Umsonto ophazamisayo kuTwitter waziswa kuthi kwiintsuku zakutshanje njengoko wawusasazeka, kunye nendoda, umbhali wescreen uDaniel Kunka, echaza ukuba umtshana wakhe kunye nomtshana wakhe bacinga ukuba uHelen Keller-umbhali, ummeli wamalungelo abakhubazekileyo, itshantliziyo lezopolitiko kunye nomhlohli-- ubuqhetseba.
Ngokwindoda, ngexesha lesicatshulwa, umama wakhe (kunye nogogo wabo) babuze ukuba bayazi ukuba ngubani uHelen Keller, kwaye baphendula ukuba ubuqhetseba obungekhoyo. Isizathu sokuthandabuza kwabo yayinokuba ngumntu njani abe sisithulu kwaye angaboni kwaye afunde ukubhala iincwadi? Aba babini abakwishumi elivisayo bakholelwa ukuba abantu basebenzise ilifa likaKeller kwaye wafumana uncedo ngomsebenzi wakhe. Ukubanakho kwesi sizathu kuyamangalisa.
Ukongeza, Kunka idityaniswe Phakathi iposti apho umfazi wabhala:
Mhlawumbi kungenxa yokuba asizange sifundiswe ngobuchwephesha kuye esikolweni ngokungathi besiku-Anne Frank nakwabanye abantu bembali. Uye waba yinto yasentsomini. Kufike kwinqanaba apho kungasayi kuba yintlekisa kwakhona njengoko yayiqala ukubakho. Isizukulwana Z ngokoqobo asikholelwa ukuba uHelen Keller ubekhona. Ngeliphandle, ndinobunzima bokwamkela ukuba uzenzile mna. Andiziva kakubi okanye ndiphosakele ngayo, kwaye andicingi ukuba omnye umntu olingana nam akwenzi njalo. Kodwa izizukulwana ezindala zibonakala zicinga ngokwahlukileyo. UHelen Keller woyise imiqobo emininzi, kwaye uyinkuthazo enkulu, watsho umama kum ngelizama ukuqiqa nam. Uye wasilela ukwenza ukungakholelwa kwam kungasebenzi.
Ngaba iphuma kukungazithembi kwethu- ngaba ibhinqa elingaboniyo, eliyisithulu elinempumelelo ebomini kunokuba sonke sinokuqonda? Kusenokwenzeka.
Intoni? UHelen Keller ngumdlalo wasezidolophini? Ungumntu obhaliweyo ohleliyo de waba kwiminyaka engaphaya kwama-80 kwaye wasweleka kwiminyaka yoo-1960. Yiyo leyo hayi kudala . Umbono wokuba ungacingi ubukho bomntu kuba ufeze okungaphezulu kunawe kubomi babo… ngokuqinisekileyo uyamangalisa. Kodwa kwakhona, kujongela phantsi ukuba ngubani uHelen Keller, kwaye loo mntu wayeyi-badass (iyonke).
UHelen Keller wasebenzisa ubukrelekrele bakhe ukukhuthaza amaLungelo oLuntu kwaye wanceda ekubumbeni uguquko lokukhubazeka, kwabasetyhini, amalungelo abasebenzi, kunye noxolo lwehlabathi. Uye wancanca kwi-eugenics kunye noloyiko lokuxinana kwabantu, nokusilela kwilifa lakhe, kodwa lilifa.
Ngokumalunga nendlela awazenza ngayo zonke ezi zinto, ewe, njengoBatman, uHelen Keller uvela kwimali. Intsapho yakowabo yayiyinxalenye yamanqanaba aphezulu amakhoboka akuMazantsi, ke bonke ubutyebi beza busebenziseka xa bekhangela abantu abafundisa intombi yabo kwaye babhatalela umqeqeshi wabucala.
Into eyoyikisayo ngale nto iyonke ibonisa ukuba ulwazi olungelulo lusasazeka ngokulula kangakanani, malunga nomntu obhalwe phantsi njengoHelen Keller. Andizange ndifundiswe ngaye ngendlela efanayo endandifundisa ngayo ngo-Anne Frank, umzekelo, kodwa ndikhule nakwiminyaka yeGoogle kwaye ndinokujonga nje ulwazi ngaye-olungileyo nolubi. Ngaphezulu, kukukwazi ukuqhubela phambili ukuziva isidingo sokuthetha ukuba umntu akanakukwazi ukuba mkhulu ukuba ngumntu okhubazekileyo. UStevie Wonder, uRay Charles, uBeethoven, kunye nabanye abaninzi banobungqina obuninzi bokuba asiyonyani.
Ungaze ucinge ukuba nasiphi na isizukulwana singaphezulu kokufundiswa ngembali embi.
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