Ngaba iCongress iya kwandisa ukuBhaliswa kwabaYili boMkhosi?

Ngu-Kate Connell, nge-27 ka-Agasti 2020

ukusuka USanta Barbara Ezimeleyo

Nge-Epreli 20, 2020, i-US Army SPC uVanessa Guillen wabulawa lelinye ijoni eFort Hood Army base eTexas. Waye waqeshwa ngelixa efunda amabanga aphakamileyo kwaye waxelelwa ukuba uzakufumana amathuba amaninzi ngokujoyina umkhosi. Akaxelelwanga ngerekhodi elide lokuhlaselwa ngokwesondo kwabantu abafuna ukubanjwa.

Umngcipheko kwabasetyhini nakumadoda kwisiseko okanye kuqeqesho awaziwa kangako kunxunguphalo olufunyanwa yimikhosi ekulweni, kodwa ibhinqa elinye kwamathathu lixelile ngokuhlaselwa ngokwesondo xa lisemkhosini. Ngaphambi kokubulawa kwakhe, uGuillen wazityand 'igila kunina ukuba waxhatshazwa ngokwesondo ngomnye wabaphathi bakhe.

Emva kokubhubha kwakhe, uLupe Guillen, udade kaVanessa Guillen, uphawule wathi, "Ukuba awukwazi ukubakhusela, musa ukubacela." Usapho lakwaGuillen kunye noManyano lwabemi baseLatin American American (LULAC) bacele ukuba kungabikho mntu ubhalisayo de kubekho uphando oluzimeleyo kwaye umkhosi ubenoxanduva lokungahoyi abasebenzi bawo.

Ngaba ulutsha kwindawo yethu luyakwazi ukufikelela kulwazi malunga neengozi ezingachazwanga zemisebenzi yasemkhosini? Abafundi bezikolo eziphakamileyo abanomvuzo ophantsi bajolise ngokukodwa kubaqeshi abanikezela ngeengxelo ezikhanyayo zobomi basemkhosini.

Ndisebenza njengomlawuli weqela elingenzi nzuzo, iNyaniso ekuGayweni, iprojekthi yeNtlanganiso yabahlobo yaseSanta Barbara (okanye iiQuaker) ekudala zifuna ukunciphisa ukufikelela kwabafikisayo kulutsha kwizikolo zamabanga aphakamileyo. Kwi-2014, sisebenzisene neSanta Barbara Unified School District (SBUSD) ukumilisela umgaqo-nkqubo webhodi yesikolo elawula ukufikelela kwabafundi kwabafundi. Umgaqo-nkqubo ubandakanya ezi zithintelo: Abaqeshi kwisebe ngalinye lomkhosi banqunyelwe ukutyelela kabini ngonyaka kungabikho ngaphezulu kwabaqeshi abathathu ekhampasini ngexesha; Abaqashi abanakho ukucela ulwazi loqhakamshelwano ngqo kubafundi; akukho zixhobo zeempawu ezenziweyo zivumelekile; kufuneka kukhutshwe ifom yokuphuma yokuthintela ulwazi lweenkcukacha zomfundi. Abaqashi abanakho ukuphazamisa imisebenzi yesiqhelo yesikolo.

Ngokungafaniyo ne-SBUSD, iSithili seSikolo samaBanga aPhakamileyo saseSanta Maria asinamgaqo-nkqubo wokufumana abantu. Ngo-2016-17, umkhosi wase-US watyelela iSanta Maria High School kunye nePioneer Valley High School ngaphezulu kwamaxesha angama-80. AmaMarines atyelele iSikolo samaBanga aPhakamileyo i-Ernest Righetti ngaphezulu kwama-60 amaxesha. I-alumnus ye-Pioneer Valley yagqabaza yathi, "Kubangathi [abaququzeleli] basebenza." Ukusukela nge2016, iNyaniso ekuGayweni ibisebenza namalungu asekuhlaleni aseSanta Maria achaphazelekayo ekuthinteleni ukufikelela kwabafundi emkhosini kwizikolo nakwizikolo.

Ummeli wase-US u-Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, u-Democrat wase-New York, kutsha nje icebise ukulungiswa Kumthetho osayilwayo wonyaka wokuchitha imali emkhosini oya kuthintela inkxaso-mali yomkhosi emkhosini ukuba ifumane kwizikolo eziphakathi neziphakamileyo kwaye icele idatha malunga nabafundi. Nangona kunjalo, oku kuya kufuna olunye utshintsho kumthetho womanyano. Ngaphantsi komThetho womntwana ongasekhohlo ka-2001, izikolo eziphakamileyo ezifumana iimali zombuso kufuneka zibonelele ngolwazi oluthile lokunxibelelana kwabafundi kubaqeshi bezomkhosi xa beceliwe kwaye kufuneka bavumele abaqeshi ukuba babe nokufikelela okufanayo kubafundi njengabaqeshi neekholeji. Lo mthetho uhlala ukhankanywa xa izithili zesikolo zisithi azinakulawula ukufikelela kwabafundi kwizikolo zabo. Kodwa igama eliphambili emthethweni, elibonisa into enokwenzeka, ligama enye. Logama imigaqo-nkqubo yesikolo isebenzisa imimiselo efanayo kuzo zonke iintlobo zabaqeshi, izithili zinokuphumeza imigaqo-nkqubo elawula ukufikelela kwabaqeshi.

Eminye imithetho ecetywayo inokwenza ukuba abantu basetyhini abancinci / abantu bachonge ababhinqileyo ekuzalweni nangakumbi abasesichengeni sobungozi bobomi basemkhosini. Nangona okwangoku kungekho drafti yasemkhosini, kule minyaka ingamashumi amane idlulileyo, amadoda / abantu bachonge abesilisa xa bezalwa, phakathi kweminyaka eli-18 ukuya kwengama-26 ubudala, kuye kwafuneka babhalise kwiNkqubo yeNkonzo yokuKhetha emkhosini. Kukho umthetho ocetywayo ngoku oya kufuna ukuba abasetyhini babhalisele uyilo.

Inkqubo yeNkonzo yokuKhetha ibandakanya okungaphezulu kokubhaliswa nje. Kukho iziphumo ezibi, zobomi bonke zokusilela ekuthobeleni. Okwangoku, amadoda angabhalisi kwiNkonzo yokuKhetha anokuhlawuliswa ukuya kuthi ga kwi-250,000 yeedola kwaye asebenze ukuya kuthi ga kwiminyaka emihlanu entolongweni. Kananjalo abanakulungelwa ukuba bafumane inkxaso yezemali yasekholejini, uqeqesho lomsebenzi wobumbano, okanye ingqesho yomdibaniso. Ezi zohlwayo zinokuba neziphumo eziguqukayo kubomi kulutsha olungenamaphepha, njengoko ukusilela ukubhalisela i-servuce nako kungabenza bangabi ngabemi baseMelika.

Esinye isindululo sangoku sebandla, endaweni yokwandisa ubhaliso, kukuphelisa ubhaliso lweeNkonzo eziKhethiweyo ngokupheleleyo. NgoJuni, umbutho wethu wadibana noMmeli waseMelika uSalud Carbajal, igqala leMarine Reserve, kwaye wavuma ukuya kwiHolo yeDolophu, eyayibanjelwe yiNyaniso ekuGayweni, apho wayezokumamela iinkxalabo zoluntu malunga nokukhetha iCongress. Iholo leedolophu, "Ngaba iCongress iyakwandisa ukuBhaliswa koMkhosi kwabafazi?" izakuvulwa NgoLwesine, nge-3 kaSeptemba, ngo-6 pm, Ummeli wase-US u-Carbajal kunye nezithethi kubandakanya abafundi kunye namagqala.

Inyaniso ekuGayweni ikholelwa ngokuqinisekileyo ukuba endaweni yokuzama ukwandisa ukubhaliswa kwabafazi abancinci, iCongress kufuneka iphelise ubhaliso lwabantu bonke. Ukuyalela abasetyhini ukuba babhalisele uyilo lomkhosi akuxhasi ukulingana kwabasetyhini; ukwandisa amanyathelo okunyanzela kwabasetyhini akuyi kuwandisa amathuba abo, kuya kususa ukhetho lwabo lokukhetha.

Ukunyanzela abantu abancinci ukuba babhalise izifundo zabo kwimingcipheko engalindelekanga-inkampu yeebhutsi yodwa inokuba ngamava othusayo kwaye anokubusongela ubomi. Ubhaliso lweNkqubo yeNkonzo ekhethiweyo alunikwanga kunamashumi eminyaka adlulileyo. Uninzi luphikisile ukuba iphinde yapheliswa. Akukho sizathu sokuqhubeka nokubakho okanye ukwandisa ubhaliso ngokunyanzela amaqela amatsha abantu. Ulutsha kufuneka lube nokuzikhethela ukuba luza kulusebenzisa njani uluntu kunye nesizwe.

Sonke siyamenywa kwiholo yethu yedolophu kunye neCongressmember Carbajal, othe wayixhasa inkxaso yobhaliso oluyimfuneko. Nantsi indlela "yokuya" kwiHolo yeDolophu ukusuka kukhuseleko lwekhaya lakho okanye ishishini nge-Zoom kunye ne-Facebook Livestream:

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