Intshukumo yokuchasana ne-suffragette kudala yabambezela abafazi ekufumaneni ivoti.Ifoto: Wikimedia
Xa ngo-2008 uHillary Clinton noBarack Obama babekhuphisana ngokuchongwa kukaMongameli weqela leDemocratic Party, ababhali bembali bafanisa idabi eliphakathi kwabo nedabi eliphakathi kukaFrederick Douglass noElizabeth Cady Stanton ebelisenzeka emva kweMfazwe Yamakhaya yaseMelika malunga nelungelo lokuvota.
Akukho mntu wenza ii-analogies kwezi ntsuku malunga nokuchasana kukaDonald Trump kunye noHillary Clinton. Uhlaselo lukaTrump kwabasetyhini-ngakumbi ukugxeka kwakhe emva kwengxoxo malunga nokufumana ubunzima kukaMiss Universe, ozelwe eVenzuelan u-Alicia Machado, owayekhe wamchaza njengo-Miss Piggy- zingqineke zingaxakekanga kakhulu xa kuthelekiswa nabembali ochaphazelekayo.
Kodwa ukuba sifuna ukuqonda ukungxamiseka kwephulo likaClinton, kuluncedo ukuphinda siqwalasele impikiswano yaseDouglass-Stanton. Ukwahlukana phakathi kukaDouglass noStanton, bobabini abalwela ukuphela kobukhoboka, bafikelela kwincopho yabo ngo-1869 kwingxoxo-mpikiswano yabo malunga ne-15.thUhlengahlengiso kuMgaqo-siseko, olugwebe ubuhlanga njengomqobo ekuvoteni. UStanton wayecinga ukuba abantu basetyhini kufuneka balingane Shumi elinantlanuthUhlengahlengiso.
Ukungqubana kwabo kwajika kwaba lidabi elikrakra lobuntu ngoMeyi 12, 1869, phambi kwabaphulaphuli ababhinqileyo kwintlanganiso eyayixhaswe yiAmerican Equal Rights Association eSteinway Hall kwisiXeko saseNew York. Apho uDouglass waphikisa ngelithi, ukuba nabani na ufanele ukufumana eyona nto iphambili ekuvoteni, kufanele ukuba ibe yi-negro. Ukubandezeleka kwakhe, watsho, kwakukhulu kunoko kwabasetyhini. Wayexhwilwe ekhayeni lakhe waxhonywa ngeposti, INew York Times uxele uDouglass esithi.
UDouglass wayethanda i-suffrage yabasetyhini, kodwa wayekholelwa ukuba xa kulungiswa ukungabikho kokusesikweni, elona qela lonzakeleyo kufuneka libeke phambili kunaleyo yenzakeleyo. Ingxaki yayikukuba emva kokuvuma amandla emadodeni, amaMelika ayengakulungelanga ukuthatha ithamo labasetyhini ngokulandelayo. Ilizwe alilandelanga i-15thUkulungiswa kunye ne-16thUhlengahlengiso olunika abasetyhini ilungelo lokuvota. Ngokumangalisayo, iminyaka engama-50 idlulile phakathi kokuqiniswa kweminyaka eli-15thUkulungiswa ngo-1870 kunye nokuqinisekiswa ngo-1920 we-19thUhlengahlengiso, ekugqibeleni unike abasetyhini ilungelo lokuvota.
Umahluko phakathi kokuba ubongameli bukaDonald Trump buya kuthetha ntoni kwabasetyhini kunye nokuba ubongameli bukaHillary Clinton buya kuthetha ntoni kubafazi ubusuku nemini.
Asinakukwazi ukulinda esinye isiqingatha senkulungwane ukuze sibe nomongameli ongumfazi. Umfazi omnye wobongameli, u-Eleanor Roosevelt, owayephambi kuka-Hillary Clinton ukuba abe ngumgqatswa osengqiqweni ku-Mongameli, akazange asondele ekuqinisekiseni ukutyunjwa kwe-Democratic Party emva kokubhubha komyeni wakhe, kwaye ngeli xesha uluhlu lwabasetyhini abanokulwela umongameli lude , asisoze sibe nawo umahluko omkhulu phakathi kwabagqatswa abangamadoda nabasetyhini kunangoku.
U-Hillary Clinton, ngokuqinisekileyo, ngumgqatswa wobongameli ongalunganga. Kulula ukuqonda ukuba kutheni, ngalo mzuzu, uninzi lwemillennials ludikidiki ngaye, emnika ipesenti ye-31 yevoti yakhe ngelixa enika umgqatswa wenkululeko uGary Johnson iipesenti ezingama-29.
Kodwa umahluko phakathi kokuba ubongameli bukaDonald Trump buya kuthetha ntoni kwabasetyhini kwaye nokuba ubongameli bukaHillary Clinton buthetha ntoni kwabasetyhini ubusuku nemini. Ukudelela kukaTrump kwabasetyhini akubandakanyi kuphela umntu ofana noAlicia Machado. Kubandakanya abasetyhini ngokubanzi, ngakumbi abo bakudala bokuba nabantwana. UTrump ujike wangumntu oguqukayo wobomi, esenza ukuba inkcaso yakhe ikhuphe isisu iphulo lakhe kunye noluhlu lweeNkundla eziPhakamileyo. Wacinga ukuba abantu ababhinqileyo abakhupha isisu bafanelwe sisohlwayo solwaphulo-mthetho.
Iindaba ezimnandi zezokuba kule mihla uHillary Clinton akanantshatsheli ibalaseleyo kunoBarack Obama. Akakho kwisikhundla u-Elizabeth Cady Stanton azifumanele. Indoda ekuthelekiso lweDouglass-Stanton nguFrederick Douglass usecaleni lakhe. Ngokwenyani ndinyula uHillary Clinton, umongameli uxele.
UNicolaus Mills ngunjingalwazi wezifundo zaseMelika eSara Lawrence College kunye nombhali Ukuphumelela uxolo: Isicwangciso seMarshall kunye neMelika yokuza kweminyaka njenge-Superpower.
Ukubhengezwa: UDonald Trump nguyisezala kaJared Kushner, umpapashi we-Braganca Media.
