Rimwe Guta Riri Kutevera Kuratidzira kweConfederate Monuments

NaDavid Swanson

Charlottesville idhorobha rakasiyana, rakavhenekerwa, uye rinofambira mberi rekoreji muVirginia nenzvimbo dzaro dzeveruzhinji dzinodzorwa nezviyeuchidzo zvehondo, kunyanya zviyeuchidzo zvemauto eConfederate kwete kubva kuCharlottesville anomiririra nguva yemakore mashanu mumazana emakore enhoroondo yenzvimbo ino, sekuonekwa kwazvinoitwa nemumwe. mupfumi chena murume anosarura mupiro pane imwe nguva muma1920s. Sezvo bato reBlack Lives Matter rakatanga munyika gore rino, vagari vazhinji vemuCharlottesville vakadaidzira kuti zvivakwa zvaRobert E. Lee naStonewall Jackson zvibviswe munzvimbo dzavo dzine mukurumbira.

Guta reCharlottesville rakamisa komisheni yemujaho, zviyeuchidzo, uye nzvimbo dzeveruzhinji. Ndakapinda zvikamu zvemisangano miviri uye ndafadzwa zvechokwadi nehurongwa hwakavhurika, hwehurumende, uye hutongi hwejekerere huri kuitika hwekutsvaga mhinduro uye pamwe kubvumirana. Maitirwo acho anga atova dzidziso kwandiri uye kune vamwe veruzhinji uye nekomisheni. Vamwe vagari vachena vataura vachiziva kekutanga kuti vanhu vemuAfrica vekuAmerica havaone nhoroondo yavo muzvirangaridzo zveruzhinji zveCharlottesville.

Ini handisi African American, asi ndinonzwa nenzira imwe cheteyo. Ndinosemeswa nezviyeuchidzo zveavo vakapinda mukuba kwevhu uye kuuraya vanhu vekuAmerica, nechiyeuchidzo chehondo yeVietnam, Laos, neCambodia yakauraya vanhu vangangosvika mamirioni matanhatu vasina kutaurwa pachivako, uye naLee. , Jackson, uye generic Confederate masoja zvidhori. Iko mukana wekuona vanhu uye mafambiro uye zvikonzero ini ndinoitira hanya chirangaridzo munzvimbo yeruzhinji inonakidza uye isingatarisirwe kare.

Kushaikwa kubva munzvimbo dzeveruzhinji dzeCharlottesville ikozvino kwakawanda kusara kwenhoroondo yayo. Zvinodiwa zviratidzo zvekudzidzisa, zviyeuchidzo, uye mabasa eunyanzvi anotaurira miriyoni yakashaikwa nyaya. Handifunge kuti gore rinofanirwa kupfuura iro guta risingaunze chisikwa chitsva cheveruzhinji mudhorobha pamwe neimwe mune imwe nharaunda. Hunyanzvi hweveruzhinji hwaizovandudza nharaunda uye kunyangwe pamwe kushanya kwayo. Mazano arikutenderera mumisangano yekomisheni akawanda uye anoshamisa. Vatori vechikamu vakaburitsa mazita emazana emazano.

Ndinoda kuona nyaya yehupenyu hweNative America pano pre-Charlottesville ichizivikanwa, uye vamwe vanotaura kumwe kumwe zvichida zita rekuti Charlottesville ainzi Queen Charlotte aive ani uye kuti dzinza rake remuAfrica ringave rakaita sei pakusavapo kwake. Ndinofunga kuti pane nzvimbo yenyaya dzekusaruramisira: uranda, kusarura, eugenics, hondo, uye kuparadzwa kusina kunaka kwevavakidzani. Asi ini ndinofunga tinodawo nyaya dzekurwa, basa rekodzero dzevanhu, kufamba kwekodzero dzevakadzi, kuchengetedzwa kwezvakatipoteredza, kodzero dzevashandi, kubatanidzwa, dzidzo, hunyanzvi, mitambo, uye runyararo senzira yekupikisa kukudzwa kwehondo.

Kune vasingaverengeki vanhu vanoyeukwa uye kudzidziswa nezvavo. Chirangaridzo kuna Julian Bond uyo akadzidzisa kwemakore paYunivhesiti yeVirginia ipfungwa yakakurumbira yandinotsigira - basa rake rekodzero dzevanhu uye runyararo rinofanira kuzivikanwa. Uye chero bedzi tichizova nemuti unonzi Banastre Tarleton uyo akatungamirira kuedza muParamende kuti kutengeswa kwevaranda kuenderere mberi, tinofanira kuva nechivako chekutanga cheVirginia kuna Olaudah Equiano uyo angangodaro aimbova muranda muVirginia uye ane basa muEngland. chaive chakakosha pakupedza kutengeswa kwevaranda neuranda muhumambo hweBritish. Ini zvakare ndinofunga akawanda maratidziro eruzhinji ezviitiko zvakapfuura haafanire kutarisa pamunhu mumwechete.

Pane mhirizhonga muCharlottesville yekubvisa Confederate war monuments, uye mukana wekuzvichengeta. Panoratidzika kunge paine kubvumirana pakuwedzera zvimwe zvishoma zvezvinhu zvakawanda zvisipo. Ini pachangu ndanga ndichikurudzira uye kuronga rutsigiro rwechiyeuchidzo cherunyararo uye chiyeuchidzo kumaguta ehanzvadzi yeCharlottesville. Zviviri zvacho zvaigona kubatanidzwa mubango rorugare rine mashoko okuti “Rugare ngaruve pasi pano” kumativi ose mumitauro yeguta rimwe nerimwe rehanzvadzi, pamwe chete nechiRungu nemimwe mitauro inonyanya kutaurwa muCharlottesville. Kanzuru yeguta reCharlottesville yakagara ichitora runyararo, asi hapana chiri munzvimbo yeruzhinji chinocherechedza izvozvo.

Ini zvakare ndinofunga nzvimbo yeruzhinji yeCharlottesville inogona kuvandudzwa kana pachinzvimbo chekutenga kwayo kunotevera kwemareza mazhinji eUS ikaisa mumureza weCharlottesville wedhizaini inotsigirwa neveruzhinji.

Misangano yeruzhinji yekomisheni kusvika parizvino yandidzidzisa zvinhu zvekusarurana muCharlottesville zvandaisaziva. Ndinovimba kuti nzira iyi inogona kuenderera mberi nekusingaperi. Asi mubvunzo wakakoshera ndewekuti komisheni iyi ichaguma yaenderei kukanzuru yeguta iri mwedzi unouya, uye kuti kanzuru yeguta iri ichaita sei nechikumbiro ichi.

Kurudziro yangu ndeyekuti chimiro cheveruzhinji chehurongwa hwekurangarira pfungwa ngachienderere mberi uye chiwedzerwe mukuita sarudzo, kuti komisheni iite chisungo nepfungwa yekuti ichawana rutsigiro rwakasimba mureferendamu yeruzhinji, uye kuti iende referendamu yeruzhinji.

Kana kanzuru yeguta kana veruzhinji vakasarudza, zvisinei, mubvunzo mukuru uchave wemari. Kana mubvunzo ukaenda kune veruzhinji, ndinofunga veruzhinji vanofanirwa kupihwa sarudzo, toti, kugadzira zviyeuchidzo zvitsva makumi mashanu uye kubuda kunze kweimwe nzira itsva yekuchinjana kuitira kubhadhara mutengo. Veruzhinji havafanirwe kuunzwa nechikumbiro chinodhura uye hapana kutaura pamusoro pebhajeti rese randinofungidzira kuti harina rutsigiro rweveruzhinji.

Zvechokwadi kana zviyeuchidzo zvisingadiwi zvikabviswa, imwe sarudzo ingave yekuzvitengesa kune wepamusoro-soro anoda kuabvisa munzvimbo yeruzhinji uye kuaratidza munzvimbo yakavanzika inosvikika neimwe nzira kune veruzhinji. Imwe museum yeConfederate zvidhori iyo munhu anogona kutenga tikiti ingave yakatosiyana chirevo cheruzhinji kubva kune Confederate zvidhori zvinotonga mudhorobha mapaki.

Iko kuyedza kutsvaga mari yakavanzika yezvisikwa zvitsva zveveruzhinji, pane kufanofembera mharadzano kana kubhadharisa vagari vakapfuma kwazvo, asi mari yakadai inoshatisa maitiro ekuita sarudzo, uye ndipo pakabva varwi vekare verusaruraganda vakatasva mabhiza. .

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