NguKristin Christman
Yintoni enomdla malunga neziganeko zamapolisa zeFerguson kunye ne-NYC kukuba kwiminyaka ye-60 eyadlulayo, nakuphi na ukusasazwa kweendaba bekuya kuba kubonakalisa amaxhoba amnyama njengamadoda anobungozi kunye namapolisa njengamagorha anqumayo acocekileyo, ehlangula iMelika kwizinto ezingalunganga. Oko bekuya kuba kukuthi topdog spin: Umntu olungileyo unegunya namandla.
Ngoku, nangona amapolisa ephumelele kwinkundla yamatyala, amapolisa ahlaselwe kwaye abulawa njenge-underdog yentlalo yangoku eqhuba eqinile: Umntu olungileyo akanamandla negunya.
Ukanti bobabini abanyatheli kunye nengqondo ephantsi bayayithintela imbono yabo yenyani kwaye bakhulise intiyo nogonyamelo ngokungeyomfuneko. Ipolisa libona ulutsha olumnyama njengento engento yanto kwaye lulwaphulo-mthetho olukhohlakeleyo. Ulutsha olumnyama lubona ipolisa njengento engeyo nto ngaphandle kwegosa elinekratshi. Inqaku ngalinye linqanda omnye ukuba angaboni ukulunga kwelinye.
Kwiminyaka engama-60 eyadlulayo, ngaba uninzi lwabantu baseMelika beluya kukuthathela ingqalelo ukubiza ukubulawa kwabantu abantsundu njengokusebenzisa kakhulu amandla? Okanye ngaba umbono wabo wongamileyo wabenza babanakho isimilo sokungacingeli izimvo zabantu abamnyama?
Cinga ngokujikeleza kwembambano yezizwe ngezizwe. Ngaba sikhokelwa ekubeni sikholelwe kwimfuneko yokubulawa kwabantu baseMelika ukusihlangula kwiidemon ezinobungozi? Ngaba siyakwazi ukuqaphela ukuhlaselwa kwase-US, ukuhlaselwa ebusuku, uranium ephelileyo, iphosphorus emhlophe, kunye nokuthuthunjiswa njengamandla agqithisileyo xa sikubona? Ngaba akukho zingqondo zimbi zenziwe kumawaka abuleweyo kunye nezigidi ezishenxiselwe kukuhlaselwa kwase-US? Okanye ngaba sicinga ngokulula ispdd spin ukuba i-US yipolisa elilungileyo?
Kwaye ngaba abashokobezi, njengabangaphantsi kobugwenxa, bacinga ukuba ukubulala abahlali be-topdog bekulungile? Ngaba u-Al Qaeda wabajonga abo babulawa kwi-9 / 11 njengezinto ezinokujongwa nje kwisizwe esinezinto eziphezulu? Ngaba mntu ngamnye wayengenalungelo lokuphila?
Yintoni eyenze ukuba oonogada baseMelika bathuthumbise amabanjwa eGuantanamo nakwiindawo ezimnyama? Yintoni eyenze ukuba amaNazi athumele amaJuda kumagumbi egesi, abaqhubi beenqwelo moya zaseMelika ukuba baphephe umlilo waseJamani, abantwana bePilgrims benze amakhoboka amaMelika omdabu, okanye uKumkanikazi uElizabeth baxhome amaIreland?
Yintoni eyenze ukuba amalungu e-KKK abambe abantu abantsundu kunye nabantu baseYurophu ukuba batshise izangoma? Yintoni eyenza abanye ukuba babethe abafazi babo kunye nabantwana, i-ISIS ukuya kwiilali zokubulawa kwabantu, kunye ne-US ukuba ibhabhe kwaye irhoxe amazwe?
Xa ufunda malunga nokubulala nokwenzakalisa, uhlala ubona into eqhelekileyo: intembeko-yokulunga yokuqiniseka ukuba amaxhoba abo akuluhlu lwabantu abaphantsi, abangenangqondo, abayingozi, okanye abangalunganga kwaye nokusetyenziswa komntu amandla ngowona ungcwele - nditsho nengcwele. Ngamanye amaxesha ufumana inkolelo yokuba umntu ulungile ngokuthobela ii-odolo, nokuba ii-odolo zikhohlakele.
Amabali okukhohlisa asenza siqiniseke ukuba abantu abakhohlakeleyo babona iingcinga zabo njengokubi. Ke ngoko, ukuba siziva silungile, silungile. Kodwa eneneni, abo benzi bokubi bahlala benesazela esicocekileyo kwaye baziva bengabantu abalungileyo. Yiloo ndlela ke abantu abalungileyo bonakaliswe ukuba benze okubi: iingqondo zabo bazigqala njengobubi kwaye ugonyamelo lwabo lulungile.
Ukuthintela ukutyibilika phantsi kolawulo lwesazela esingafundanga, ngalo lonke ixesha umntu eziva eqinisekile ukuba omnye uyacekiseka ukuba angahlaselwa, makube ngumaphuli-mthetho omnyama, ipolisa, umSilamsi, okanye intatheli yaseMelika, ukuyithatha njengembonakaliso yesilumkiso sokuba awuzange ufumane umfanekiso opheleleyo. Qaphela ukuba isazela somntu asisathembeki ngoku; kukunika umntu ukuba abe nemvakalelo yokuziphatha elungileyo, ngelixa kwangaxeshanye ekhuthaza omnye ukuba athabathe umlilo kunye nomlilo.
Buyela emuva kwi-1979 xa ama-Irani athabatha abantu baseMelika. Andikhumbuli ndisiva ukuba ingqumbo yaseIran yavela ekuthatheni i-CIA kwi-Nkulumbuso yase-Iran u-Mossadegh, ukubuyiselwa kuka-Shah odelekileyo, kunye noqeqesho lomkhosi onamandla we-SAVAK. Uya? Ndikhumbula i-TV ebonisa i-Iraniya enomsindo etshisa iiflegi zase-US. Sabona okona kubi, idrama, hayi izizathu, hayi umfanekiso ozeleyo.
Ngoku sinikwe eminye imifanekiso yabantu abanomsindo Mid-Easterners; sibona ulwaphulo-mthetho olungenantlonelo nolukhulisayo lwezenzo ezibi ze-ISIS. Kodwa ngaba siyaboniswa umfanekiso opheleleyo?
Umngcipheko womfanekiso ongaphelelanga kukuba ukuba sigxila kububi belinye iqela, siphulukana nombono webala eliqhelekileyo kwaye ngokuchaphazeleka ukuba impendulo ibe nobundlobongela. Njengo-Odysseus kunye neSinbad, sibulala iiCyclops, sinqumle intloko yomthakathi, sitshabalalise inyoka, kwaye sizonwabise- ngaphandle kokuthandabuza ukuba izenzo zethu zingendawo.
Ngamanye amaxesha abantu babonakala bezele i-kindling eyomileyo, elungele ukuvutha ngumsindo emva kokubona umntu okhohlakeleyo: Abanye babulala ngokuzithoba umKristu ngokunyelisa ePakistan, bahlukumeze umntu afunda naye ekwaphuleni umthetho, okanye ngokuthuthumbisa amabanjwa aphantsi kweliso lase-US. Kutheni uzimisele kangaka? Kutheni indlala ithagethi?
Mhlawumbi ujoliso lomsindo lomntu lusebenza njengendawo yokuphuma yokungakhathaleli ngaphakathi, intiyo, ingqumbo kunye noloyiko olunokubakho ngaphakathi ngaphakathi ngaphandle kokucaphuka kwangaphandle. Ngenxa yokungakhathali kwangaphakathi, sinokuthi siphendule ngamandla agciniweyo kwaye sizonde kwiithagethi zethu: ukoyikisa, ipolisa, umaphuli-mthetho, umntwana.
Kodwa xa sisabela ngamandla agqithisileyo, sivumela izinto ezimbi kuthi ukuba sizibandakanye nezilungileyo kubo; sibeka ukungakhathali kwisihlalo somqhubi kwaye sinika i-reins yamandla.
Kutheni ungabambeli kokulungileyo kwaye uvumele into elungileyo kuthi ukuba ibandakanyeke kokuqinisekileyo kubo?
UKristin Y. Christman ungumlobi we I-Taxonomy yoxolo: Ukwahlula ngokubanzi kwemiSebenzi kunye ne-Escalators of Violence kunye ne-650 Solutions for Peace, Iprojekthi eyenziwe ngokuzimeleyo iqalile ngoSeptemba we-9/11 kwaye ibekwe kwi-Intanethi. Ungumama ofundela emakhaya onezidanga ezivela kwiKholeji yaseDartmouth, iYunivesithi yaseBrown, kunye neDyunivesithi yaseAlbany kulawulo lwaseRussia noluntu. http://sites.google.com/site/paradigmforpeace
