Indoda yenze imilo yentliziyo ngezandla zayo ngexesha loqhanqalazo kufutshane nekhemesti yeCVS ebitshiswe izolo ngelaxesha lesidubedube emva komngcwabo kaFreddie Grey, nge-Epreli 28, 2015 eBaltimore, eMaryland. (Ifoto: Andrew Burton / imifanekiso kaFetty) Ndibe ngabahlobo abasondeleyo noSenator Cory Booker phantse ikota yenkulungwane. Xa uCory ethetha ngesihloko esisondele entliziyweni yakhe ndimthatha ngokungathí sina.
Kutshanje, kwintetho eya kwisikolo sabantwana bam eNew Jersey, uCory wakhankanya ubalo olothusayo: kukho amadoda amnyama amaninzi avalelweyo okanye aphantsi kolawulo lomanyano eMelika kunokuba bekukho amakhoboka eUnited States ngo-1850. zahlukile, ngokuqinisekileyo zikwenza ucinge.
Ubuhlobo bam noCory buye bahlukaniswa ngumzamo kumacala ethu omabini ukuphakama ngaphezulu kwezazisi zethu kunye namava oluntu lolunye. KuCory, oko kwakuthetha ukuba ndifunde amawaka eeyure zeTora kunye nam kwaye ndisiya kwizindlu zesikhungu kulo lonke elaseMelika. Kum oko kwakuthetha ukuba ndizicwilise kwimbali yombutho wamalungelo oluntu kwaye ndithethe kwiicawa zase-Afrika naseMelika, ndade ndagqibela ngokuba ngumntu wokuqala omhlophe ukuba ngumsasazi kwisikhululo sikanomathotholo saseMelika sase-Afrika naseMelika, iWWRL 1600AM. UPeter Noel, endandihlala naye, intatheli eyaziwayo kunye nomgxeki kwa-Israyeli, waba ngumzalwana kum.
Ngoku kufuneka ndijonge amabali akutshanje, abuhlungu amadoda ase-Afrika-aseMelika asweleka ezandleni zamapolisa ngamehlo endoda engumJuda.
Kunyaka odlulileyo ndatyelela i-Istanbul nonyana wam uMendy. Wonke umntu usixelele ukuba kuyingozi kangakanani kwaye ungaze unxibe i-yarmulke esitratweni. Ndandikrazukile. Zange khe ndinikezele ekufihleni isazisi sam. Bendingazimisele ngoku. Kodwa ngaba ndifanele ndibeke ubomi bam emngciphekweni kunye noMendy?
Amadoda nabafazi abaninzi base-Afrika nabaseMelika eMelika bajongana nemvakalelo yonke imihla yokuba ngaphandle kokwenza nasiphi na isenzo esiphosakeleyo sele berhanelwa. |
Ekugqibeleni unyana wam wenze isigqibo kum. Undifundisile, Tatty, ukuba ndihlale ndizingca ngokuba ndingubani. Undifundise ukuba kulilungelo ukuba ngumJuda. Kuyinyani kuyo yonke indawo kwaye ngalo lonke ixesha.
Ke siye sajonga ubuqaqawuli beRoma yakudala kunye ne-Istanbul enkulu yamaSilamsi njengamaYuda esikuwo, i-yarmulkes kunye ne-tzitzis eziphaphazelayo, kwaye kwakungekho ziganeko.
Kodwa into endiyikhumbulayo kuloo mava, kunye nezinye apho ndizive ndisongelwa njengomYuda, yayiyimvakalelo yokumakishwa. Ndiyindoda ephawulweyo. Andizange ndiyithande into engaphakathi kum nangona ndandingenzanga nto iphosakeleyo.
Kwakuyimvakalelo embi.
Amadoda nabafazi abaninzi base-Afrika nabaseMelika eMelika bajongana nemvakalelo yonke imihla yokuba ngaphandle kokwenza nasiphi na isenzo esiphosakeleyo sele berhanelwa. Xa indoda ibanjwe eBaltimore ngesityholo sokuphatha imela ngokungekho mthethweni kwaye iphela sele ifile emva kweveki, kukho into engalunganga. Ngaba kukho nayiphi na imfihlakalo malunga nomsindo woluntu lwaseAfrika-Amerika?
Ukuqonda ukuba kwenzeka ntoni kanye apha, kubalulekile ukuba uqwalasele iinyani ezimbalwa. Ezinye zezi nyani zinento yokwenza nokungabikho kokusesikweni kunye nemigaqo-nkqubo engafanelekanga abantu base-Afrika nabaseMelika ekuye kwafuneka bajongane nayo amashumi eminyaka kwaye abanye bajongana neengozi amapolisa azibeka kuyo yonke imihla ukwenza umsebenzi wawo.
Ngelishwa, abantu base-Afrika baseMelika kwimbali yeli lizwe bajongene nocalucalulo ngalo lonke ixesha. Kwanasemva kokuba ucalucalulo luphelile, abamnyama bajongana nazo zonke iintlobo zobuhlanga kunye nobuhlanga. Babenezikolo ezihlwempuzekileyo, izixhobo ezinqabileyo zijolise kwiindawo zabo, umkhethe kunye nentiyo esekwe kumbala wolusu lwabo, kwaye iimfuno zabo zihlala zingahoywa kwaye zithathwa njengokubuyela emva kwabo basemagunyeni.
Izisombululo ezininzi zakhuliswa kwiminyaka edlulileyo ukuzama ukulinganisa intsimi yabantu base-Afrika-baseMelika, ukutyala imali kwizikolo nakubumelwane, kunye nokuphelisa ucalucalulo ngokobuhlanga. Ezinye zezi zisombululo zisebenze kakuhle. Uninzi lwabanye, nangona kunjalo, aluzange lwenze nto ingako ukuzisa utshintsho olululo kwaye, eneneni, lwenza mandundu imeko.
IBaltimore ngumzekelo ogqibeleleyo wezisombululo ezingaphumelelanga. IBaltimore okwangoku ngama-63.7% ase-Afrika-aseMelika. Kwaye iBaltimore ibe sisixeko esilawulwa yiDemokhrasi phantse iminyaka engama-50. Usodolophu umnyama, ibhunga lesixeko lisondele ku-2/3 omnyama, umphathi wamapolisa umnyama, kwaye uninzi lwamapolisa amnyama.
Kwiminyaka emi-5 edlulileyo, i-1.8 yezigidigidi zeedola kwimali yokunyusa iye yathululelwa eBaltimore kwaye ngoku akukho nto itshintshileyo kubemi base-Afrika nabaseMelika apho. Jonga la manani othusayo.
Ngokwe- IWashington Post , Iindawo ezili-15 zaseBaltimore, kubandakanywa noFreddie Grey ovela kuyo, babenethemba lokuphila elingaphantsi kweNyakatho Korea.
Ulutsha oluhlala eBaltimore lwalunokuthi luxele ukuba lubona ubundlobongela kwiindawo abahlala kuzo. Ulutsha lufumene awona manqanaba aphezulu obundlobongela obuphathelele kwezesondo, uxinzelelo, ukusetyenziswa gwenxa kweziyobisi kunye ne-PTSD.
Kula mabali makhulu alikhulu e-US, abantwana baseBaltimore kumakhaya anengeniso ephantsi babenengxaki enkulu xa kufikwa ekuhambeni okuphezulu.
Ngapha koko i-avareji kazwelonke yentswela-ngqesho yamadoda amnyama ijikeleze kwi-10%, amanani abonisa ukuba eBaltimore, phakathi kwamadoda amnyama asebenzayo, i-42% ibingaqeshwanga ngo-2010. Eli zinga belingama-20% ngaphezulu kunentswela-ngqesho yabamhlophe. Iinkcukacha-manani zamva nje azibonisanga phuculo.
Ngaphaya koko, iBaltimore ichitha elona nani liphezulu lesithathu ngomntu ngamnye kwizikolo zikarhulumente. Okwangoku, amanqaku ovavanyo ahlala esezantsi kakhulu kwaye ezi zikolo zisesezobungozi kubafundi.
Isiphumo esingenakuphepheka kuzo zonke ezi meko zibuhlungu zichazwe zezi nkcukacha-manani kukuba iBaltimore yenye yezona zinga liphezulu kulwaphulo-mthetho kweli lizwe.
Le patheni yorhulumente kunye nezikolo zisilela kuluntu lwase-Afrika naseMelika eBaltimore kwaye zikhokelela ekwandeni kolwaphulo-mthetho nasekuvalelweni ngumzekelo nje omnye wento eyenzekayo kwiindawo ezininzi eziMnyama kwilizwe liphela.
Ngoku, konke oku kuhambelana njani nezityholo zobundlobongela bamapolisa nxamnye nabantu base-Afrika baseMelika?
Ewe, ngoku kukho malunga namapolisa angama-800,000 e-United States athi, njengenxalenye yomsebenzi wabo, abenako ukubamba abantu ngenxa yolwaphulo-mthetho. La ngamadoda nabafazi abaphuma yonke imihla ukuya kuqinisekisa ukuba kugcinwa ucwangco ngokubanzi kwaye iMelika ayisihleleli kulwaphulo-mthetho nakwisiphithiphithi.
Rhoqo ngonyaka, kukho umndilili wokuhlaselwa phantse ngama-52,000 kumagosa asebupoliseni asemsebenzini. Phantse i-15,000 kolu hlaselo lubangela ukonzakala kumagosa asebupoliseni. Kwaye kwaba, malunga ne-150 bayabulawa minyaka le kumgca womsebenzi. Ndiyakuthanda ukuthatha abantwana bam siye eWashington, D.C., kwaye esinye sezona zikhumbuzo zihamba phambili zezokuba amapolisa abulawe esemsebenzini. 
Abaqhankqalazi abanoxolo babamba izandla ngexesha le-rally phambi kweholo lesixeko becela ubulungisa ukuphendula ukusweleka kukaFreddie Grey nge-3 kaMeyi ka-2015 eBaltimore, eMaryland. (Ifoto: Andrew Burton / imifanekiso kaFetty)
La manani oyikisayo. Bathetha ukuba i-6% yamagosa asebupoliseni ngonyaka ahlaselwa ngokwasemzimbeni, kwaye kulawo, malunga neepesenti ezi-2 benzakele ngokwenyani. Ke xa amagosa asebupoliseni ejikeleze kufuneka acinge ngaphakathi kwabo ukuba emva kokusebenza njengegosa iminyaka eli-10 banethuba elinye kwabahlanu lokulimala emzimbeni ngaxa lithile besenza umsebenzi wabo.
Ngokucacileyo, nanini na amagosa asebupoliseni ejikeleza kwiindawo ezinamazinga aphezulu olwaphulo-mthetho, amathuba okuhlaselwa kunye nokwenzakala.
Ke, kwelinye icala, unendawo efana neBaltimore enabantu base-Afrika-baseMelika abangakhathalelwanga amashumi eminyaka ngamagosa anyuliweyo abonelela ngemfundo ephantsi, amathuba ambalwa, ukungabikho kwemisebenzi ephezulu, ukuphelelwa lithemba, kwaye ngenxa yoko, amazinga aphezulu obundlobongela ulwaphulo-mthetho.
Kwelinye icala unamagosa asebupoliseni awazi kakhulu amanqanaba aphezulu okonzakala athi asokola amagosa minyaka le.
Khumbula, uninzi lwamapolisa aseBaltimore amnyama. Ngapha koko, kumagosa amathandathu atyholwa ngokusweleka kukaFreddie Grey, amathathu amnyama kwaye amathathu amhlophe. Ke namagosa amnyama ayakwazi kwaye ngamanye amaxesha enza ubuhlanga baseAfrika-baseMelika ngokunjalo.
Uninzi lwabantu base-Afrika-baseMelika abathembekileyo, abathobela umthetho, abemi abasebenza nzima kufuneka bajongane noxinzelelo kunye noloyiko lokuba banokuchazwa ngokungalunganga kwaye bagwetywe ngenxa nje yombala wolusu lwabo.
Kukwabalulekile ukuba uqonde ukuba ngenxa yokuba imali karhulumente ihlala iphoswa kwezi ndawo zoluntu njenge-panacea ngaphandle kokujonga utyalo-mali lwabucala olukhokelela kwimisebenzi, oku kunokubangela ukonakala kokugqibela kweyunithi yosapho kunye neenqobo ezihamba nazo ngayo, ishiya abantu abatsha ngaphandle kwesikhokelo kunye nemizekelo efanelekileyo. Okwangoku, abantu abancinci bahlaselwa zizimo zengqondo kunye nemiyalezo malunga nobundlobongela, abasetyhini kunye namapolisa abonakaliswe kwinkcubeko ye-rap enokuthi iyenze ibe nkulu ingxaki. Zonke ezi zinto zonyusa izinga lolwaphulo-mthetho.
Nje ukuba babanjwe, uninzi alunakho ukuhlawulela amagqwetha abiza imali eninzi afumana isigwebo esisezantsi sabathengi abafumileyo. Kwaye, ngelishwa, ngokwenza izinto zabucala kwintolongo uve nokuba iinkampani ezinkulu zifuna izigwebo ezinde zolwaphulo-mthetho, kubandakanya nezo zenziwe ngabantwana, konke ngenjongo yokugcina abantu bezivalele ixesha elide ukuze le mibutho ifumane inzuzo enkulu.
Ngokucacileyo, akukho namnye kuthi onazo zonke izisombululo. Kodwa kufuneka nditsho ukuba njengomYuda, ndivelana kakhulu nabantakwethu noodadewethu base-Afrika nabaseMelika ekufuneka beve uloyiko kunye noxinzelelo lokugwetywa okanye ukujongwa ngokukrokra ngenxa yokubonakala. |
Yintoni ebuyela umva kwaye ibuhlungu kukuba kubiza malunga ne-27,000 yeedola ngonyaka ukugcina umntu omnye entolongweni unyaka. Khawufane ucinge ukuba loo mali ibityalwe ekudaleni imisebenzi ukulungiselela aba bantu ukubanceda babakhokelele kubomi obungcono ngaphambi kokuba babanjwe.
Ekugqibeleni, nantoni na eyenziwayo eBaltimore ihlulekile kuluntu lwase-Afrika naseMelika. Imigaqo-nkqubo efanayo iye yazama kaninzi kwaye ayisebenzi. Ukanti abezopolitiko bayakunyanzelisa ukuba kufuneka baziphindaphinde ezi zisombululo zingaphumelelanga kwaye babonelele ngokungaphezulu kwemali yokuyisebenzisa.
Kwakukho umbono onomdla odadwileyo ngumgqabazi we-ESPN uStephen A Smith naye ongumAfrika waseMelika. Ucele bonke abantu abaNtsundu e-US ukuba bavote i-Republican kunyulo olunye. Ngoba? Kuba kufutshane ne-90% yevoti emnyama eMelika iya kwiidemokhrasi ngokungqinelanayo. Njengoko uSmith wachazayo, abantu abaMnyama eMelika baxelela iqela elinye, Asikudeli malunga nawe. Baxelela elinye iqela, ‘Unayo ivoti.’ Ke ngoko, uzibhalele ukuba awunamalungelo ngenxa yokuba elinye iqela liyazi ukuba bakufumene phantsi kobhontsi. Elinye iqela liyazi ukuba soze likufumane, kwaye akukho mntu uza kulungisa umdla wakho.
Ukuba iiDemokhrasi zicinga ukuba ziya kuphulukana nevoti yaMnyama bangaqala ukuzama kancinci ukulandela izithembiso zabo zokunceda uluntu oluNtsundu ngokutyhala utyalo-mali lwenkampani nolwabucala olukhokelela ekuhambeni okuphezulu kunakwinkxaso-mali karhulumente edala ukuxhomekeka okukhulu. Kwaye ukuba amaRiphabhlikhi akholelwa ukuba abantu base-Afrika baseMelika bazakuqala ukubavotela bayagxininisa kwaye batyale imali ngakumbi ukuzama ukulungisa iingxaki zabavoti abaMnyama.
Ukuba utyalomali lukarhulumente eBaltimore luza kubonelela ngezisombululo zokwenyani ndiyakuzixhasa. Kodwa izamile yasilela. Le migaqo-nkqubo idiniweyo, igugileyo ayiphumelelanga ukudala imisebenzi kwaye inike ulutsha izakhono ezifanelekileyo. Kwabaninzi, izibonelelo zikarhulumente zinokuthintela isidingo sokuthatha ikamva lomntu kunye nokuphucula ubomi babo ngokuzimela okukhulu.
Ngokucacileyo, akukho namnye kuthi onazo zonke izisombululo. Kodwa kufuneka nditsho ukuba njengomYuda, ndivelana kakhulu nabantakwethu noodadewethu base-Afrika nabaseMelika ekufuneka beve uloyiko kunye noxinzelelo lokugwetywa okanye ukujongwa ngokukrokra ngenxa yokubonakala. AmaJuda kuye kwafuneka ukuba afumane into efanayo kwimbali yethu ende kunye nokuzama kwaye kufuneka senze konke okusemandleni ethu ukunceda ukwenza eli lizwe libe yindawo apho uhlanga lungasabalulekanga kwaye siqinisekise ukuba akukho mntu ukhe azive ekhethwe ngenxa yezinto zangaphandle. UMartin Luther King, Omnci.ubonakalise ngcono xa ephupha ilizwe eliza kugweba abantwana bakhe ngomxholo wesimilo sabo kunombala wesikhumba sabo.
Sonke sinethemba lokuba eli phupha liya kuguqulwa libe yinyani.
UShimuley Boteach, uMfundisi waseMelika, lowo iWashington Post embiza ngokuba nguRabi odumileyo eMelika, ungumsunguli weWorld Values Network kwaye ungumbhali othengisa kakhulu kumazwe angama-30, kubandakanya Indoda yokholo eqinisiweyo: Ukucela umngeni kuThixo xa ujongene nobunzima kunye nokubandezeleka . Mlandele kwi-Twitter @RabbiShmuley.
