NguDavid Swanson, Agasti 10, 2017, Ake sizame ngentando yeningi.
Nginemizwa exubile mayelana neqiniso lokuthi ngizophuthelwa umhlangano omkhulu wakamuva wobufascism lapha e-Charlottesville, ngoba ngizobe ngikwenye indawo ngibambe iqhaza ekuqeqesheni i-kayak ngomhlangano ozayo. Flotilla eya ePentagon Yokuthula Nemvelo.
Ngiyajabula ukuphuthelwa ubufascism kanye nokucwasa ngokwebala kanye nenzondo kanye nobuhlanya bokudla izibhamu. Ngiyaxolisa ukuphuthelwa ukuba lapha ukuze ngikhulume ngokumelene nakho.
Ngithemba ukuthi kungase kube khona okuthile okufana nokuba khona kwabantu abaphikisayo abangenalo udlame nabangenanzondo, kodwa ngisola kakhulu ukuthi inani elincane labamelene nobandlululo abanobudlova nabanenzondo lizokonakalisa lokho.
Ngiyajabula ukuthi ukwehliswa kwetshe lesikhumbuzo sempi yokucwasa sekuyinto evamile. Ngicindezelekile ukuthi, noma ukubambezeleka okungokomthetho kokuyehlisa kusekelwe ekubeni yitshe lesikhumbuzo sempi, olunye uhlangothi lufuna ukuthi lwehle ngenxa yokucwasa ngokwebala, olunye uhlangothi lufuna ukuthi lube nokucwasa ngokwebala, futhi wonke umuntu ujabulela ukupakisha. idolobha elinezikhumbuzo zempi.
Ngiyesaba ukuzwa ukuthi ababandlululi baphinde bacula bathi “iRussia ingumngane wethu!” okusho ukuthi bakholelwa ngaphandle kobufakazi bokuthi iRussia yonakalise ukhetho lwase-US futhi bayabonga ngalokho, kodwa nginethemba lokuthi sebedlulele kwezinye izingoma ezixakile - nakuba ithemba lami lincane ukuthi noma ubani angacula athi “iRussia ingumngane wethu” futhi kusho ukuthi bangathanda ukwakha ukuthula nobungane phakathi kwamaMelika namaRussia.
Njengoba ngike ngabhala esikhathini esidlule, ngicabanga ukuthi ukungabanaki abacwasa ngokwebala kanye nemibuthano yabo akulungile, futhi ngicabanga ukuthi ukubhekana nabo ngomdlalo wokuklabalasa akulungile. Ukukhulumela uthando nokuhluzeka kwengqondo nokuqonda kulungile. Sizophinda futhi kuleli sonto sibone enye yalezo zindlela. Kungenzeka futhi sibone okunye ukusetshenziswa kabi kwamandla ombutho wamaphoyisa ahlomile. (Khumbula lapho abantu baseMelika babevame ukucabanga ngamaphoyisa njengabacwasi abanobudlova abavelele? Kwakunini lokho, cishe inyanga edlule?)
Ukuthambekela kokuziba abacwasa ngokwebala futhi nethemba lokuthi bazofiphala bangene emlandweni njengezivivinyo ngokubhekana nobunzima noma ukulwa kunamandla. Uma sibheka imikhuba ethandwayo yomphakathi kanye nokuncipha kobulungu bayo, i-KKK ibonakala injalo endleleni yokuphuma. Kungani bona noma abalingani babo besudi nothayi ukunakwa okungabasiza ukuba bawakhuthaze?
Nokho, okokuqala, ukucwasa okunodlame akukho endleleni yokuphuma uma sahlulela ngokhetho lukamongameli, ubugebengu benzondo, ubugebengu bamaphoyisa, uhlelo lwamajele, ukukhetha kwemiphakathi ezosebenzisa amapayipi egesi, noma ezinye izici eziningi. Futhi okuwukuphela kwendlela ukuphawula kwami ku "imikhuba yenhlalo" endimeni edlule kwenza noma yimuphi umqondo ukuthi uma sisula ukuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu okujwayelekile kwezizwe eziyisikhombisa zamaSulumane ezinesikhumba esimnyama njengokungacwasi ngokwebala.
Indlela engenalo udlame ngempela kubantu abakholelwa ukuthi bamela ubulungiswa njengoba bebona ukuthi akuwona umbhikisho kodwa isimemo. Esikhathini esingeside esidlule, eTexas, iqembu lahlela umbhikisho omelene namaSulumane endaweni yamaSulumane. Kwavela isixuku esimelene namaSulumane. AmaSulumane avela kwi-mosque azibeka phakathi kwala maqembu womabili, acela ababezoba abavikeli bawo ukuthi bahambe, base bemema ababhikishi abamelene namaSulumane ukuba bahlanganyele nabo endaweni yokudlela ukuze baxoxe. Benza kanjalo.
Ngingathanda ukubona abalamuli abanekhono nabanye abanenhliziyo enhle nenhliziyo enhle bedlulisela isimemo kubacwasi abavakashela e-Charlottesville ukuba beze bengahlomile ukuze baxoxe ngamaqembu amancane, ngaphandle kwamakhamera noma izethameli, ukuthi yini esihlukanisayo. Kungenzeka yini ukuthi abanye babo babone ubuntu balabo abababheka njengembuzi uma abanye bethu bebona ukungabi nabulungiswa abake babhekana nakho noma ukungabi nabulungiswa abakubona ngokuvuma noma ekwamukeleni “kwabelungu” njengesihloko senhlamba, hhayi njengomthombo wobandlululo. ukuziqhenya ngendlela eyayivumela zonke ezinye izinhlanga nezinhlanga?
Siphila ezweni elenze impi enkulu yephrojekthi yezenhlalo, izwe eligxilise ingcebo yalo ngaphezu kwamazinga enkathi ephakathi, izwe okuthi ngenxa yalokho lihlangabezane namazinga amangalisayo okuhlupheka okungadingekile okubhebhezelwa ukuqaphela ukungadingeki nokungalungi kwalo. Nokho lokho esinakho kokusekelwa komphakathi kwezemfundo, ukuqeqeshwa, ukunakekelwa kwezempilo, ukunakekelwa kwezingane, ezokuthutha, kanye nemali engenayo kusakazwa ngezindlela ezingezona ezehlukene, ezihlukanisayo ezisikhuthaza ukuba silwe sodwa. Amalungu e-KKK afike eCharlottesville ngenyanga edlule, kanye neningi labacwasi abazovela kuleli sonto, abacebile. Abaphili ngokuxhashazwa kwabasebenzi noma iziboshwa noma ukungcola noma impi. Basanda kukhetha into eyingozi kakhulu ngecala labo, uma kuqhathaniswa nalabo abasola amaRepublicans noma amaDemocrats noma abezindaba.
Uma bezosilahla ngokufuna ukususa isichuse, akufanele sibabukele phansi njengojenene abakhulu begibela amahhashi alingana nenunu. Kufanele sibamukele ukuze bazichaze.
Labo bethu abakubheka njengechilo ukuba nesithombe esikhulu sikaRobert E. Lee egibele ihhashi lakhe epaki emaphakathi neCharlottesville, nesinye sikaStonewall Jackson ngaleyo ndaba, kufanele bazame ukuqonda labo abacabanga ukususa esinye salezi zithombe. intukuthelo.
Angisho ukuthi ngiyabaqonda, futhi angiphakamisi ukuthi bonke bacabange ngokufanayo. Kodwa kukhona amatimu athile avelayo uma ulalela noma ufunda amagama alabo abacabanga ukuthi u-Lee kufanele ahlale. Kufanelekile ukulalela. Bangabantu. Baqonde kahle. Abahlanyi.
Okokuqala, ake sibeke eceleni izimpikiswano esiyikho hhayi ezama ukuqonda.
Ezinye zezimpikiswano ezidluliswayo azikho emqondweni walo mzamo wokuqonda olunye uhlangothi. Isibonelo, impikiswano yokuthi ukususa isifanekiso kubiza imali, akuyona into engithakaselayo lapha. Angicabangi ukuthi ukukhathazeka ngezindleko yikho okudala ukwesekwa kwesifanekiso. Uma sonke singavuma ukuthi ukususwa kwesichuse kubalulekile, sizoyithola imali. Ukunikela nje ngesifanekiso emnyuziyamu noma edolobheni elithile lapho u-Lee ehlala khona empeleni kungase kukhiqize umnikazi omusha ozimisele ukukhokhela ezokuthutha. Heck, nikela ku-Trump Winery futhi cishe bazoyilanda ngoLwesine oluzayo. [1] Eqinisweni, iDolobha linqume ukuyithengisa, mhlawumbe ukuze bathole inzuzo enkulu.
Okunye okubalulekile lapha ukuphikisana kokuthi ukususa isifanekiso kususa umlando. Impela bambalwa kulaba bashisekeli bomlando ababhikisha ngenkathi amasosha aseMelika ediliza isifanekiso sikaSaddam Hussein. Wayengeyona yini ingxenye yomlando wase-Iraq? I-CIA yayingaqondile yini futhi iye emizamweni emikhulu yokusiza ukumbeka esikhundleni? Inkampani yaseVirginia ayizange yini imnikeze izinto ezibalulekile zokwenza izikhali zamakhemikhali? Kuhle noma kubi, umlando akufanele udilizwe ucishwe!
Empeleni, akekho osho lokho. Akekho owazisa wonke umlando. Bambalwa abavumayo ukuthi izingxenye ezimbi zomlando ziwumlando nhlobo. Abantu bazisa ingxenye ethile yomlando. Umbuzo uwukuthi: ngani? Impela abalandeli bomlando abakholwa ukuthi u-99.9% womlando wase-Charlottesville ongamelwe ezithombeni eziyisikhumbuzo usuliwe. Kungani lesi siqeshana somlando kufanele sibe yisikhumbuzo?
Kungase kube nalabo ukukhathazeka kwabo ngokomlando kungokweminyaka engu-90 edlule noma ngaphezulu kokuthi lesi sithombe silapho epaki. Ukuba khona kwayo lapho kungumlando abakhathazekile ngawo, mhlawumbe. Mhlawumbe abafuni kuguqulwe ngenxa nje yokuthi bekulokhu. Nginozwelo oluthile ngalowo mbono, kodwa kufanele usetshenziswe ngokukhetha. Ingabe kufanele sigcine uhlaka lwehhotela olwakhiwe ngohhafu enxanxatheleni yezitolo yedolobha ngoba izingane zami azikaze zazi lutho olunye? Ingabe umlando wonakaliswa ngokudala inxanxathela yezitolo kwasekuqaleni? Engikuthakaselayo ukuzama ukukuqonda akukhona ukuthi kungani abantu bengafuni lutho olushintshayo. Akekho ofuna ukushintsha lutho. Kunalokho, ngifuna ukuqonda ukuthi kungani bengafuni ukuthi le nto ethile ishintshe.
Abasekeli besifanekiso sika-Lee engikhulume nabo noma ngibafunde noma abathethiswa ngokucabanga bona “njengabamhlophe.” Abanye babo nabanye abaholi babo nabaxhaphazi bangase bangabi nandaba futhi badabukise. Abaningi babo abanjalo. Le nto yokuba “mhlophe” ibalulekile kubo. Bangabohlanga lwabamhlophe noma abelungu noma iqembu labantu abamhlophe. Abakucabangi - noma okungenani abanye babo abacabangi - lokhu njengento enonya. Babona amanye amaqembu amaningi abantu ahileleke kulokho okwachazwa ngamabomu abahlanganyeli bakho kulokho eminyakeni engaba ngu-40 edlule ngokuthi “ipolitiki yokuzazi.” Babona Inyanga Yomlando Omnyama futhi bayazibuza ukuthi kungani bengakwazi ukuba neNyanga Yomlando Omhlophe. Babona isenzo sokuqinisekisa. Bafunda ngezingcingo zokunxeshezelwa. Bakholelwa ukuthi uma amanye amaqembu ezozibonakalisa ngezici ezikha phezulu, kufanele avunyelwe ukuba enze kanjalo.
Ngenyanga edlule u-Jason Kessler, umbhali we-blogger ofuna ukususa i-City Councilman Wes Bellamy esikhundleni, uchaze isithombe sika-Robert E. Lee "njengesibalulekile ngokobuhlanga kwabamhlophe baseningizimu." Akungabazeki, uyacabanga, futhi akungabazeki ukuthi uqinisile, ukuthi uma kwakukhona isifanekiso eCharlottesville somuntu ongeyena omhlophe noma ilungu leqembu elithile elincane elalicindezelwe ngokomlando, isiphakamiso sokusisusa sasiyohlangatshezwana nokukhala kwentukuthelo yokwephulwa kwento ethile enenani eqenjini elithile - noma yikuphi iqembu ngaphandle “kwabamhlophe.”
Omunye angase abuze uMnu. Kessler ukuba acabangele ukubaluleka kokuthi empeleni azikho izithombe eziqoshiwe zabantu abangebona abelungu eCharlottesville, ngaphandle uma ubala iSacagawea iguqe njengenja eceleni kukaLewis noClark. Noma ungase ubuze ukuthi ukugxeka kwakhe ukulunga kwezombusazwe kuhambisana kanjani nokugxeka kwakhe u-Wes Bellamy mayelana namazwana amadala anenzondo ngakuzitabane nabesifazane. Kodwa engikucelayo ukuthi ukubuze, esikhundleni salokho, ukuthi uyabona yini ukuthi u-Kessler noma abantu abafunda ibhulogi yakhe kungenzeka bavelaphi.
Bagxeka “izindinganiso ezimbaxa-mbili” abazibona nxazonke zabo. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ucabanga ukuthi lezo zindinganiso azikho, noma ucabanga ukuthi zifanelekile, kusobala ukuthi abantu abaningi bacabanga ukuthi zikhona futhi bayaqiniseka ukuthi azithetheleleki.
Omunye woprofesa bami ngenkathi ngise-UVA eminyakeni eminingi edlule wabhala imicabango eyashiwo kabanzi ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule njengesibikezelo sikaDonald Trump. Lo profesa, uRichard Rorty, wabuza ukuthi kungani abamhlophe ababezabalaza kubonakala kuyiqembu elilodwa izifundiswa ezikhululekile ezingenandaba nalo. Kungani ungekho umnyango wezifundo zama-trailer park, wabuza. Wonke umuntu wayecabanga ukuthi lokho kwakuhlekisa, ngaleso sikhathi futhi manje. Kepha noma yini enye umnyango wezifundo - noma yiluphi uhlanga, ubuzwe, noma obunye ubunikazi, ngaphandle kwabamhlophe - ubucayi kakhulu futhi unesizotha. Impela ukuqeda ubandlululo lwazo zonke izinhlobo kuyinto enhle, wabonakala esho, kodwa okwamanje idlanzana lezigidigidi liqoqa iningi lomcebo waleli zwe kanye nomhlaba, kuyilapho iningi labanye abantu lidonsa kanzima, futhi ngandlela-thile kwamukelekile ukwenza inhlekisa. of accents or teeth inqobo nje uma kungabelungu uyabhuqa. Uma nje abakhululekile begxila kwezombusazwe zobunikazi kuze kukhishwe izinqubomgomo ezizuzisa wonke umuntu, umnyango uzovuleka kumuntu onamandla omhlophe onikeza izixazululo, ezithembekile noma ngenye indlela. Washo kanjalo uRorty kudala.
UKessler angase abone ukungabi nabulungisa okwengeziwe kunalokho okukhona ngempela. Ucabanga ukuthi ama-radical Islamic, omakadebona base-US abaphazamisekile ngokwengqondo abanakwa baze bazibandakanye ekudubuleni ngenxa yokwesaba ukunemba kwezepolitiki. Ngiyakungabaza kakhulu. Angikaze ngizwe ngomakadebona abaningi abaphazamisekile emqondweni ababenganakiwe. Iphesenti elincane linentshisekelo ku-radical Islam, futhi yilabo kuphela, ababonakala bephelela kubhulogi likaKessler. Kodwa iphuzu lakhe kubukeka sengathi kukhona abantu abangebona abelungu abenza izinto ezihlasimulisa umzimba, futhi kunyathelwe ukuthi kukhulume amazwi anesihluku ngabo - ngendlela okungahlale kunyanyiselwa ngayo ukwenza izinkulumo ezinonya ngabantu abamhlophe.
Ungakhomba amathrendi aphikisayo. Ucwaningo oluningi olubonakala kuphela ezinkundleni zokuxhumana zabantu abafunde ezinye izifundo ezifanayo zithole ukuthi abezindaba base-US bancamela kakhulu ukumboza ukubulawa kwamaSulumane abamhlophe kunokubulawa kwamaSulumane ngabamhlophe, nokuthi igama elithi “amaphekula” cishe igcinelwe amaSulumane kuphela. Kodwa lezo akuzona izitayela abanye abantu abazinakayo. Esikhundleni salokho bayabona ukuthi ukugxeka okucwasa ngokwebala kuvunyelwe ukwenza izinkulumo ezijwayelekile ngabantu abamhlophe, ukuthi osomahlaya abazimele bavumelekile ukuqhulula amahlaya ngabantu abamhlophe, nokuthi ukuziveza njengomuntu omhlophe kungakufaka emlandweni wezindaba njengengxenye yomdlalo. isizwe esadala, hhayi nje kuphela ubumnandi nobuchwepheshe obuwusizo, kodwa nokucekelwa phansi kwemvelo nezempi kanye nengcindezelo ngezinga elisha sha.
Uma usubheke umhlaba ngale ndlela, nemithombo yakho yezindaba nayo injalo, nabangane bakho nabo, kungenzeka uzwe ngezinto ezivela kubhulogi likaKessler okungekho noyedwa engibaziyo owake wezwa ngazo, njengokuthi umqondo wokuthi amakolishi ase-US ngokuvamile afundisa futhi akhuthaze into ebizwa ngokuthi “ukubulawa kwabantu abamhlophe.” Amakholwa esibhicongweni esimhlophe athole oyedwa ongusolwazi owathi uyayeseka wabe esethi uyadlala. Angisho ukuthi ngiyalazi iqiniso lalolo daba futhi angikuthathi okwamukelekayo njengehlaya noma ngenye indlela. Kodwa umfana bekungeke kudingeke ukuthi athi uyadlala uma kwakwamukelwa umkhuba ojwayelekile. Noma kunjalo, uma ukholelwa ukuthi ubuwena buhlanganiswe nohlanga olumhlophe, futhi ukholelwa ukuthi abantu babezama ukukucekela phansi, ungase ube nokusabela okungekuhle ngokunikeza uRobert E. Lee ibhuthi, ngicabanga ukuthi, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ubheka abantu abamnyama noma cha. ubugqila obuphansi noma obuthandwayo noma izimpi ezicatshangwayo zazifaneleka noma noma yini enjalo.
Nansi indlela uKessler acabanga ukuthi abantu abamhlophe baphathwa ngayo, ngamazwi akhe:
“Ama-SJW [ngokusobala lokhu kumelela “amaqhawe obulungisa bezenhlalo”] ahlala ethi bonke abantu abamhlophe 'banelungelo', into ewumlingo nengabonakali ebukela phansi ubunzima bethu futhi ichitha konke esikuzuzile. Konke esikuzuzile kuvezwa njengomkhiqizo wombala wesikhumba sethu. Nokho, ngandlela thize ngayo yonke le 'lungelo' yiMelika emhlophe ehlushwa kakhulu amazinga obhubhane okucindezeleka, ukusetshenziswa kabi kwezidakamizwa, ukuhlukunyezwa kwe-heroin futhi ukuzibulala. Ngabamhlophe baseMelika labo amazinga okuzalwa ehla kakhulu kuyilapho inani labantu base-hispanic likhuphuka ngenxa yokuthuthela kwelinye izwe ngokungemthetho. Ngokuqhathanisa abamnyama babe a izinga eliphezulu lenjabulo. Bafundiswa ukuzethemba. Zonke izincwadi zesikole, ezokuzijabulisa kanye nomlando wokubukezwa kabusha uziveza njengabantu abangaphansi kwe-plucky abazuza yonke into phezu kwezithiyo ezinkulu. Abelungu yibona bodwa abakhohlakele ngokwemvelo futhi banobandlululo. Imiphakathi yethu emikhulu, okusunguliwe kanye nezimpumelelo kwezempi kuvezwa njengokungatholwanga kahle nokuzuzwe ngokungafanele emhlane wabanye. Njengoba kunenkulumo-ze embi kangaka esonta izingqondo zabo akumangalisi ukuthi abantu abamhlophe banobuzwe obuncane kangaka, ukuzizonda okungaka futhi bazimisele ukucasuka lapho iziqhwaga ezimelene nabelungu njengo-Al Sharpton noma uWes Bellamy zifuna ukubanyakazisa.”
Ngakho-ke, lapho abantu base-Emancipation Park bengitshela ukuthi umfanekiso wesosha ehhashini ulwa impi ngasohlangothini lobugqila futhi wabekwa lapho ngeminyaka yawo-1920 epaki labamhlophe bodwa awulona ubandlululo futhi awusekeli impi, lokho abayikho. ukuthi, ngicabanga, ukuthi bona ngokwabo ababandlululi noma abasekeli impi, ukuthi lezo akuzona izisusa zabo, ukuthi banokunye okuthile engqondweni, njengokunamathela kuhlanga lwabamhlophe abaphathwa kabi. Abakushoyo ngokuthi “vikela umlando” akukona kakhulu “ukuziba amaqiniso empi” noma “khohlwa ukuthi iMpi Yombango yaqalwa kabusha” kodwa kunalokho “ukuvikela lolu phawu lwabantu abamhlophe ngoba singabantu nathi, siyabala futhi, kufanele sihlonishwe ngokwedlulele ngezikhathi ezithile njengabaNtu Bebala kanye namanye amaqembu ahlonishwayo anqoba izinselele futhi athole udumo ngezimpilo ezivamile njengokungathi amaqhawe.”
Kulungile. Lowo umzamo wami olinganiselwe wokuqala ukuqonda abalandeli besifanekiso sika-Lee, noma okungenani isici esisodwa sokusekela kwabo. Abanye baye bamemezela ukuthi ukususa noma yisiphi isifanekiso sempi kuthuka bonke omakadebona. Abanye empeleni babandlulula ngokusobala. Abanye babona isifanekiso somfana obambe iqhaza ekulweni ne-United States njengendaba yokushisekela izwe laseMelika. Kunezinhlanganisela eziningi zokugqugquzela njengoba kunabantu abasekela umfanekiso. Iphuzu lami ekubhekeni kancane kwesinye sezisusa zabo ukuthi kuyaqondakala. Akekho othanda ukungabi nabulungisa. Akekho othanda izimiso ezimbaxambili. Akekho othanda ukungahloniphi. Mhlawumbe osopolitiki nabo bazizwa ngaleyo ndlela, noma mhlawumbe baxhaphaza abanye abakwenzayo, noma mhlawumbe kancane kukho kokubili. Kodwa kufanele siqhubeke sizama ukuqonda ukuthi yini abantu esingavumelani nayo ngokukhathalela, futhi sibazise ukuthi siyakuqonda, noma ukuthi siyazama.
Khona-ke, ngemva kwalokho kuphela, lapho singabacela khona ukuba bazame ukusiqonda. Kungaleso sikhathi kuphela lapho singakwazi ukuzichaza kahle, ngokubamba ukuthi singobani njengamanje. Angikuqondi ngokugcwele lokhu, ngiyavuma. Angiyena umuntu oyi-Marxist futhi angiqiniseki ukuthi kungani u-Kessler ehlala ebiza abamelene nalesi sithombe njengama-Marxists. Impela uMarx wayeyilungu leNyunyana, kodwa akekho ocela isifanekiso seGeneral Grant, hhayi ukuthi ngizwile. Kimina kubonakala sengathi okuningi okushiwo u-Kessler ngokuthi “i-Marxist” “akayena umMelika,” kuphikisa kabuhlungu uMthethosisekelo wase-US, uThomas Jefferson, noGeorge Washington nakho konke okungcwele.
Kodwa yiziphi izingxenye? Uma ngikushayela ihlombe ukuhlukaniswa kwesonto nombuso, isikhulu esinqunyelwe, amandla okumbeka icala, ivoti elidumile, namandla enhlangano alinganiselwe, kodwa ngingeyena umlandeli weNkantolo Ephakeme, iSigele, ubugqila, ukhetho olunqobayo lokuthatha konke ngaphandle kokhetho. ukuvota okulinganiselwe okukhethiwe, noma ukuntuleka kokuvikela imvelo, ingabe ngingumfundi kaMarxist noma cha? Ngisola ukuthi kufika kulokhu: ingabe ngibiza Abasunguli njengababi ngokuyisisekelo noma bahle? Eqinisweni, angizenzi neyodwa yalezo zinto, futhi akukho okunye engikwenzela abelungu noma. Ngingazama ukuchaza.
Lapho ngijoyina iculo elithi “Ukubusa Kwabamhlophe kufanele kuhambe” muva nje e-Emancipation Park, umlungu wangibuza: “Awu, uyini?” Kuyena ngangibukeka ngimhlophe. Kodwa ngizikhomba njengomuntu. Lokho akusho ukuthi ngenza sengathi ngiphila ezweni elilandela ukucwasana ngokobuhlanga lapho ngingahlupheki khona ngenxa yokushoda noma ngizuze emalungelweni angempela okubukeka “ngimhlophe” nokuba nabazali nogogo nomkhulu abahlomula ngezimali zasekolishi nasebhange. izikweletu kanye nazo zonke izinhlobo zezinhlelo zikahulumeni ezanqatshelwa kwabangebona abelungu. Kunalokho, kusho ukuthi ngizibheka njengelungu engikanye nalo eqenjini elibizwa ngokuthi abantu. Iqembu engisuka kulo. Lelo yiqembu engithemba ukuthi lizosinda ekwandeni kwezikhali zenuzi kanye nokufudumala kwesimo sezulu. Yilelo qembu engifuna ukulibona linqoba indlala nezifo nazo zonke izinhlobo zokuhlupheka nokuphazamiseka. Futhi kuhlanganisa wonke umuntu oyedwa ozibiza ngomhlophe futhi wonke umuntu ongakwenzi.
Ngakho-ke, angizwani necala elimhlophe uKessler acabanga ukuthi abantu bazama ukumbeka phezu kwakhe. Angikuzwa lokho ngoba angifani noGeorge Washington njengoba nje ngihlonza amadoda nabesifazane abagqilazayo noma amasosha awashaya noma abahlubuki ababulala noma abantu bomdabu ababulala. Nami angifani naye kunalabo bantu futhi. Angikuphiki konke ukufaneleka kwakhe ngenxa yawo wonke amaphutha akhe, futhi.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, angikutholi ukuziqhenya okumhlophe. Ngizizwa nginecala lomuntu nokuzidla njengomuntu, futhi lokho kuhlanganisa okukhulu. “Ngimkhulu,” kubhala uWalt Whitman, njengesakhamuzi saseCharlottesville kanye nethonya njengoRobert E. Lee. "Ngiqukethe izixuku."
Uma ngabe kukhona obeka itshe lesikhumbuzo eCharlottesville abantu abamhlophe abalithola licasula, ngingaphikisana kakhulu nalelo sikhumbuzo, ngoba abelungu bangabantu, njengabo bonke abanye abantu. Ngingafuna ukuthi lelo tshe lesikhumbuzo lehliswe.
Esikhundleni salokho, siba netshe lesikhumbuzo abaningi bethu bantu, kanye nabantu abazibiza ngobunye, okuhlanganisa no-African American, abakuthola kucasula. Ngakho, ngiphikisana kakhulu nalesi sikhumbuzo. Akufanele sihlanganyele kulokho abaningi abakubheka njengenkulumo enenzondo elimazayo ngoba abanye beyibheka “njengebalulekile ngokohlanga.” Ubuhlungu budlula ukwazisa okusesilinganisweni, hhayi ngenxa yokuthi ubani ozizwa kunjalo, kodwa ngoba kunamandla kakhulu.
Uma othile ebengenza isikhumbuzo se-tweet yakudala enenzondo evela ku-Wes Bellamy - futhi ukuqonda kwami ukuthi ubengaba ngowokugcina ukuphakamisa into enjalo - akunandaba ukuthi bangaki abantu abacabanga ukuthi inhle. Kwakuyoba nendaba ukuthi bangaki abantu ababecabanga ukuthi kwakunonya olubuhlungu.
Isifanekiso esifanekisela ukucwasa ngokwebala nempi kwabaningi bethu sinenani elibi kakhulu. Ukuphendula ngokuthi "inokubaluleka kobuhlanga kwabamhlophe baseningizimu" njengokungathi iresiphi yesobho lendabuko igeja iphuzu.
I-United States inomlando ohlukanisayo kakhulu, kusukela mhlawumbe ohlelweni lwamaqembu amabili kaMnu. Jefferson, ngeMpi Yombango, futhi kuqhubekele kwezombusazwe. Nakuba u-Kessler ethi abantu base-Afrika baseMelika bajabule kakhudlwana, nokuthi amaLatinos awajabulile kodwa ngandlela thize awina ngokuthuthela kwelinye izwe, awekho amaqembu ase-US aqopha amazinga enjabulo atholakala eScandinavia, lapho, iMarxistly noma ngenye indlela, kungekho senzo sokuqinisekisa, akukho kubuyiselwa, akukho zinzuzo ezihlosiwe. , futhi azikho izinyunyana zabasebenzi ezibhekelele izithakazelo zamalungu azo kuphela, kodwa kunalokho izinhlelo zomphakathi ezizuzisa wonke umuntu ngokulinganayo futhi ngaleyo ndlela zithole ukwesekwa kabanzi. Lapho ikolishi nokunakekelwa kwezempilo kanye nomhlalaphansi kumahhala kuwo wonke umuntu, bambalwa abathukuthele noma izintela ezikhokhwayo ukuze bakuthole. Lapho izintela zixhasa izimpi nosozigidigidi kanye nokunye okunikezwayo okudabukisayo emaqenjini athile, ngisho nabalandeli abakhulu bezimpi nosozigidigidi bazothambekela ekubukeni izintela njengesitha esikhulu. Uma uMarx eke wakuthola lokho, angazi ngakho.
Ngizimisele ukuvuma ukuthi abalandeli besichuse akubona bonke abagqugquzela ukucwasa ngokwebala noma impi. Kodwa ingabe bazimisele ukuzama ukuqonda umbono walabo abazali babo abakhumbula ukuthi bagcinwa ngaphandle kwa-Lee Park ngaleso sikhathi ngenxa yokuthi babengebona abelungu, noma bacabangele umbono walabo abaqonda ukuthi impi yayilwelwa ukunwetshwa kobugqila, noma ukucabangela lokho abaningi bethu abanomuzwa wokuthi izithombe zempi zamaqhawe zenzani ukuze kuthuthukiswe ezinye izimpi?
Uma ubona abantu abamnyama benconywa kwifilimu efana Amanani afihliwe Kunzima kumuntu ozichaza njengomhlophe, ngabe kunjani ukukhishwa epaki ngenxa yokuba mnyama? Ngabe kunjani ukulahlekelwa ingalo yakho? Kuzizwa kanjani ukulahlekelwa ingxenye yedolobha lakho nabo bonke obathandayo?
Umbuzo wokuthi ngabe iWashington Redskins kufanele iqanjwe kabusha akuwona umbuzo wokuthi ngabe i-quarterback iyinhlamba noma iqembu linomlando okhazimulayo, kodwa ngabe igama licasula izigidi zethu, njengoba lenza. Umbuzo wokuthi amkhiphe yini uJenene Lee ehhashini angakaze aligibele akusiwo umbuzo mayelana nabantu lesi sichuse esingabaphazamisi kakhulu, kodwa ngathi sonke esiphazamisa kakhulu.
Njengomuntu ophikisana kakhulu nempi yesithombe mayelana nombuzo womjaho, futhi ophikisana nokubuswa kwezikhumbuzo zempi, ukukhishwa kwanoma yini enye, endaweni yaseCharlottesville, ngicabanga ukuthi sonke kufanele sizame cabanga ngombono wabanye abantu futhi. Amaphesenti angamashumi ayisishiyagalolunye nesithupha esintu ahlala ngaphandle kwe-United States. Ingabe sike sabuza oDadewethu base-Charlottesville ukuthi bacabangani ngezithombe zempi zase-Charlottesville?
I-United States iphethe ibhizinisi lempi, ukudayiswa kwezikhali kwezinye izizwe, ukuthengiswa kwezikhali emazweni ampofu, ukuthengiswa kwezikhali eMpumalanga Ephakathi, ukuthunyelwa kwamasosha phesheya, ukuchitha imali kwezempi yayo, kanye nenani lezimpi. Ukuzibandakanya. Akuyona imfihlo ezindaweni eziningi zomhlaba ukuthi i-United States (njengoba uMartin Luther King Jr. ebeka) ingumhloli omkhulu wobudlova emhlabeni. I-United States inobukhona bombuso obusabalele kakhulu, ibilokhu iyisigilamkhuba esikhulu kakhulu sohulumeni, futhi kusukela ngo-1945 kuya ku-2017 ibe ngumbulali wabantu abaningi ngempi. Uma besingabuza abantu basePhilippines noma eKorea noma eVietnam noma e-Afghanistan noma e-Iraq noma eHaiti noma eYemen noma eLibya noma kwamanye amazwe amaningi ukuthi bacabanga ukuthi amadolobha ase-US kufanele abe nezikhumbuzo zempi eziningi noma ezimbalwa, sicabanga ukuthi bazothini? Akuwona yini umsebenzi wabo? Mhlawumbe, kodwa ngokuvamile baqhunyiswa ngamabhomu egameni lento ebizwa ngentando yeningi.
[1] Vele, singagcina sesiwufaka umthethosivivinywa ngohulumeni noma wesifunda esikhundleni sentela yendawo, uma i-Trump Winery isebenzisa i-National Guard ukuhambisa into, kodwa ngokusho kwamaphoyisa aseCharlottesville lokho bekungeke kusiphazamise kangako - kungani futhi usichazela ukuthi ukuba nemoto yezikhali engazweli emayini KULUNGILE ngoba “yayimahhala”?
