ICOLUMBIA, SC - JANUWARI 21: UGqr. John Cobin waseGreenville, SC ubonakalisa imiqondiso yokuxhasa ukubonisa iflegi ye-Confederate kwindibano ye-Martin Luther King Day ngoJanuwari 21, 2008 e-Columbia, SC (Chris Hondros / Getty Images)
Iflegi ye-Confederate ibalulekile ku-Dylann Roof, (otyholwa) ngokubulala abantu abasithoba base-Afrika-baseMelika kwicawa emnyama yaseCharleston, SC kule veki. Ipleyiti yakhe yelayisensi ibonise iflegi yomvukelo yeMfazwe yamakhaya. Ukhulele eSouth Carolina, ethi ngebhongo ibhabhe iflegi yomlo kwi-State Capitol.
Kwaye uMnu Roof wayeyinyani kumbala weeNkwenkwezi-kunye neeBhari. Wayekholelwa ekuzithobeni kwabantu abantsundu, ababeqeshwe ikakhulu njengamakhoboka eSouth Carolina nakwamanye amazwe eMzantsi xa beqala inguquko enegazi ngo-1861 ukukhusela amalungelo abo eMelika okugqilaza abanye abantu.
Akukho mfuneko yokuhlonipha uphawu olubi nolukhohlakeleyo kubantu base-Afrika-baseMelika njengoko iflegi yamaNazi swastika ingamaYuda.
Nangona i-Confederate ithi ilahlekile, zange bohlwaywe ngokwaneleyo kwaye oku kwavumela izimo ezimhlophe zokuphakama kobuhlanga ukuba zikhule eMzantsi, nanamhlanje, kwiminyaka eyi-150 emva kwaloo mfazwe. Ukuphaphazela kweflegi yinto enesidima hayi kubantu base-Afrika baseMelika kuphela kodwa nakubuntu ngokubanzi.
ISouth Carolina ayinakuze ithathe iflegi ngokuzithandela; Lifikile ixesha lokuba abachasi basebenzise u-Amendment wabo wokuqala kwilungelo lokuthetha ngokukhululekileyo batshise iflegi ye-Confederate-e-capitol karhulumente eSouth Carolina, phambi kwe-White House, phambi kwe-Fox News Channel okanye mhlawumbi nangaphandle kwe-Grand Ole Opry .
Musa ukuyitshisa ngendlela enokubangela ingozi. Qinisekisa ukuba abantu abekho kufutshane kwaye ujonge kwicala oya kulo umoya. Gcina isicima mlilo kufutshane nomlilo oqale ngengozi. Sukusebenzisa ulwelo olunokutsha oluninzi ukuqala.
Ewe, ukutshisa iflegi ye-Confederate bekuya kuba kukungabi nantlonelo. Yiyo kanye loo nto.
Akukho mfuneko yokuhlonipha uphawu olubi nolukhohlakeleyo kubantu base-Afrika-baseMelika njengoko iflegi yamaNazi swastika ingamaYuda. Ngapha koko, kubalulekile ukungayihloniphi ibhena emele uhlobo olusulungekileyo lobubi bomntu.
Ukuboniswa kweflegi ye-Confederate-naphina-isitetimenti esingengomlomo sentiyo yobuhlanga. Ukutsha kwayo bekuya kuba yimpendulo engathethiyo kwisimo sayo sokurhabaxa. Uqinisekile ukuba awuzukutshintsha isimo sabo sengqondo ngesizathu esimnandi. Yilwa umlilo wabo wokomfuziselo ngento yokwenyani.
Abantu abasakholelwa kwimigaqo ye-Lost Cause kufuneka bafundiswe ngendlela abantu abaqhelekileyo abavakalelwa ngayo ngovukelo lwabo. Siyavuya ukuba u-Abraham Lincoln kunye nomkhosi womanyano bachitha uluntu olusekwe ekuxhaphazeni ngokukhohlakeleyo, udlwengulo kunye nenkohlakalo.
Siyicaphukela indlela ookhokho bakho abanyanzelisa ngayo ukuseka ilizwe lethu kwisono sokuqala sobukhoboka kunye nendlela ityhefu yocalucalulo egalele ngayo onke amazwe angama-50, ukuya kuthi ga kwinqanaba elithile, ukuza kuthi ga kulo mhla, nkqu nomongameli omnyama kwi-White House.
Kodwa ambalwa amazwe aya kuba nenyongo yokuqhwaba isibhengezo sokuziphatha okungekho sikweni ngaphezulu kwenzala yabo bahluphekayo kwaye bafa ekuthinjweni. Akukho mfuneko yokuxoxa ngengxaki yeflegi ye-Confederate kwakhona. Ngozuko lukaDylann Roof, lixesha lokutshisa, usana, ukutshisa.
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UJoe Lapointe uchithe iminyaka engama-20 njengentatheli kwezemidlalo INew York Times kwaye usebenze njengomvelisi wecandelo Ukubalwa kunye noKeith Olbermann . Kutshanje, ufundise ubuntatheli kwiYunivesithi yaseNew York, eRutgers nakwiYunivesithi yaseLong Island-eBrooklyn. Mlandele kuTwitter @joelapointe.
