Amasimi kaPatricia I-Congress 'impasse yangoku kwinkxaso-mali yoKhuseleko lwasekhaya ngaphezulu kukaPres. Isenzo esilawulayo sika-Obama sokufudukela kwelinye ilizwe sibonisa i-conundrum Republican ejongene nayo kwimizamo yabo yokubhena eLatino nakwabavoti bobuhlanga. Kwelinye icala bathetha ngokwandisa ukufikelela kwabo eLatino, kwaye kwelinye icala, bazimisele ukuqhubeka nomgaqo wokungena kwelinye ilizwe wokugxothwa nokunyanzeliswa kwemida. Ukuchasa inkxaso-mali yesenzo sesigqeba sika-Obama ngaphandle kokungenisa nasiphi na esinye isicelo okanye isindululo sokwenyani somthetho malunga nendlela yokujongana notshintsho lokufudukela kwelinye ilizwe lenza iRiphabhlikhi, iqela lokhetho kunye nocalulo. Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, i-poll ikhutshwe kwiveki ephelileyo liziko loPhando ngeNkolo yoluntu ifumanise ukuba phantse ikota yesithathu yamaMelika ifuna amaRiphabhlikhi kwiCongress agxile kutshintsho lokwenyani lokufudukela endaweni yokuthintela isenzo solawulo sika-Obama.
Ngelixa i-Latinos ingenguye umbandela wonyulo (sikhathalele noqoqosho, imisebenzi kunye nemfundo), ukuqonda kubalulekile. Ngo-2012, ngenxa yempikiswano engathethekiyo yokutshintsha kwabantu, iRiphabhlikhi kwilizwe liphela yafumana nje iipesenti ezingama-27 yevoti yaseLatino. Ukuze ujike la manani ngo-2016, abantu baseRiphabhlikhi kuya kufuneka banikezele ngaphezulu kokufowuna amaxabiso osapho kunye noxanduva lwezemali. Kuya kufuneka babonelele ngezindululo zekhonkrithi malunga nendlela abacwangcisa ngayo ukwenza i-American Dream ifikeleleke ngakumbi kwiLatino nakwabavoti abavela kwamanye amazwe. Kwizigidi ezili-11 zabasebenzi abangenamaphepha kunye namalungu osapho amaninzi asele eseMelika, indlela eya kwindalo yinto eyimfuneko yamathuba kunye nokudityaniswa kuluntu lwaseMelika.
Abanye abantu baseRiphabhlikhi abanjengoSen Marco Rubio bathambekele ekuthambiseni ifuthe leqela elichasene nokufudukela kwelinye ilizwe kumfanekiso weqela labo. Basebenzisa uloyiso oluphambili kunyulo lwaphakathi enyakeni nakwimimandla efana neColorado ukuphikisa ukuba amaRiphabhlikhi alondolozayo angabaphumelela abavoti baseLatino ukuba bayakuphepha ukuthetha ngokufudukela kwelinye ilizwe, kwaye bagxile kweminye imiba yezentlalo nezoqoqosho. Kodwa ingxelo ebanzi yale ngxoxo inento yokwenza nokutshintsha kwamandla okhetho lwaseMelika kunendlela amaRiphabhlikhi athetha ngayo ngokufuduka. Ngo-2016, ukuphumelela ubongameli-kunye nemidyarho yeeNdlu yeeNgwevu yase-US-abagqatswa kumaqela eDemokhrasi naseRiphabhlikhi kuyakufuneka bafumane inkxaso enkulu kubavoti bobuzwe.
Ngaphandle kokusebenza gwenxa kwabo ngo-2012, ukwanda kwenkxaso yeRiphabhlikhi phakathi kwabavoti bobuzwe ayisiyonyani, ngakumbi xa kuthe nje kunyulo luka-2004 lukamongameli, uMongameli George W. Bush wafumana iipesenti ezingama-44 zabantu baseLatino nabaseAsia baseMelika bavota, neepesenti ezili-11 I-American American ivote kuzwelonke. Kungenxa yala manani ezinye zeenkokheli ezithandekayo kwiqela leRiphabhlikhi zibiyela ukubheja kwazo kuJeb Bush njengokuphela komgqatswa onelungelo lokufumana irekhodi elilinganiselweyo kunye nendlela enovelwano kulungelelwaniso lokufudukela kwelinye ilizwe ukuze akwazi ukubhena eLatino kwaye abavoti bohlanga.
Nkqu no Gavana uChris Christie kugqatso lwakhe lwe-White House usazibetha esifubeni njengelinye lamaqela anokuthandana neLatinos njengoko u-51% wamvotela ngo-2013. Nangona kunjalo, ndingathi inqanaba likaChristie lenkxaso phakathi kwabavoti baseLatino eNJ. inento yokwenza nento yokuba abanye abaDemokhrasi benze isigqibo esibaliweyo sokungadibanisi isiseko sabo seLatino, emva koko banike uChris Christie uhola wendlela ovulekileyo oya kwindlu kaRhuluneli. Akukho nto ayenzileyo emva kwexesha lonyulo ukomeleza inkxaso yakhe yeLatino kwi-NJ kunye nokuqaqamba kwakhe njengomntu olwela ilizwe liphela njengoko ethobela ilungelo lokugcina kwimicimbi emininzi ephambili. Uphawu lwakhe njengoRhuluneli onobuhlobo waseLatino uya kuphelelwa xa eqala ukulwa namavoti eLatino kwizitshixo eziphambili ezifana neNew Mexico neFlorida, apho izibonelelo zokuhlanganisa abavoti baseLatino zikhona kwaye ziya kusetyenziselwa ukuhlanganisa nokukhusela isenzo solawulo sika-Obama kwimfuduko.
Irhuluneli uChristie, abaDemokhrasi kunye nabavoti baseLatino eNJ
Kubavoti baseLatino kwi-NJ, amandla okhetho luka-2016 ngekhe alitshintshe elona xesha lokuphuma kwabavoti baseLatino. Kwakhona, ngenxa yokuba i-NJ ithathwa njengombuso oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, lelo lizwe livota kakhulu kwiDemokhrasi, kwizixhobo zikazwelonke zemfundo yokuvota yaseLatino kunye nokuzibandakanya kwi-RNC, i-DNC okanye amaqela eSizwe eLatino aya kuhamba aye kwiindawo ezibizwa ngokuba zimfusa. Njengoko kwenzekile ngaphambili, iiDemokhrasi eNJ ziya kushiyeka zizixhobo zazo. Unyulo emva konyulo, iqhinga lisekwe kwifomula efanayo; ukucima amanani afanayo ngaphandle kokutyala imali kubhaliso lwabavoti kunye nemfundo, ukufikelela kuluntu kunye nokuququzelela okanye nokusebenzisa umyalezo oqaqambileyo kunye nesicwangciso sokufikelela kumajelo eendaba. Ndingaba nobuganga bokuphikisa ukuba ngaphandle kwendlela entsha yokuhlanganisa ivoti yaseLatino, amaRiphabhlikhi afana noJeb Bush kunye noChris Christie baya kuqhubeka nokungena kuluntu lwase-NJ Latino.
Ngumba wokuqonda. Ngubani onomdla ekubandakanyeni uluntu lwethu ngokungaguquguqukiyo kunye nexesha elide hayi iinyanga nje ezimbalwa malunga nexesha lonyulo? Ngubani ovela kubathathi-nxaxheba be-Gubernatorial kwi-2017 oya kuthi atyale imali ukuze anyuse ubukho babo kuluntu lwaseLatino? Kwidabi lokunyusa ukuthatha inxaxheba kwabavoti eLatino kwi-NJ, siyasilela kwaye njengoko uSodolophu kaPaterson uTorres esitsho kutshanje kwikholamu kule ndawo, ukuguqula amanani eLatino abe ngamandla kunye nefuthe, Sifuna ubunkokheli kwaye sifuna icebo. Asijingi ngokulula.
Siyawazi amanani. I-Latinos yenza i-18% yabemi be-NJ, enabavoti abafanelekileyo abangama-677,000 baseLatino, okanye i-7thinkulu eUnited States. Kubo, ngama-579,000 kuphela ababhalisele ukuvota. La ngamanani esinazo ezincwadini namhlanje, kodwa i-NJ inenani elikhulu nangakumbi labavoti abatsha. Ingxelo yakutshanje yeZiko leNkqubela phambili yaseMelika ichaze ukuba iNew Jersey isondele 300,000 abafanelekileyo abavoti kodwa abangabhaliswanga abavoti baseLatino kurhulumente, kwaye 320,000 abahlali ngokusisigxina abasemthethweni abanelungelo lokuhlala. Ukongeza, kulindeleke ukuba iPres. Isenzo sokulawula sika-Obama siza kuxhamla malunga nama-DREAMERs angenamaxwebhu angama-500,000 kunye neentsapho zawo kwi-NJ. Ukuba ubeka onke la manani ndawonye, kwaye sityala ixesha elide kwimfundo nasekuzibandakanyeni kwabo, sinokuba notshintsho lwenyikima ekuthatheni inxaxheba kwabavoti eLatino kule minyaka izayo. Nangona kunjalo, umbuzo uhleli, amaLatinos angawenza njani la manani? Ngowuphi umbutho wezopolitiko oya kuthi ucele iphulo lokufikelela kubavoti elinokuthi libabandakanye ixesha elide? Ngaba uluntu lwethu luza kunyuka luze luqalise ukutyala imali kumandla ethu kwezopolitiko?
Kukho imiqondiso ethembayo yeLatinos eza eyabo kwiidolophu nakwizixeko ezikwi-NJ. Abanye bayenzile ngenkxaso yeziko evela kwimibutho yabo yezopolitiko, kwaye abanye baye balwa noomatshini beqela lasekuhlaleni. Ukonyuka kwamva nje kwamagosa akhethiweyo eLatino kwiNdlu yeeNgwevu zoMbuso, kwiNdibano, kooSodolophu, kuFreeholders nakwiBhunga leSixeko, kunye nokunyulwa kukaSihlalo wokuqala weLatin Democratic County, yinkqubela phambili. Imibutho yaseLatino esemazantsi exhaswa ngemali ngumbutho oqhubela phambili kunye neemanyano zabasebenzi zenza konke okusemandleni azo ukulungiselela imicimbi ephambili efana nomvuzo omncinci, ikhefu lokugula elihlawulelweyo kunye nokufikelela kwiilayisensi zokuqhuba zabangabhalwanga. Kodwa kusekude ukuba sihambe.
Uluntu lweshishini lwaseLatino, olwathi ngokobalo lwabantu luka-2010 lwenza i-39.3 yezigidigidi kwimisebenzi yezoqoqosho, ukonyuka okungaphezulu koku Ipesenti ezingama-300 ukusukela nge1990, kusafuneka iququzelele amandla ayo ezoqoqosho ukuxhasa abagqatswa beLatino okanye izizathu. Njengokuba ubuhlanga bukaMongameli nooGubernateri buguquka, nditsho ukuba luxanduva lweenkokheli zethu zasekuhlaleni, ezabasebenzi kunye neenkokheli zeshishini, ukutyala imali kwisicwangciso-qhinga sexesha elide sokubandakanya olu nyulo lukhulayo. Kuphela emva koko, siza kubona utshintsho kumandla kunye nokufikelela kwezopolitiko kwiLatinos kwi-NJ.
Sineenkokheli ezikhethiweyo eziBalaseleyo kuRhulumente kwaye benze umsebenzi omangalisayo wokulwela indawo yabo etafileni emele uluntu lwethu. Kodwa sifuna uninzi lwabo ukuba banyulwe ukuze bafezekise inqanaba lamandla kunye nokufikelela ekufuneka kumelwe amanani ethu. Ubunkokheli ukwenza oku kwenzeke kufuneka bungaveli nje kumaqela ezopolitiko, kodwa nakwindawo esihlala kuyo. Njengoko uFrederick Douglas esitsho, uMandla akavumeli kwanto ngaphandle kwemfuno. Kwaye njengeLatinos lixesha lokuba sifune ukufikelela kumandla ngokulungiselela kwinqanaba elisezantsi kunye nokulungisa izixhobo zethu zemali zokuzibandakanya kwabavoti. Lowo ngumceli mngeni wexesha lethu.
Kule kholamu, ndiceba ukubhala ngakumbi ngalo mbandela kwaye ndivavanye ukuba kwenzeka njani na ekuhlaleni njengoko ubuhlanga boMongameli kunye neRhuluneli bukhula kwindlela eya ku-2016 nango-2017. Hlala ubukele.
U Patricia Campos-Medina yiNkokeli yezabaSebenzi, umlweli woluntu waseLatino, kunye nowayesakuba nguMkomishinala weCasino Redevelopment Authority (CRDA). Ungumlawuli wezopolitiko weSizwe wabasebenzi abaManyeneyo, i-SEIU kunye ne-UNITEHERE NJ. Okwangoku ungumgqatswa we-PhD eRutgers-Newark kunye noMlawuli oyiNtloko weZiko lobuNkokheli beManyano kwiYunivesithi yaseConell. Izimvo ezichazwe kule kholamu zezakhe ngokungqongqo.
