Funda uMumia

Yebo, ngifuna nokusho i-Free Mumia. Empeleni, ngifuna ukuthi Khulula zonke iziboshwa. Guqula ijele eliphethe uMumia Abu-Jamal libe yisikole futhi limenze umphathi. Futhi uma ungeke uzikhulule zonke iziboshwa, khulula owejezisiwe waya ezingeni elifanele ukwanelisa noma yiluphi uhlelo lokuphindisela kunoma yiliphi icala okungenzeka ubenzile. Futhi uma ungeke ukwenze lokho, mkhulule ngoba wafakwa ejele ngecala lokukhwabanisa nelikhohlakele elalifihla ubufakazi obuningi njengoba bekuvezile, futhi waqamba elokugcina.

Okubaluleke nakakhulu, Funda uMumia. Ibhuku lakhe elisha libizwa Ukubhala Olubongweni: Ukubhala Okukhethiwe Kwamajele KaMumia Abu-Jamal, futhi kufaka phakathi ukuphawula kukaMumia kusuka ngo-1982 kuya ku-2014. UMumia waqhubeka wenza ijele lakhe laba yisikole - isikole emlandweni, kwezepolitiki, nasekuziphatheni. Futhi imfundiso yakhe yokuziphatha ngokuyinhloko eyisibonelo. Ufundisa isifundo esikhululayo sokuthi, uma ukhetha kanjalo, ungazi njengamanje ukuthi akekho umuntu oyoke akwazi ukukushaya. Ungajabula impilo yakho yonke futhi uqiniseke ngokuphelele ukuthi akukho lutho olungakususa lokho.

Kungani? Ngoba uMumia wadutshulwa futhi washaywa kungakapheli ngisho ne-intshi yempilo yakhe ngamaphoyisa, azama ukumbulala esibhedlela ngomoya obandayo owawusho ukuletha ukufa ngenyumoniya. Ngemuva kwalokho wabiyelwa ngakwisitimela waya esikhungweni "sokuhlunyeleliswa kwezimilo". Ngemuva kwalokho wabekwa isikhathi eside mhlawumbe nanoma ngubani ophilayo ekuhlushweni kokuvalelwa yedwa (okwenza abanye bazicwase). Wabulawa ngokuhlekwa usulu kabili ngezinsuku ezibekiwe zokubulawa kwakhe yizwe lasePennsylvania. Futhi akukaze kuyekwe, nge umzamo omusha ukuze ambulale ngokuphika ukwelashwa kulo nyaka.

Kodwa kusukela osukwini-1 ejele kuze kube yilolu suku, uMumia ubelokhu edala imibono ebhaliwe neyomsakazo elandela konke ukungabi nabulungisa emhlabeni, kuhlanganise nalabo ababoshwa ababoshwa abasongela impilo yakhe. Futhi umuntu akakwazi ukuthola igama lokuzihawukela kunoma yimuphi wabo. Akuyona izwi lokuzijabulisa noma lokugxila kancane. Ngemuva kwemigoqo, uMumia ubona umbono womhlaba wonke kuncono kuningi kakhulu ngaphandle. Uthatha umshini wempi njengoba kunqunywe njengobumpofu futhi udonsela ukuxhumana phakathi kwabo. Ngesabi. Ayikho intukuthelo. Ayikho i-paranoia. Akukho ukuphelelwa ithemba. Awuvumelekile. Futhi ukuntuleka kothando nokuqonda.

Futhi akusikho ukuthi kungani kufanele ufunde iMumia. Akayena umbhali omnyama oboshwe ngokungafanele. Ungumbhali omkhulu. Futhi ukube ubekhululekile futhi ekuvakasheni izincwadi, impela amathuba angcono ukuthi ngabe umfunda. Izikhulumi zikaMumia ezivela ejele zinolwazi futhi zinokuqonda okuningi kunabaningi abavela ezifundweni. Futhi ukuyekethisa okuncane - Ukuyekethisa ekubeni yinto ayithatha ngempumelelo ngokuhlaziya kwakhe lokho iWEB Dubois akubiza ngePhiladelphia Negro.

Uma ufuna amaphuzu ezemidlalo ekuqondeni kukaMumia, kuthiwani ngohlu lwezibikezelo ezinembile?

Ubikezele ukutholakala kukaGeorge Zimmerman ekubulaweni kukaTrayvon Martin.

Ubikezele ukusebenza kukaColin Powell isikhathi eside ngaphambi kwenkulumo yakhe ye-UN: “[U] yenze yonke impilo yakhe yobungcweti, yezempi, uGeneral uzolandela imiyalo ayinikiwe, noma ngabe akavumelani nayo.” —Aug. 30, 2001

Wabikezela izinhlekelele zempi ngaphambi kwezimpi. Ubikezele ukuthi uGeorge W. Bush noBarack Obama bazoba ngubani ngaphambi kokukhethwa kukaBush nokukhethwa kuka-Obama (futhi wabethela ukwebiwa kweFlorida uBush ngo-2000 ngaphambi kokuba kuqedwe). Ngo-Obama wathi:

“Ubuso obumnyama ezindaweni eziphakeme abuyenzi inkululeko. Amandla angaphezu kobukhona. Kuyikhono lokuhlangabezana nezinhloso zabantu zezepolitiki zenkululeko, inkululeko, kanye nenhlalakahle yempahla. Sikude kakhulu nalezo zinhloso njengoba sasinjalo ngo-1967. ” —Aug. 6, 2008

U-Mumia wathola uHillary Clinton ngaphambi kokuba abe senenankulu, ungalokothi ucabangele ngaphambili, njengomongameli, waqala iMpi Yezwe III:

"Lowo ozongenela ukhetho lobudemokhrasi kuDemocratic Alliance, uHillary Clinton, ngemuva kwesigwebo sababulali baseDiallo, ukhiphe isitatimende sokuthi 'amaphoyisa kumele asebenze ukuze aqonde umphakathi, nomphakathi kufanele uqonde ubungozi obubhekene namaphoyisa.' Lokhu kungemuva kokuqulwa kwamacala omhlophe kanye nokutholakala enecala kwamaphoyisa amane avalela uDiallo emnyango wakhe ngokwenza icala lokufa 'lokuma umnyama .'-- SWB. Lokhu kucubungulisisa isimo sezombusazwe secala lapho amaphoyisa adubule khona indoda engahlomile! ” - UMashi 41, 13

UMumia uphendule wathi “Kungani besizonda?” ngoSepthemba 17, 2001. Wathola amaCuba amahlanu ngaphambi kokuba bakhululwe. Wathola iBlack Lives Matter ngaphambi kokuba kuzalwe abaholi baleyo nhlangano. Wathola ne-Distant Lives Matter futhi, futhi kunjalo, ngaphambi kokuba leyo nhlangano yazalwa, uma kwenzeka.

U-Mumia wabuye wakhuluma noBill Cosby ngokudelela okuyiminyaka engamashumi ngaphambi kwalokho kwakungcono.

U-Mumia ngaphezu kwakho konke ube yizwi ehola phambili ekusizeni ukuqeda isigwebo sokufa, futhi ukhuthaze futhi ugubhe isinyathelo ngasinye kuleso siqondiso.

U-Mumia uyazi ukuthi kwenzekani kangcono ngemuva kwemishayo kunokuba enze okuningi ngaphandle, ngoba unokufinyelela ezincwadini. Uke wabhala lokhu kubuyekezwa komsakazo enye yezincwadi zami, engangizibheka njengaphezulu kunoma yikuphi ukubuyekezwa.

Labo bethu abangaphandle kwejele bayazithola izincwadi, futhi, yize abaningi kubonakala sengathi bayakhohlwa. Sonke singafundiswa kahle njengoMumia. Sonke singazi ukuthi yini elandelayo ngokusobala ngaphambi kokuthi isishaye ebusweni. Indawo enhle yokuqala kungaba ngokufunda i- Ukubhala Olubongweni.