Zomwe Muyenera Kuwerenga, Kuwonerera, Kumvera, ndi Kuphunzira Kuti Mugwiritse Ntchito Bwino Khumi ndi Chisanu ndi Chinayi

Zamkati

• Choyamba, mbiri yakale kumbuyo kwa Juneteenth.
• Chifukwa Chomwe Timakondwerera Chisanu ndi Chinayi (ndi Chifukwa Chomwe Muyenera, Momwemonso)
• Zoyenera Kumvetsera
• Limbikitsani Kuposa Chiwawa
• NATAL
• Komanso mvetserani ku:
• Zomwe Muyenera Kuwerenga Zopeka
• Queenie Wolemba Candice Carty-Williams
• Bodza Lokoma Mtima ndi Nancy Johnson
• Nawa ena owerenga ena ochititsa chidwi kuti atenge:
• Zomwe Muyenera Kuwerenga Kuti Muzisamala
• Jim Crow Watsopano ndi Michelle Alexander
• Nthawi Yotsatira Yotsatira ndi James Baldwin
• Pitirizani kuwonjezera izi m'galimoto yanu:
• Zomwe Muyenera Kuwonera
• Kukhala
• Alendo Awiri Akutali
• Maulonda owonjezera oyenera kudya:
• Yemwe Tiyenera Kutsatira
• Alicia Garza
• Opal Tometi
• Pitirizani ndi mabwana a Black awa, nawonso:
• Onaninso za

Kwa nthawi yayitali kwambiri, mbiri ya chakhumi ndi chisanu ndi chimodzi idaphimbidwa ndi lachinayi la Julayi. Ndipo ngakhale ambiri aife tidakula ndi kukumbukira zokonda kudya ma hotdogs, kuwonera zowotchera moto, komanso kuvala zofiira, zoyera, ndi zabuluu kukondwerera ufulu wa dziko lathu, chowonadi ndichakuti, waku America aliyense sanali mfulu kwenikweni (kapena pafupi nawo) July 4, 1776. Kwenikweni, Thomas Jefferson, tate woyambitsa ndi mlembi wa Declaration of Independence, anali ndi akapolo 180 panthaŵiyo (amene anali akapolo oposa 600 Akuda m’moyo wake wonse). Komanso, ukapolo unakhalabe wosathetsedwa kwa zaka zina 87. Ngakhale pamenepo, zinatenga zaka ziwiri zowonjezera kuti akapolo onse apeze ufulu pa June 19, 1865 - omwe tsopano amadziwika kuti Juneteenth.

Choyamba, mbiri yakale kumbuyo kwa Juneteenth.

Mu 1863, Purezidenti Lincoln adasaina Chidziwitso cha Emancipation Proclamation chomwe chidalengeza kuti "anthu onse omwe ali akapolo" m'maiko opanduka a Confederate "kuyambira tsopano adzakhala omasuka."

Takonzeka kuphunzira china chomwe mwina sichinasowe m'mabuku anu? Ngakhale ichi chinali chodabwitsa kwambiri kwa anthu akuda (Kulengeza kumatanthauza ufulu wa akapolo opitilira 3 miliyoni), kumasulidwa sikunkagwira ntchito kwa akapolo onse. Zimangogwira ntchito m'malo olamulidwa ndi Confederate osati kumayiko okhala ndi akapolo kapena m'malo opanduka omwe ali m'manja mwa Union.

Kuphatikiza apo, Constitution ya Texas ya 1836 idapereka chitetezo chowonjezera kwa osunga akapolo ndikuchepetsanso ufulu wa akapolo. Pokhala ndi mgwirizano wochepa kwambiri, eni ake ambiri adaganiza zosamukira ku Texas ndi akapolo awo, kotero kuti ukapolo upitirire.

Komabe, pa June 19, 1865, US Army Officer ndi Union Major General, Gordon Granger anafika ku Galveston, Texas akulengeza kuti akapolo onse anali omasuka - kusintha komwe kunakhudza moyo wa 250,000 Black kwamuyaya.

Chifukwa Chomwe Timakondwerera Chisanu ndi Chinayi (ndi Chifukwa Chomwe Muyenera, Momwemonso)

Chakhumi ndi chisanu ndi chiwiri, chidule cha "Juni 19," chimakumbukira kutha kwa ukapolo wovomerezeka ku America ndipo chikuyimira mphamvu ndi kulimba mtima kwa anthu akuda aku America. Ndipo pa Juni 15, 2021, Nyumba Yamalamulo idapereka lamulo loti likhale tchuthi chaboma - pomaliza. . (FYI - malamulo tsopano akuyenera kupita ku Nyumba ya Oyimilira, chala chidutsa!) Chikondwererochi sichimangomangirizidwa ku Mbiri Yakuda, chalunjika mwachindunji mu ulusi wa mbiri yaku America. Chifukwa cha zipolowe zamasiku ano komanso kusamvana pakati pa mitundu, Juneteenth, yemwe amadziwikanso kuti Tsiku la Ufulu, Tsiku Lomasula, kapena Tsiku la Jubliee, mwachibadwa apeza chidwi chachikulu, ngakhale padziko lonse lapansi - ndipo moyenerera.

Kuti tikuthandizeni kujambula zowona, kufunikira, ndi mbiri ya Juneteenth, talemba mndandanda wamaphodikasiti, mabuku, zolemba, makanema, ndi makanema apa TV kuti mufufuze - osati pano pokondwerera Juneteenth, koma kupitilira tchuthi. Ngakhale mindandanda iyi siyokwanira, ndikukhulupirira, ikupatsani mphamvu kuti muphunzire zambiri za nkhani zosasinthika zakusintha kwakuda lero, ndipo aliyense tsiku, kukweza mawu akuda ndikufunafuna kufanana kwa onse.

Zoyenera Kumvetsera

Limbikitsani Kuposa Chiwawa

Wogwiridwa ndi Sidney Madden ndi Rodney Carmichael, Louder Than A Riot akuwunika mayendedwe olumikizana pakati pa kukwera kwa hip hop ndikumangidwa kwambiri ku America. Chigawo chilichonse chimafotokoza nkhani ya waluso kuti aunike mbali zosiyanasiyana zamilandu yamilandu yomwe imakhudza kwambiri anthu akuda aku America ndipo, potero, imakonzanso nkhani zoyipa za hip hop ndi maubale ake ndi anthu akuda. (ICYDK, Anthu akuda amangidwa mowirikiza kasanu kuposa anzawo oyera, malinga ndi NAACP.) Podcast iyi imagwiritsa ntchito mtundu wanyimbo womwe anthu ambiri amawakonda kuti awulule zomwe anthu aku America ambiri adawona akusewera mobwerezabwereza ndi nkhanza za apolisi, machenjerero amilandu atsankho, komanso zithunzi zonyoza zamankhwala. Mutha kuyang'ana Louder Than A Riot pa NPR One, Apple, Spotify, ndi Google.

NATAL

Wopangidwa ndikupangidwa ndi gulu la anthu akuda, NATAL, podcast docuseries, amagwiritsa ntchito maumboni amunthu woyamba kupatsa mphamvu ndi kuphunzitsa akuda omwe ali ndi pakati komanso obereka. Gabrielle Horton ndi Martina Abrahams Ilunga amagwiritsa ntchito NATAL kuti "apereke maikolofoni kwa makolo akuda kuti afotokoze nkhani zawo zokhudza mimba, kubereka, ndi chisamaliro pambuyo pobereka, m'mawu awoawo." Ma docuseries, omwe adayamba mu Black 2020 ya Maternal Health Week, akuwonetsanso ogwira ntchito yobereka, akatswiri azachipatala, ofufuza, komanso omenyera nkhondo tsiku lililonse kuti asamalire bwino makolo akuda kubereka. Poganizira kuti azimayi akuda ali ndi mwayi wopitilira katatu kuposa azungu kuti afe chifukwa cha zovuta zokhudzana ndi pakati, NATAL ndichinthu chofunikira kwambiri kwa amayi akuda ndi amayi omwe akukhala kulikonse. Mverani ku Natal pa Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google, ndi kulikonse podcast zilipo.

Komanso mvetserani ku:

• Code Sinthani
• The Read
• Ndondomeko Zodziwika
• Kusiyana Kwamitundumitundu
• Achibale
• 1619
• Akukonzanso
• Stoop

Zomwe Muyenera Kuwerenga Zopeka

Queenie Wolemba Candice Carty-Williams

Amatchedwa mmodzi wa Nthawi ndi Mabuku 100 abwino kwambiri a 2019, kuwonekera kopanda mantha kwa Candice Carty-Williams kumatsata Queenie Jenkins, mayi waku Jamaican-Britain akuyesera kuyanjana pakati pazikhalidwe ziwiri zosiyana koma osakwanira. Kuntchito yake monga mtolankhani wa nyuzipepala, nthawi zonse amakakamizidwa kuti amadziyerekezera ndi anzawo azungu. Pakati pakupenga kwamasiku ndi tsiku, bwenzi lake loyera kwanthawi yayitali limaganiza zopempha "kupumula". Poyesa kubwereranso pakulekana kwake kwachisokonezo, mtolankhani wazaka 25yu akuyang'anira chisankho chimodzi chotsutsana ndi china, onse akuyesera kuti adziwe cholinga chake m'moyo - funso lomwe ambiri a ife timatha kulimvetsetsa. Buku lofotokozera-ngati-ilo-limafotokozera zomwe zimatanthauza kukhala msungwana wakuda yemwe amakhala m'malo oyera oyera, omwe dziko lawo likuwonongeka. Ngakhale protagonist wanzeru, koma woganizira akulimbana ndi thanzi lamisala, kusankhana mitundu, komanso kukondera kuntchito, pamapeto pake amapeza mphamvu zoyambiranso zonse - mfumukazi yakuda, yakuda! (Zokhudzana: Momwe Kusankhana mitundu Kumakhudzira Thanzi Lanu la Maganizo)

Bodza Lokoma Mtima ndi Nancy Johnson

Wokonda kalabu yamabuku, Bodza Lokoma Mtima Wolemba Nancy Johnson, akufotokoza nkhani ya mainjiniya Ruth Tuttle ndi ulendo wake wokonzanso zakale zodzaza manyazi zodzaza ndi zinsinsi poyesa kuyambitsa banja lake. Kukhazikika pa Kugwa Kwachuma Kwakukulu komanso kuyamba kwa nyengo yatsopano yachiyembekezo pambuyo pa kupambana koyamba kwa Purezidenti Obama, bukuli likufotokoza za mtundu, kalasi, ndi kusintha kwa mabanja. Ngakhale kuti mwamuna wake akufunitsitsa kukhala ndi ana, Rute sakutsimikiza; akadakali wokhumudwa ndi chisankho chomwe adapanga ali wachinyamata kusiya mwana wake wamwamuna kumbuyo. Ndipo chifukwa chake, amabwerera kubanja lake lomwe analitalikirana nalo mtawuni yomwe idasokonekera ku Ganton, Indiana kuti akhazikitse mtendere ndi zakale - njira yomwe pamapeto pake imamukakamiza kulimbana ndi ziwanda zake, kupeza mabodza obisika pakati pa banja lake, ndi nkhope. tawuni yamilandu yomwe adapulumuka zaka zapitazo. Bodza Lokoma Mtima ndichizindikiro chomveka chazovuta zakukula mumtundu wakuda, wogwira ntchito ku America komanso kulumikizana kovuta pakati pa mtundu ndi gulu.

Nawa ena owerenga ena ochititsa chidwi kuti atenge:

• Chakhumi ndi chisanu ndi chinayi ndi Ralph Ellison
• M'badwo Wosangalala ndi Kiley Reid
• Ana a Magazi ndi Mafupa by Tomi Adeyemi
• Kubwerera kunyumba Ndi Yaa Gyasi
• Wokondedwandi Toni Morrison
• Kusamalira ndi Kudyetsa Atsikana Osauka Ndi Njala ndi Anissa Gray
• Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• Nickel Boys ndi Colson Whitehead
• Kulota Mtsikana Wakuda ndi Jacqueline Woodson

Zomwe Muyenera Kuwerenga Kuti Muzisamala

Jim Crow Watsopano ndi Michelle Alexander

A New York Times bestseller (idatha milungu pafupifupi 250 pamndandanda womwe wagulitsidwa kwambiri papepala!), Jim Crow Watsopano Imafufuza zamitundu ikukhudzana ndi amuna akuda komanso kutsekeredwa m'ndende ku United States ndikufotokozera momwe makhothi amilandu amagwirira ntchito motsutsana ndi anthu akuda. Wolemba, omenyera ufulu wachibadwidwe, komanso katswiri wazamalamulo a Michelle Alexander akuwonetsa kuti, polunjika amuna akuda kudzera mu "Nkhondo Yogwiritsa Ntchito Mankhwala Osokoneza bongo" ndikuwononga magulu amitundu, njira zaku America zoyendetsera chilungamo zimagwira ntchito ngati njira zamakono zothanirana mitundu (Jim Crow watsopano, ngati mukufuna) -ngakhale zikutsatira chikhulupiriro cha mtundu wakhungu. Idasindikizidwa koyamba mu 2010, The New Jim Crow adatchulidwa m'ziweruzo ndipo adalandiridwa m'malo owerengera anthu wamba komanso pagulu. (Onaninso: Zida Zokuthandizani Kuvumbula Kukondera Kwina - Kuphatikizanso, Zomwe Zikutanthauza)

Nthawi Yotsatira Yotsatira ndi James Baldwin

Wolemba wolemba, wolemba ndakatulo, komanso womenyera ufulu, a James Baldwin, Moto Nthawi Yotsatira ndikuwunika kopatsa chidwi kwamipikisano yamipikisano ku America mkati mwa 20th century. Buku logulitsidwa kwambiri padziko lonse pamene linatulutsidwa koyamba mu 1963, bukuli lili ndi "makalata" awiri (makamaka nkhani) omwe amagawana maganizo a Baldwin pazovuta za Black America. Kalata yoyamba ndi chenjezo lowona mtima komanso lachifundo kwa mwana wa mchimwene wake yemwe ali pachiwopsezo chokhala Wakuda ku America komanso "malingaliro opotoka amitundu." Kalata yachiwiri komanso yochititsa chidwi kwambiri inalembedwa kwa anthu onse aku America. Imapereka chenjezo lowopsa zakusokonekera kwa tsankho ku America - ndipo zambiri, mwatsoka, zikuchitika lero. Zolemba za Baldwin sizimanyalanyaza chilichonse choipa chokhudza Tsoka lakuda. Imapangitsa owerenga ake aliyense kuyankha mlandu pofufuza komanso kuyitanitsa kupita patsogolo. (Zogwirizana: Zida Zokuthandizani Kuvumbula Kukondera Kwina - Kuphatikizanso, Zomwe Zimatanthauza)

Pitirizani kuwonjezera izi m'galimoto yanu:

• Kusindikizidwa: Tsankho, Kusankhana Mitundu, Ndi Inu ndi Abram X. Kendi ndi Jason Reynolds
• Hood Feminism: Zolemba za Women That a Movement Inayiwala ndi Mikki Kendall
• Zizindikiro Zobisika ndi Margot Lee Shetterly
• Sitima yapamtunda yapamtunda: Green Book ndi Mizu Yoyenda Wakuda ku Americandi Candacy Taylor
• Chifukwa Chake Sindilankhulanso ndi Azungu Zamtundu Wolemba Renni Edo-Lodge
• Ine ndi White Supremacy ndi Layla Saad
• Nchifukwa Chiyani Ana Onse Akuda Akukhala Pamalo Odyera?ndi Beverly Daniel Tatum, Ph.D.
• OyeraKusokonekera ndi Robin DiAngelo
• Pakati pa Dziko Lapansi ndi Ine ndi Ta-Nehisi Coates
• Moto Watsekera M'mafupa Anga Ndi Charles Blow

Zomwe Muyenera Kuwonera

Kukhala

Kukhala, Zolemba za Netflix zomwe zidakhazikitsidwa mu mbiri yabwino kwambiri ya Michelle Obama, zimawonetserana za moyo wakale wa Mkazi Woyamba ndipo atakhala zaka zisanu ndi zitatu ku White House. Zimatengera owonera kumbuyo kwaulendo wake wamabuku ndikuwonetsa ubale wake ndi mwamuna wake, Purezidenti wakale Barack Obama, ndikujambula nthawi yolankhulana ndi ana aakazi, Malia ndi Sasha. Black FLOTUS woyamba mdziko lathu, Michelle adalimbikitsa azimayi amitundu yonse ndi kukongola kwake, kulimba mtima, komanso kupatsirana (osatchulanso mawonekedwe ake owoneka bwino ndi manja opha). Pulogalamu ya Kukhala doc akuwonetsa mwachidule nkhani yake yakugwira ntchito molimbika, kutsimikiza mtima, ndi kupambana - cholimbikitsira choyenera kuwona kwa onse.

Alendo Awiri Akutali

Kanema wamfupi wopambana Mphoto ya Academy ndiyenera kuwonera, aliyense. Ndipo popeza ndi choyambirira cha Netflix (chopezeka mosavuta pa ntchito yotsatsira) ndi mphindi 30 zokha, palibe chowiringula kuti musawonjezere Alendo Awiri Akutali pamzere wanu. Flick imatsatira munthu wamkulu pamene akupirira kukumana koopsa ndi wapolisi woyera mobwerezabwereza mu nthawi yozungulira. Ngakhale inali yolemetsa, Alendo Awiri Akutali amakhalabe opepuka komanso olimbikitsa onse pomwe amalola omvera kuyang'ana mkati momwe dziko limawonekera kwa anthu akuda aku America tsiku lililonse - zomwe ndizofunikira makamaka potengera kuphedwa kwa Breonna Taylor, George Flloyd, ndi Rayshard Brooks mu 2020. Alendo Awiri Akutali imadzipeza pomwepo pamphambano ya zowonadi zovuta za pano komanso chiyembekezo chamtsogolo. (Zogwirizana: Momwe Kubwezera Apolisi Kutetezera Akazi Akuda)

Maulonda owonjezera oyenera kudya:

• Imfa ndi Moyo wa Marsha P. Johnson
• Pangani
• Okondedwa Anthu Oyera
• 13
• Akadzationa
• Chidani U Perekani
• Chifundo Chokha
• Wosatetezeka
• Wakuda

Yemwe Tiyenera Kutsatira

Alicia Garza

Alicia Garza ndi wokonza bungwe ku Oakland, wolemba, wokamba pagulu, komanso Director of Special Projects for the National Domestic Workers Alliance. Koma kuyambiranso kochititsa chidwi kwa Garza sikumathera pamenepo: Amadziwika kwambiri chifukwa choyambitsa gulu lapadziko lonse la Black Lives Matter (BLM). Wamba. Chiyambireni kukulira kwa BLM, iye wakhala liwu lamphamvu pazofalitsa. Tsatirani Garza kuti mudziwe zambiri za ntchito yake kuti athetse nkhanza zomwe apolisi amachita komanso nkhanza kwa anthu amtundu wina. Mukumva izi? Ndiwo mayitanidwe ambiri a Garza kuti athandize kuthetsa cholowa cha tsankho komanso tsankho m'dziko lathu. Mvetserani ndiyeno kujowina. (Zokhudzana: Mphamvu Zamphamvu za Mtendere, Umodzi, ndi Chiyembekezo kuchokera ku Black Lives Matter Protests)

Opal Tometi

Opal Tometi ndi womenyera ufulu wachibadwidwe waku America, wokonza, komanso wolemba yemwe amadziwika kwambiri ndi gawo lake poyambitsa gulu la Black Lives Matter (pamodzi ndi Garza) komanso ngati director wamkulu wa Black Alliance for Just Immigration (yoyamba ku US. Bungwe la National Immigrant rights Organisation for People of Africa Descent). Wokongola, eti? Wopambana mphothoyo amagwiritsa ntchito mawu ake komanso kufikira kwakukulu kulimbikitsa ufulu wa anthu padziko lonse lapansi komanso kuphunzitsa anthu pazinthu zotere. Tsatirani Tometi kuti mupeze chisakanizo choyeserera chochita ndi matsenga a atsikana akuda - zonse zomwe zingakutulutseni pampando wanu ndikufunitsitsa kuti mupite naye kukonzanso dziko.

Pitirizani ndi mabwana a Black awa, nawonso:

• Brittany Packnett Cunningham
• Marc Lamont Phiri
• Tarana Burke
• Van Jones
• Awa DuVernay
• Rachel Elizabeth Cargle (womwe amadziwikanso kuti ndiye wamkulu kumbuyo kwa The Loveland Foundation - gwero lalikulu lazaumoyo wa azimayi akuda)
• Blair Amadeus Imani
• Alison Désir (Onaninso: Alison Désir Pakuyembekezera Mimba ndi Umayi Watsopano Vs Reality)
• Cleo Wade
• Austin Channing Brown

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