NguKristin Christman
Okuhlaba umxhwele ngezigameko zamaphoyisa eFerguson ne-NYC ukuthi eminyakeni eyedlule i-60, noma yikuphi ukufakwa kwabezindaba kungenzeka ukuthi kwakukhombisa izisulu ezimnyama njengamadoda ayingozi namaphoyisa njengamaqhawe asikiwe, asindisa iMelika ezenzakalweni ezingezinhle. Lokho bekungaba yi-topdog spin: I-guy enhle inegunya namandla.
Manje, yize amaphoyisa ewinile ezinkantolo, amaphoyisa ahlaseliwe futhi abulawa njengophiko lwangaphansi kwezenhlalo olusebenza ngokuqinile: Umuntu omuhle akanawo amandla negunya.
Kodwa-ke bobabili abaseshi nabaphikisi abangaphansi bavimbela umbono womuntu ngeqiniso futhi bakhulisa inzondo nodlame ngokungadingekile. Iphoyisa libona intsha emnyama njengento engelutho ngaphandle kwesigebengu esithandekayo. Intsha emnyama ibona iphoyisa njengelingelutho ngaphandle kokuba yisikhulu esiziqhenyayo. Ukuqagela ngakunye kuvimbela umuntu ukuthi angaboni ubuhle kwelinye.
Eminyakeni engu-60 eyedlule, ngabe iningi labantu baseMelika belizokucabanga nokukubiza ngokuthi ukubulawa kwabantu abamnyama njengokusebenzisa amandla ngokweqile? Noma ingabe umbono wabo wokuba yitobhu ngabe ubanikeze abanakho isimilo sokucabanga ngombono womuntu omnyama?
Cabanga ngezimpikiswano zezingxabano zomhlaba wonke. Ngabe siholelwa ekuthini sikholelwe isidingo sokubulawa kwabantu baseMelika ukusikhulula kuma-degenerates ayingozi? Ngabe siyakwazi ukuqaphela ukuhlaselwa kwase-US, ukuhlaselwa ebusuku, i-uranium eqeda amandla, iphosphorus emhlophe, nokuhlushwa njengamandla ngokweqile lapho sikubona? Ngabe akukho mqondo wobubi owenziwe ezinkulungwaneni ezibulewe kanye nezigidi ezihanjelwe ukuhlaselwa kwaseMelika? Noma ingabe sithatha kalula ukucabanga kwe-topdog ukuthi i-US yiphoyisa elihle?
Futhi ingabe amaphekula, njengabaphansi, acabanga ukuthi ukubulala izakhamizi zezizwe eziphezulu kuyasebenza? Ingabe u-Al Qaeda ubabheke labo ababulewe kwi-9 / 11 njengempahla etholakalayo yesizwe se-topdog? Ngabe umuntu ngamunye wayengenalo ilungelo lokuphila?
Yini eyenza ukuthi onogada base-US bahlukumeze iziboshwa ezindaweni eziseGuantanamo nasezindaweni zabamnyama? Yini eyenza amaNazi athumela amaJuda emagumbini egesi, abashayeli bezindiza baseMelika ukuba bacishe bachitha izakhamuzi zaseJalimane, izingane zamaPilgrims ukwenza izigqila zamaMelika omdabu, noma iNdlovukazi u-Elizabeth ukulengisa ama-Ireland?
Yini eyenza ukuthi amalungu e-KKK akhiphe abansundu nabaseYurophu ukuthi bashise izinsolo zokuthakathi? Yini evumela abanye ukuthi bashaye omkabo nezingane, i-ISIS iye emadolobheni okubulala abantu abaningi, kanye ne-US ekuqhumeni amabhomu nasolwandle izizwe?
Uma ufunda ngalabo ababulala futhi balimaze, uvame ukubona into ejwayelekile: ukuqiniseka kokulunga kokuhle ukuthi izisulu zabo zisesigabeni sabantu abangaphansi, abangenangqondo, abayingozi, noma ababi futhi nokusebenzisa komuntu lokho Amandla angcono kakhulu - angcwelengcwele. Kwesinye isikhathi uthola inkolelo yokuthi umuntu ulungile ngokulalela imiyalo, noma ngabe ama-oda anesihluku.
Izinganekwane zisenza sikholelwe ukuthi abantu ababi babona imicabango yabo njengokubi. Ngakho-ke, uma sizizwa sihle, silungile. Kepha empeleni, labo abenzi bokubi bavame ukuba nonembeza abahlanzekile futhi bazizwe bengabantu abalungile. Yile ndlela abantu abalungile abonakaliswa ngayo ukuze benze ububi: izingqondo zabo zibheka udlame lwabanye njengokubi nobudlova babo njengobuhle.
Ukuvimbela ukungena ngaphansi kolawulo lukanembeza ongafundile, noma nini lapho umuntu ezwa ukuthi omunye udelelekile ukuthi angafanela ukuhlaselwa, kungaba ngophula umthetho omnyama, iphoyisa, isishoshovu saseMuslim, noma intatheli yaseMelika, sikuthatha njengesibonakaliso esiyisixwayiso sokuthi umuntu angavuma bengasitholanga isithombe esigcwele. Yazi ukuthi unembeza womuntu awusathembekile kulokhu; kunikeza umuntu umuzwa wokuziphatha okuhle, ngenkathi ngesikhathi esifanayo ukhuthaza umuntu ukuba athathe umgomo kanye nomlilo.
Buyela emuva ku-1979 lapho ama-Iranian athumba abathumbi baseMelika. Angikhumbuli ngizwa ukuthi ulaka lwase-Irani lwaluvela ekuqothulweni kwe-CIA kukaNdunankulu wase-Iran uMossadegh, ukufakwa kabusha kukaSha odelelekile, nokuqeqeshwa kwamabutho akhe anesihluku i-SAVAK. Ingabe? Ngikhumbula isithombe se-TV sibonisa ama-Irani athukuthele eshisa amafulegi ase-US. Sabona okubi kakhulu, idrama, hhayi izizathu, hhayi isithombe esigcwele.
Manje sinikezwa ezinye izithombe zabantu base-Mid-Easterners abathukuthele; sibona ubugebengu obunyantisayo, obunyantisayo bezenzo ze-ISIS. Kepha sikhonjiswa isithombe esigcwele na?
Ubungozi besithombe esingaphelelanga ukuthi uma sigxila ebubini bomphikisi kuphela, siphuthelwa umbono wokuvumelana okuhle nokuvulekela ekuphenduleni ngobudlova. Njengo-Odysseus noSinbad, sibulala amaCyclops, sinqume ikhanda lomthakathi, sibhubhise inyoka, futhi sizibongele - ngaphandle kokungabaza ukuthi izenzo zethu zimbi yini.
Kwesinye isikhathi abantu babonakala begcwele i-kindling eyomile, elungele ukudonsela ukufutheka lapho bebona umuntu omubi: Abanye babulala umKristu ngentshiseko yokuhlambalaza ePakistan, bahlukumeze umuntu afunda naye ngokwephula umthetho, noma bahlukumeze iziboshwa ngaphansi konogada baseMelika. Kungani ulangazelela kangaka? Kungani ukulambela kwelitshe?
Mhlawumbe okubhekiswe kukho ukufutheka komuntu kusebenza njengendawo yokukhipha ukunganaki ngaphakathi, inzondo, intukuthelo, kanye nokwesaba okungenzeka ngaphakathi nangaphandle kokucasulwa kwangaphandle. Ngenxa yobudedengu bangaphakathi, singaphendula ngamandla amakhulu kanye nenzondo emigomeni yethu: amaphekula, iphoyisa, ukwephula umthetho, ingane.
Kepha uma sisebenza ngamandla amakhulu, sivumela ababi kithi ukuthi bahlanganyele nabangalungile kubo; sibeka ukunganaki esihlalweni somshayeli futhi sikunikeza izinhlamvu zamandla.
Kungani ungabheki okuhle bese uvumela abahle kithi ukuthi bahlanganyele nakho okuhle kubo?
UKristin Y. Christman ungumlobi we I-Taxonomy Yokuthula: Ukuhlukaniswa Okuphelele Kwemiphakathi Neziqhumane Zezobudlova kanye ne-650 Solutions for Peace, iphrojekthi eyenziwe ngokuzimela yaqala ngoSepthemba ka-9/11 futhi itholakala online. Ungumama ofunda emakhaya oneziqu ezivela eDartmouth College, eBrown University, naseYunivesithi e-Albany kwezokuphatha iRussia kanye nezomphakathi. http://sites.google.com/site/paradigmforpeace
