Ibhalwe nguMichael McPhearson
Njengoba labo abazibophezele kubulungiswa bezenhlalakahle e-St. Louis belungiselela ukumaka u-Agasti 9th ukubulawa kwentsha engahlomile uMichael Brown Jr. yisikhulu u-Darren Wilson eFerguson, siyazi ukuthi abaningi esifundeni bangathanda ukuthi sivele sihambe. Banele vele. Kungani kufanele sikhumbule okuthile okudabukisayo nokungalungile, noma kunjalo? Asiqhubeke nje.
Kodwa sisekuqaleni, hhayi ekupheleni kwalo mshikashika. Akusona isikhathi sokuqhubekela phambili, futhi lolu suku ludinga ukuzindla. Sifuna ukukhumbula impilo kaBrown kanye nokukhumbula ukuvukelwa kokumelana nokungaziphathi kahle kwamaphoyisa, kanye nokubulawa kwabantu abamnyama ikakhulukazi.
Sizokhumbula futhi sidabuke nomndeni wakwaBrown. Imindeni yabantu abaningi ababulawa udlame lwamaphoyisa ikhala yodwa mihla namalanga. Lokhu Agasti 9th, sizokhumbula uMichael Brown kanye nazo zonke izimpilo ezalahleka ngenxa yodlame lwamaphoyisa. Asikakhohlwa uKajieme Powell noma uVonderitt Meyers noma abanye abangenakubalwa.
Sizohlonipha labo abasemphakathini waseFerguson abathe awube usakhuluma ngodlame lwamaphoyisa base bethatha izinyathelo zokulunqanda. Isibindi nokubekezela kwabo kuye kwakhuthaza izigidi emhlabeni wonke.
Futhi sizobungaza ubushoshovu beSifunda sase-St. Louis sifuna ushintsho olunesikhathi eside noludingeka kakhulu endleleni abantu abaNsundu abaphathwa ngayo futhi babonwa ngamaphoyisa, izinkantolo kanye nomphakathi wase-St. Louis wonkana. Sizogubha njengoba sihlela futhi silungiselela ukuqhubeka nomzabalazo. Siyazi ukuthi sibhekene nomshikashika omude nonzima. Kodwa ngeke siphele amandla ngoba siyazi ukuthi uguquko ngeke luzifikele lona, futhi ngeke sisakwazi ukubekezelela isimo esikhona. Ukuze siphile, kumelwe senze ushintsho esilufunayo.
Okokugcina, sizokhumbula usuku lokukhumbuza iSifunda sase-St. Louis kanye nomhlaba wonke ukuthi umnyakazo we-Black Lives unamandla, uyadala futhi ulungele ukusebenza. Ngeke sibuyele emuva esikhathini lapho umuntu oMnyama owabulawa abomthetho kwakuyisihloko nje, ngaphandle kokuhlolisisa noma ukuziphendulela. Siyaqonda ukuthi uhlelo ngeke luyeke ukusibulala ngaphandle kokuthi siphumelele. Sizowubona uphela lo mshikashika, ngoba akukho esingakulahlekela ngaphandle kwamaketango ethu, nakho konke esingakuzuza. Sifuna umhlaba lapho kungadingeki ukuthi sithi I-Black Lives Matter.
Sicela bonke abantu abafuna ukubona izwe elinokuthula nelinobulungiswa ukuthi bajoyine inhlangano yoshintsho. Ungami eceleni ubukele umzabalazo weBlack Lives. Umphakathi wethu ungaphila kuphela uma sisebenzisana. Impi yokuqeda ukucwasa ngokwebala kanye nefa lobugqila isekude ukuphela.
Ukuqeda ukuhlukunyezwa kwamaphoyisa, ukungalingani kwezomnotho kanye nemithetho yobandlululo akukona ukunqoba kwabantu abaMnyama, kuwukuwina kwethu sonke. Siyisizwe esingcono ngenxa yokuphela kobugqila kanye nempumelelo ehlobene yenhlangano Yamalungelo Abantu. Siyisizwe esingcono, esiphephile nesiphumelelayo uma konke abantu bathola ukuphathwa ngendlela efanele nelungile ezandleni zikahulumeni nezakhamuzi ezikanye nabo. Ekukhumbuleni ukushona kuka-Michael Brown, siphinda imizamo yethu yokuvikela umhlaba lapho ukuphila kwabantu abamnyama kubaluleke ngempela. Manje yithuba lokuba yingxenye yoshintsho, ngakwesokunene somlando.
UMichael McPhearson unguMqondisi Omkhulu we Ama-Veterans For Peace, ezinze e-St. Louis, MO, kanye nosihlalo we- Ungasabi Shoot Coalition. I-Don't Shoot yakhelwe ngemuva kokubulawa kuka-Michael Brown Jr. eFerguson. UMcPhearson wayengukaputeni Wezempi Yezempi eButhweni Lezempi Lase-United States. Wasebenza ku-24th Mechanized Infantry Division ngesikhathi seDesert Shield / Desert Storm, eyaziwa nangokuthi i-Gulf War I. Uyi-Distinguished Military ROTC iziqu e-Campbell University e-Buies Creek, eNyakatho Carolina eneziqu ze-BS ku-Sociology.
