, ngandlela thize, kugxile kakhulu kunangaphambili - futhi, ngenxa yezinqumo zabamhlophe. Akukhona nje kuphela ukuthi ukuhlukaniswa kwezikole kuyanda, kodwa ukugunyazwa kwakha enye isistimu exhaswe ngumphakathi eyenzelwe ikakhulukazi izingane eziNsundu nezinsundu. Emadolobheni amaningi, abamhlophe bangagcinwa kuphela ezikoleni zomphakathi ngokubanikeza izinsiza nezinhlelo ezihamba phambili. Ukwehlukaniswa kwezikole kuye kwashiywa kakhulu njengesizathu esilahlekile, ngenxa “yokungaguquki” kwabamhlophe - inkulumo-ze yokubekezelela ukucwasa ngokwebala: ukwenqaba ukwabelana ngendawo nabantu abamnyama.
Kodwa, uhlelo lwezobulungiswa bobugebengu luyinkundla yokudlala yabamhlophe, lapho inzondo yobuhlanga, ukwesaba nezinsolo kunikezwa khona mahhala. Isiboshwa esisodwa kweziyisishiyagalombili emhlabeni singabantu baseMelika baseMelika, okuwubufakazi besifiso esijwayelekile sabamhlophe sokukhipha abantu abamnyama ezweni. U-Trayvon Martin waba yisisulu sengxenye ye-extrajudicial yomshini we-Black-erasure.
"Ubandlululo luwuhlobo lwesifo sengqondo, lapho abahluphekayo bebona izinto ezingekho, futhi bangaboni lokho okuphambi kwamehlo abo.”
Abamhlophe abacabangi ukuthi banonya futhi banobandlululo; kunalokho, bamane bazivikele (ngokufanelekile, bakholelwa) ekwenzeni okubi kwabaMnyama. Ukuthi abamhlophe bazibona bengaphansi kokuhlaselwa ngokuhlanganyela kubonakala emiphumeleni ye-Harvard and Isifundo se-Tufts University, okubonisa ukuthi iningi labamhlophe liyaqiniseka ukuthi bayizisulu zokucwaswa ngokobuhlanga eMelika. Uhlanya olunjena olunjalo aluqondi kubantu abahluzekile engqondweni, kodwa ukucwasa ngokwebala kuwuhlobo lokugula ngengqondo, lapho abahluphekayo bebona izinto ezingekho, futhi baphuphutheke kulokho okuphambi kwamehlo abo.
Ukuphila ngaphansi kwethonya labantu abanjalo kuyiphupho elibi. Iningi lomlando wase-Afrika waseMelika kube umzabalazo wokunciphisa noma ukuthambisa isilo esicwasa ngokwebala, ukuthola indlela yokuhlalisana nokusangana okumhlophe, ngokunokwenzeka ukuselapha, noma ukuzenza sibe namandla futhi sizimele ngokwanele ukuba ubuhlanya bungakwazi ukusilimaza kabi kakhulu. Ukukhululwa kukaGeorge Zimmerman kubuhlungu kakhulu ku-Black America ngoba kukhombisa ukuthi isitha sethu sasendulo - ukubusa kwabamhlophe - siyaphila futhi siyavutha, asikwazi ukungena kunoma yiziphi izintambo ezingokomthetho esingazidonsa. Umuzwa wokungabi namandla ukhula ngokuqaphela okukhulayo kokuthi umongameli omnyama - indoda okwathi, ebubini bakhe "Philadelphia” inkulumo, iphikile ukuthi ukucwasa ngokwebala kwake kwaba yinsakavukela umchilo wesidwaba eMelika – ngeke futhi kwenze noma ubani ahlawulele iTrayvon.
Sike saba kule ndawo ngaphambili - noma, kunalokho, sibe nayo njalo bebekule ndawo, kodwa sekuphele iminyaka engama-40 benxuswe ukuthi bacabange ukuthi kukhona okubalulekile okushintshile phakathi kwabamhlophe baseMelika. UTrayvon usishaya siphaphame.
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