Ukuma kwiNtsebenziswano: Ikhwelo lokuSebenza jikelele

Izenzo zobundlobongela ezibangele ukufa kuka-Ahmaud Arbery, uBreonna Taylor, uGeorge Floyd, kunye nabanye abangenakubalwa basikhumbuze kabuhlungu ngokungabikho kokusesikweni okuninzi okuthwaxa uluntu oluntsundu. Sima kwimbumba yamanyama noluntu oluntsundu njengoko kungekho ndawo okanye indawo yentiyo okanye ucalucalulo kulo lonke uluntu lwethu lolwandle. Ubomi Obumnyama bubalulekile namhlanje kunye nemihla ngemihla, kwaye kufuneka sisebenzisane ngokudibeneyo ukutshabalalisa ubuhlanga bamaziko kunye nenkqubo ngokuqhawula imiqobo, ukufuna ubulungisa bobuhlanga, kwaye siqhube utshintsho kuwo wonke amacandelo ethu nangaphaya.  

Nangona kubalulekile ukuthetha kwaye uthethe phandle, kubalulekile ngokulinganayo ukukhuthala kwaye uzibophelele ekwenzeni utshintsho ngaphakathi nangaphandle. Nokuba kuthetha ukuqalisa utshintsho ngokwethu okanye ukusebenza nabahlobo bethu kunye noontanga bethu kuluntu lolondolozo lwaselwandle ukumisela olu tshintsho, i-Ocean Foundation iya kuhlala izama ukwenza uluntu lwethu lulingane ngakumbi, luhluke ngakumbi, kwaye lubandakanyeke kwinqanaba ngalinye - ukubethelela ukuchasana nobuhlanga kumaziko ethu. 

Njengokuphela kwesiseko soluntu solwandle, asizinikelanga kuphela ekubuyiseleni umva umkhwa wokutshatyalaliswa kokusingqongileyo kolwandle kwihlabathi liphela, kodwa sikwazimisele ekuqhubeni ezi ncoko nokuphumeza imisebenzi eqhubela inaliti phambili kubulungisa bobuhlanga. Ngokusebenzisa kwethu Ukwahluka, ubulungisa, ukuBandakanya, kunye noBulungisa iinzame, uluntu lwethu lolwandle lusebenzela ukuqhubela phambili inkcubeko yokuchasa ubuhlanga ngothethathethwano, ukubonakalisa nokuzibandakanya, ukuvuleleka ekufundeni nasekufundeni ngakumbi malunga nokubandakanya oku, kunye nokukhulisa amazwi amaninzi angekaviwa. 

I-TOF ithembisa ukwenza ngakumbi, kwaye iyalamkela lonke igalelo lokuba singakha njani intshukumo elinganayo nebandakanyayo. Ngezantsi zizixhobo ezimbalwa zokukunceda ubonise okanye uqalise:

• Chitha ixesha lokufunda nokufunda. Funda umsebenzi kaJames Baldwin, uTa-Nahisi Coates, u-Angela Davis, iintsimbi zentsimbi, uAudre Lorde, uRichard Wright, uMichelle Alexander, noMalcolm X. Iincwadi zamva nje ezifana Ungaba njani u-Antiracist, Ubuqhetseba obuMhlophe, Kutheni Bonke Abantwana Abantsundu Behleli Ndaweninye kwiCafeteria?, UJim Crow Omtsha, phakathi kwehlabathi kunye nam, yaye Ingqumbo emhlophe ukunika ulwazi lwangoku malunga nokuba abantu abamhlophe banokubonakala njani kuluntu lwebala. 

• Bandakanya namajelo eendaba adalwe ngabantu boMbala. funda TheGrio, Umsi, Ellen McGirt's Race Phambili, yaye URachel Cargle. Mamela iipodcasts ezifana Ukutshintsha iKhowudi, Imiba yokuhlangana kweendlela, yaye Ugqatso Phambili.

• Imibutho yenkxaso ehambisa inaliti kubulungisa bobuhlanga. Umbala woTshintsho, Iphulo Zero, i Iprojekthi yokuchasana nobuhlanga, i NAACP, I-UnidosUS, Iphulo lokulingana lobulungisa, kwaye i ACLU zimbalwa imibutho esebenza kuzwelonke nakwingingqi kwimiba yobulungisa boluntu ejongene noluntu lwemibala. Bhalisela uluhlu lwabo lokuposa, banikele, baphendule iminxeba yabo kwisenzo, kwaye ufumane ezinye iindlela zokubandakanyeka.

• Yima nabantu Bebala. Xa ubona into embi, yimele into elungileyo. Biza izenzo zocalucalulo-ngokucacileyo okanye ngakumbi, ngokufihlakeleyo-xa uzibona. Xa ubulungisa bucatshangelwa, qhankqalaza, kwaye ucele umngeni kubo de udale utshintsho. Unokufunda ngakumbi malunga nendlela yokuba ngumhlobo Apha, Apha, yaye Apha.

• Bona ezinye izixhobo eziqokelelweyo Apha kwaye Apha.

Ngomanyano nothando, 

Mark J. Spalding, uMongameli 
U-Eddie Love, uMphathi weNkqubo kunye noSihlalo weKomiti ye-DEIJ
& nalo lonke iqela le-Ocean Foundation

Ikhredithi yeFoto: Nicole Baster, Unsplash