Chokwadi uye Raw Reflections: Nyaya yaJordan Williams

Jordan Alexander Williams, ndiQueer Hoodoo, nyika nyoro & tateguru wenguva yemberi, achienda kuhupenyu uye kuumba shanduko. Haisi yeJorodhani chete zvinhu zvese zviri pamusoro uye nezvimwe, asi ivo ishamwari yangu inorarama hupenyu hwavo pasina ruregerero sezvavanorwira kururamisira kwepasirese. Ndakava nerukudzo kukurukura zvakaitika kare kwaJoridhani uye kugovera pfungwa dzakawanda dzakabva muhurukuro yedu yemaminitsi makumi matatu. Ndatenda, Jorodhani, nekugovera nyaya yako!

Dzvanya muhurukuro yedu pazasi kuti udzidze zvakawanda nezveJordan Williams, zviitiko zvavo, uye tariro yavo yenzvimbo yekuchengetedzwa maererano nekusiyana, kuenzana, kubatanidzwa, uye kururamisira:

Ungada here kuita kuti munhu wose azive zvishoma nezvako?

Jodhani: Ndini Jordan Williams uye ndinoshandisa ivo/ivo zvisazita. Ndakaitwa Rudzi seMutema, ndinozvizivisa semunhu anobva muAfro uye nguva pfupi yadarika ndanga ndichishanda kuti ndifukure madzinza angu emuAfrica kuti tinzwisise chimwe chinhu chiri kunze nekupfuura nganonyorwa nemaitiro - edzidziso dzechinyakare "dzekumadokero" - dzakatikomberedza, dzine: 1) yakagadzira mamiriro ekunze uye matambudziko ezvakatipoteredza uye, 2) kuenderera mberi nekuuraya, kusungwa, uye kusvibisa vanhu vatema nevanhu veruvara, pakati pezvimwe zvakawanda. Ndiri kuenderera mberi nekuchera mumitsara yangu kuti ndidzore uye kuvandudza huchenjeri hunotsvakwa nehukuru hwevachena, colonialism, uye madzibaba. Ini ndinonzwisisa kuti huchenjeri hwemadzitateguru uhwu ndihwo hunondibatanidza ini nemhuri yangu kuNyika uye kune mumwe nemumwe, uye yakagara ichiita basa repakati mukufamba kwandakaita nyika.

Chii chakaita kuti upinde muchikamu chekuchengetedza? 

Jodhani: Kubva ndichiri mudiki ndainzwa kubatana uku kune zvakatipoteredza, zvisikwa, kunze, uye mhuka. Kunyange zvazvo ndaitya mhuka dzakawanda dzaikura, ndaidzida zvakadaro. Ndakakwanisa kuva mumwe weBoy Scouts of America, izvo semunhu akanga asinganzwisisike uye sahwira weMarudzi eTurtle Island, zvino ndava kuwana dambudziko. Nezvakataurwa, ndinokoshesa nguva yandakapedza ndiri mu scouts maererano nezvayo ichindiisa padyo nekudzika musasa, kubata hove, uye zvisikwa, kunova kupi uye kwakawanda sei kwekubatana kwangu nePasi kwakatanga.

Shanduko yako kubva paudiki uye muhudiki yakakuumba sei basa rako? 

Jodhani: Chikoro chebhodhingi chandakapinda chechikoro chesekondari uye yunivhesiti kwandakaenda kukoreji dzaive dzakachena, izvo zvakazondigadzirira kuti ndive mumwe wevadzidzi veBlack chete mumakirasi angu esainzi yezvakatipoteredza. Sezvo ndakanga ndiri munzvimbo idzodzo, ndakaona kuti kwakanga kune zvinhu zvakawanda zvakakanganisika, vanhu vane rusaruraganda uye vanovenga ngochani, uye zvakaronga nzira yandakatanga nayo kuona nayo nyika sezvo kwakanga kune kusaruramisira kwakawanda kuchiri kutekeshera. Sezvandaienda kukoreji, ndakaona kuti ndakanga ndichiri nehanya nezvezvakatipoteredza, asi ndakatanga kuisa pfungwa dzangu kune kururamisira kwezvakatipoteredza - tinonzwisisa sei kukanganisa kwakabatana kwedambudziko remamiriro ekunze, tsvina ine muchetura, rusaruraganda, nezvimwe zvine uye zvichienderera mberi. kudzvanyirira nekudzinga nharaunda dzevatema, vabrown, veIndigenous, nevevashandi? Zvose izvi zvave zvichiitika kubva kuTurtle Island - iyo inonzi North America - yakatanga kugadziriswa, uye vanhu vari kunyepedzera kuti "mhinduro" yezvakatipoteredza uye kuchengetedza zvinobudirira kana zvisiri pachena uye zviri kuenderera mberi kwehukuru hwevachena uye colonialism.

Sezvo hurukuro yedu yaienderera mberi, Jordan Williams akave neshungu dzekugoverana zvakaitika kwavari. Mibvunzo nemhinduro zvinotevera zvinosanganisira ruzivo rwakakosha uye zvinopa mibvunzo mishoma iyo sangano rega rega rinofanira kuzvibvunza. Zvakaitika kuna Jorodhani achiri mudiki zvakakonzera mafambiro avo muhupenyu uye zvakavatendera kuti vatore nzira isina maturo pakugadzirisa nyaya idzi. Zvakaitika kwavari zvakavabvumira kuve neruzivo nezve matanho ari kutorwa nemasangano kana kushomeka kwawo.

Chii chakanyanya kukosha mune zvawakasangana nazvo pabasa? 

Jodhani: Basa randakatungamira muchiitiko changu chekutanga mushure mekoreji raisanganisira kubvunza mibvunzo kuti ndive nechokwadi chekuti sarudzo uye zviitiko mukutonga kwehove diki zvaive zvakaenzana uye zvichiwanikwa kune wese munharaunda yavo. Zvakafanana nezvandakasangana nazvo mukoreji, ndakaona kuti pakanga paine nyaya dzakawanda dzeDEIJ dzakavigwa pasi pepamusoro pasangano randakashandira uye mubasa ravo rekunze rakatarisana. Somuenzaniso, ndaiva mumwe wevatungamiriri vedare rehofisi yedu rinoona nezvevanhu vakasiyana-siyana, kwete nemhaka yezvikwaniriso zvangu, asi nokuti ndaiva mumwe wevanhu vashomanana veruvara, uye mumwe wevatema vaviri, muhofisi yedu. Ndichiri kunzwa kudhonzwa kwemukati kuti ndipinde mubasa iri, ndinoshamisika kana dai paiva nevamwe vanhu, kunyanya vachena, vachiita zvaida kuitwa. Zvakakosha kuti tirege kuzembera pavanhu veruvara kuti vave “nyanzvi” dzepamusoro paDEIJ Kurwisa nekudzura hudzvanyiriri hwemasangano uye hwakarongeka, hwakadai setsika dzepabasa dzine muchetura zvinoda zvinopfuura kuisa vanhu vakashongedzwa musangano rako kuti vatarise bhokisi rekuchinja. Zvakaitika kwandiri zvakaita kuti ndibvunze kuti masangano nemasangano ari kushandura sei zviwanikwa kufambisa shanduko. Ndakaona zvakakodzera kubvunza kuti:

• Ndiani ari kutungamirira sangano?
• Vanotaridzika sei? 
• Vanoda kugadziridza sangano?
• Vanoda here kuzvigadzirisa, maitiro avo, fungidziro dzavo, uye nzira dzavanodyidzana nadzo kune vanoshanda navo, kana kutobuda munzvimbo dzavo dzesimba kugadzira nzvimbo inodiwa yeshanduko?

Unonzwa here sekunge mapoka mazhinji arikuda kuzvidavirira pamabasa avanoita uye nemaonero ako zvingaitwe kuti zvifambire mberi?

Jodhani: Kunzwisisa kuti simba riri kugovewa sei pari zvino sangano rose kwakakosha. Kazhinji kazhinji, simba rinogovaniswa chete pa“hutungamiriri”, uye uko simba riri kubatwa ndipo panoda shanduko! Vatungamiri vesangano, kunyanya vatungamiri vechichena uye kunyanya vatungamiri vari varume uye/kana cis-gender vanofanira kukoshesa izvi.! Iko hakuna "nzira chaiyo" yekuita izvi, uye ini ndinogona kutaura kudzidziswa, zvakakosha kuti uone kuti chii chinoshanda kusangano rako uye kuishandisa kuti ugadzirise tsika nehurongwa hwesangano rako. Ini ndichataura kuti kuunza mubatsiri wekunze kunogona kupa akawanda enzira dzakanaka. Iri zano rakakosha nekuti dzimwe nguva vanhu vari padyo nematambudziko, uye / kana vanga varipo kwechinguva, havakwanise kuona kuti shanduko yemvura inogona kuitika kupi, uye nenzira dzipi. Panguva imwecheteyo, ruzivo, zviitiko, uye unyanzvi hweavo vari munzvimbo dzine simba shoma zvinokwanisa sei kuiswa pakati uye kukwidziridzwa sezvakakosha uye zvakakosha? Ehe, izvi zvinoda zviwanikwa - zvese mari nenguva - kuti zvishande, izvo zvinosvika kune philanthropic zvikamu zveDEIJ, pamwe nekudiwa kwekuisa DEIJ mukati mehurongwa hwesangano rako. Kana ichi chiri chinhu chakakosha pachokwadi, chinoda kuverengerwa muzvirongwa zvebasa zvemwedzi wega wega, zvekota, uye zvepagore zvemunhu wese, kana zvisina kudaro hazvizoitika. Inofanirawo kuchengetwa mupfungwa kukanganiswa kwevatema, veIndigenous, uye Vanhu Veruvara, uye zvimwe zvitupa zvakadzikira. Basa ravo uye basa rinofanira kuitwa nevachena hazvina hazvo kufanana.

Izvi zvakanaka uye kune akawanda nuggets awadonhedza munhaurirano yedu nhasi, unogona kupa chero mazwi ekurudziro kuvarume vatema kana vanhu veruvara parizvino kana vanoshuvira kuve munzvimbo yekuchengetedza.

Jodhani:  Ikodzero yedu yekuzvarwa kuvapo, kuva, uye kusimbiswa munzvimbo dzese. Kune vanhu vatema pane zvechikadzi, avo vanoramba murume kana murume zvachose, uye chero munhu anoitwa kuti anzwe seasiri wake, ndapota ziva uye tenda kuti iyi ikodzero yako! Kutanga, ndinovakurudzira kuti vawane vanhu vanovavaka, vanovatsigira, uye vanovapa zvokushandisa. Ziva shamwari dzako, vanhu vaunogona kuvimba navo, uye avo vanoenderana newe. Chechipiri, iva neruzivo rwekwaunoda kuva uye kana pasiri pauri parizvino, gamuchira. Iwe hauna chikwereti kune ani zvake kana chero sangano chero chinhu. Pakupedzisira, zvakakosha kufunga kuti chii chichaita kuti uve nechokwadi chekusimba kwako kuitira kuti uenderere mberi nebasa remadzitateguru ako, iro rinosanganisira Pasi pacharo. Nyaya dzeDEIJ hadzisi kuzoenda mangwana, saka panguva ino, isu tinofanirwa kufunga nzira dzekuenderera mberi. Izvo zvakakosha kuti uzvigadzirise patsva, kuchengetedza simba rako, uye kuramba wakatendeka kune ako kukosha. Kusarudza kuti ndeapi maitiro emunhu anokuchengeta wakasimba, vanhu vanokutsigira, uye nzvimbo dzinokuchaja, zvinokutendera kuti urambe wakatsiga.

Kuvhara, maererano nekusiyana, kuenzana, kubatanidzwa, uye kururamisira ... itariro ipi yaunayo yechikamu chekuchengetedza.

Jodhani:  Kwenguva yakareba, ruzivo rweChivanhu rwakanga ruchionekwa sechinyakare kana kuti neimwe nzira kushaya mukuenzanisa nekufunga kwekumadokero. Ndinotenda izvo zvatiri kuita senyika yekumadokero uye nharaunda yesainzi yepasirese iri kunzwisisa kuti aya ekare, emazuva ano, uye ekuchinja maitiro enharaunda dzeIndigenous ndiyo ichaita kuti isu tiri muhukama hwehukama pakati peumwe neumwe uye nepasi. Ino inguva yekuti isu tisimudzire nekumisa manzwi asinganzwikwe - idzo nzira dzekufunga nekuve dzisina kukosha - dzagara dzichitiendesa kuhupenyu uye kune ramangwana. Basa racho harisi mumasilo, kana mune izvo vezvematongerwo enyika vakagadzira mitemo…riripo mune izvo vanhu vanoziva, zvavanoda, uye zvavanoita.

Mushure mekufunga nezvenhaurirano iyi, ndakaramba ndichifunga nezve pfungwa yekusangana uye kukosha kwehutungamiri kutenga-mukati. Ose ari maviri anodiwa pakubvuma zvakakodzera kusaenzana & misiyano uye kushandura tsika yesangano. Sezvakataurwa naJordan Williams, nyaya idzi hadzisi kuzoenda mangwana. Pane basa rinofanira kuitwa pamatanho ese kuti kufambira mberi kwechokwadi kuitwe, zvisinei, kufambira mberi hakugone kuitika kunze kwekunge tazvidavirira panhau dzatinosimudzira. Iyo Ocean Foundation yakazvipira kuvaka sangano redu kuti riwedzere kusanganisa uye kuratidza nharaunda dzatinoshandira. Isu tinodenha shamwari dzedu muchikamu chese kuti dziongorore tsika dzesangano rako, kuona nzvimbo dzekuvandudza, uye kutora matanho.