UTa-Nehisi Coates ubiza uTrump ukuba Uyintoni kanye-uMongameli wokuqala waseMelika (Ngokwenene) oMhlophe

I-Ta-Nehisi Coates ibiza uDonald Trump nguMongameli wokuqala omhlophe wase-US. Ndiyazi ukuba ucinga ntoni: Yima umzuzu, wonke uMongameli wase-US ebemhlophe ngaphandle kukaBarack Obama . Ngokobuchwephesha, unyanisile, kodwa oko uCoates abhekisa kuko kukuba akukho Mongameli ngaphambi kukaTrump owake wathengisa ngokuphandle okanye ngokurhabaxa kubumhlophe ngendlela anayo, esenza ubumhlophe bamandla busebenze ngokucacileyo.

Kwisincoko esinomdla ngaphaya kweAtlantic , Inkcazo evela kwincwadi yakhe ezayo, Besineminyaka esibhozo sisemandleni , UCoates uthetha ngento yokuba ngelixa abantu besithi i-Trump ayinayo ingcamango, okanye ukuba yena kuphela kuyo, akuyinyani. Coates amagama eengcinga zikaTrump: ubukhulu bamhlophe. Oku kucaciswa yinto yokuba iqhinga likaTrump kuphela ngexesha lephulo lakhe laligqugqisile, lingapheliswanga intetho yentiyo, kwaye ekuphela kwesikhuthazo sakhe ngexesha lobongameli bakhe kubonakala ngathi kulungisa okwenziwe ngu-Obama.

Coates ubhala athi:

KuTrump, ubumhlophe ayibalulekanga kwaye ayingomfuziselo kodwa yeyona nto iphambili yamandla akhe. Kule nto, uTrump akayedwa. Kodwa ngelixa ookhokho bakhe babephethe ubumhlophe njengekhokho, uTrump waqhekeza i-amulet evulekileyo, evula amandla akhe amadala. Iziphumo ziyabetha: UTrump ngumongameli wokuqala ukuba akakhange asebenze kuluntu ngaphambi kokuba anyukele kwindawo yakhe. Kodwa okungakumbi, uTrump ukwanguMongameli wokuqala ukuba aqinisekise esidlangalaleni ukuba intombi yakhe sisiqwenga se-esile. Ingqondo ibamba ukuzama ukucinga umntu omnyama ebabaza ubuhle bokuhlaselwa ngokwesondo kwiteyiphu (Xa uyinkwenkwezi, bayakuvumela ukuba ukwenze oko), ebaleka izityholo ezininzi zolo hlaselo, ebhaptizwa kwizimangalo ezininzi ngezityholo zorhwebo, Ukukhuthaza abalandeli bakhe kubundlobongela, emva koko bahamba-hamba kwiNdlu yeWhite House. Kodwa leyo yingongoma yobungangamsha babamhlophe -ukuqinisekisa ukuba konke oku kuphunyezwa ngomzamo omkhulu, abantu abamhlophe (ngakumbi amadoda amhlophe) baphumelela ngemfundo encinci. U-Barack Obama uhambise umyalezo kubantu abantsundu othi ukuba basebenza nzima kabini kunabantu abamhlophe, nantoni na inokwenzeka. Kodwa ikhawuntari kaTrump iyacenga: Sebenza isiqingatha esinzima njengabantu abamnyama, kwaye nangaphezulu kunokwenzeka.

Uthetha ngento yokwakhiwa kobumhlophe (kunye nobukhulu bayo) kuxhomekeke kwimbono yokungabi ngu-r, umbono kulula kakhulu ukuwugcina xa umntu omnyama engenguye uMongameli, nto leyo eyenza ubongameli buka-Obama kunye nelifa elihlaselayo kuTrump kunye ne-ilk yakhe, kwaye kutheni le nto ibaluleke kangaka kwiCongress.

Emva koko uthetha ngento ekunokwenzeka ukuba ingakhululeki kwaphela kwinkululeko yabamhlophe ukuba bathethe ngayo: ubuxoki bebali labasebenzi abamhlophe. Ayikuko ukuba akukho basebenzi bamhlophe, ewe, kodwa ukuba icandelo labasebenzi lelona lifanele ukugxila endaweni yenxalenye emhlophe. Iinkululeko ezimhlophe zigobele ngasemva ukwenza uloyiso lukaTrump ngayo nayiphi na into ngaphandle kobuhlanga, kwaye ngokwenza njalo baphindaphinda amaxesha angenakubalwa abacinga abamhlophe kunye nabapolitiki benze okufanayo kwiinkulungwane ezininzi kweli lizwe.

Ubhala athi:

Ukuba abantu abamnyama, abaphila kangangeenkulungwane phantsi kokugculelwa nokuzithoba, abakaqhutywa kwiingalo zikaTrump akubakhathazi aba theoretician. Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, kolu hlalutyo, ubuhlanga bukaTrump kunye nobuhlanga babaxhasi bakhe zibalulekile ekuvukeni kwakhe. Ewe kunjalo, i-glee etyholwa ngokuba nenkululeko ibiza ubungqongqo bukaTrump inikwe amandla nangaphezulu kobugwenxa uqobo. Ukuhlaselwa ngamandla ngoqhanqalazo lwasekampusini, ukubethwa ziimpikiswano malunga nokuhlangana, kwaye ucinezelwe ngamalungelo amatsha okuhlambela, iqela labasebenzi elimhlophe elingenasiphoso lenze into ekuphela kwayo elinokuyenza: ukunyula i-orcish eyinyani-inkwenkwezi kamabonwakude egxininisa ekuthatheni isishwankathelo sobukrelekrele emfanekisweni- ifomu yencwadi.

Iingqekembe ziyaqhubeka zingene kwimbali yamabali amhlophe asebenzayo abuyela ebukhobokeni xa abantu abamhlophe ngokuhamba kwexesha, njengoko ilizwe lalicingela abasebenzi kwaye lisusa ubukhoboka obabungafakwanga obwahluke kakhulu kubukhoboka obumnyama. uluvo lokoyikeka kobukhoboka obumhlophe kunye nokuba kwakubuhlungu kangakanani ukuba abasebenzi abanesidima, abamhlophe baphathwe kakubi.

Olona hlobo lusebenzayo olo luvo, nangona kunjalo, kukuba awubahoyi abantu abamnyama ngabantu, kwaye uthethe ngabo ngokungathi ngabo kufanelekile ubukhoboka. Kubantu abantsundu, ukubulaleka nobukhoboka yinto engokwemvelo, kanti xa abantu abamhlophe besokola kwaye besebenzela imali engaphantsi kwexabiso labo, luphawu ikhona into engalunganga .

Kungenxa yoko le nto, njengoko uCoates ebhalayo, Ubhubhane we-opioid ubuliswa ngeminxeba yenceba kunye nonyango; ubhubhane oqhekekileyo ubuliswa ngokugculelwa kunye nokuncinci okunyanzelekileyo. Oku kugxila kwiklasi ngokuchaseneyo nobuhlanga akuchazi ukuba inyani yokuba abasebenzi abangamhlophe abangaguqukanga kuTrump ngendlela abasebenza ngayo abamhlophe. Kwaye ayichazi ukuba uninzi lwabantu abamhlophe kweli lizwe bavotele uTrump. Kungenxa yoko le nto waphumelela. Kwaye lonke uhlalutyo emhlabeni, kunye nazo zonke iintatheli ezimhlophe emhlabeni zizama ukuba novelwano malunga nabahluphekayo, abavoti abamhlophe abacinezelweyo, abayitshintshi loo nto.

UTrump uphumelele, ngenxa yokuba mhlophe.

Ndingakubongoza ngamandla ukuba usifunde sonke esi siqwenga, uze wabelane ngaso. Ndiceba ngokupheleleyo ukufumana incwadi yeCoates, Besineminyaka esibhozo sisemandleni , xa iphuma. Asinakuqala ukusombulula ingxaki de sibe sikulungele ukuyibiza ngegama. Ingxaki kukongama kwabamhlophe. Ingxaki kukwakhiwa kobumhlophe.

Ngaba leyo yingcinga engathandekiyo? Kulungile, kufanelekile. Yama kwingxaki. Yiyo kuphela kwendlela oya kuphuma ngayo kwelinye icala yomelele kuyo.

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