{"id":3129539,"date":"2016-06-01T03:15:25","date_gmt":"2016-06-01T07:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/tafakari-ulizaliwa-wapi\/"},"modified":"2016-06-01T03:15:25","modified_gmt":"2016-06-01T07:15:25","slug":"tafakari-ulizaliwa-wapi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/tafakari-ulizaliwa-wapi\/","title":{"rendered":"Tafakari: Ulizaliwa Wapi?"},"content":{"rendered":"

T<\/span> hapa walikuwa wengi ambao walinionya kuhusu matatizo ambayo ningekumbana nayo kwenye Mkutano Mkuu wa Marafiki. Nilichukua maonyo haya kwa chembe ya chumvi. Nimeishi maisha yangu yote karibu na watu ambao hawafanani nami, na kwa kawaida sina matatizo. Niliokoka nikienda shule ya Kikatoliki ambako kulikuwa na Waamerika wengine wawili tu (kutia ndani ndugu yangu) na niliishi Philadelphia, Pa., ambako Wahindi Waamerika pekee niliokutana nao walikuwa kwenye mikahawa. Nikiwa Philadelphia, nilihudhuria Mkutano wa Mtaa wa Green na nikaona jumuiya ya huko kuwa ya kukaribisha zaidi kuliko nilivyofikiria, kwa hivyo sikutarajia Kusanyiko hilo kuwa tofauti. Wazazi wangu walikuwa wametuagiza mimi na kaka yangu tubadilishe vikundi vyetu vya marafiki. Kwa hivyo, nilijifunza kuchanganya, kuelekeza mfumo, kuzungumza lugha ya wale ambao hawafanani nami. Nilikua sijui njia nyingine ya kuishi. <\/span><\/p>\n

Kuhudhuria Kusanyiko lilikuwa tukio la ajabu. Nikiwa nimezungukwa na Waquaker 1,400 wa umri mbalimbali, nilifurahi kushiriki katika shughuli mbalimbali: Nilijaribu kucheza dansi takatifu ya duara, waltzing, na kucheza kwa bembea. Pia nilicheza na mdogo zaidi wa Marafiki, nikasikia Marafiki wengi wakisimulia hadithi za maisha yao, na nikaimba nyimbo nyingi ninazozipenda zaidi kwenye Wimbo wa Mchana. Nilicheka sana, nikapokea kukumbatiwa mara nyingi, na kutembea kwa muda mrefu na f\/Friends mpya. <\/span><\/p>\n

Walakini, kulikuwa na nyakati kadhaa zisizofurahi ambazo zilifanya Mkutano kunisumbua zaidi. Karibu kila wakati nilipojaribu kupata rafiki mpya ambaye alikuwa Mmarekani wa Uropa, mazungumzo yalikuwa hivi: <\/span><\/p>\n

Rafiki<\/em> : Jina lako ni nani?
\n<\/span> Mimi<\/em> : Sonali.
\n<\/span>Rafiki<\/em> : Oh, ulizaliwa wapi? Je, wewe ni Mhindi?
\n<\/span>Mimi<\/em> : Nilikulia California.
\n<\/span> Rafiki<\/em> : Je! unajua Kihindi?<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Hata kama ningejaribu kupotosha mazungumzo, yangerudi kwa kabila langu kila wakati. Mimi ni zaidi ya kabila langu. Mimi ni dada, mhitimu wa Chuo cha Smith, mkazi wa New Mexico, mhudhuriaji wa Mkutano wa Las Cruces (NM), na mhitimu wa Quaker Voluntary Service. Ninapenda muziki wa kitamaduni, kuvinjari katika duka la vitabu, na kupanda miamba\u2014kutaja mambo machache yanayoniunda. <\/span><\/p>\n

Wakati mmoja mazungumzo yakawa ya kusumbua sana. Rafiki mmoja alikuwa amenipandisha kwa fadhili katika mkokoteni wake wa gofu, na alipokuwa akiendesha gari, aliniuliza maswali kadhaa. <\/span><\/p>\n

Rafiki<\/em> : Jina lako ni nani?
\n<\/span> Mimi<\/em> : Sonali.
\n<\/span> Rafiki<\/em> : Ulikuja lini Marekani?
\n<\/span> Mimi<\/em> : Nilikuwa chini ya mwaka mmoja.
\n<\/span> Rafiki<\/em> : Ah, kwa hivyo ulichukuliwa.
\n<\/span>Mimi<\/em> : (nikijaribu kutocheka) Hapana. . .
\n<\/span>Rafiki<\/em> : Oh, hivyo familia yako yote ilikuja Marekani. Ni lini walipitisha Quakerism? <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ilikuwa nyakati kama hizi nilipoanza kujiuliza, ninafanya nini hapa, mahali hapa pamejaa watu ambao mara kwa mara wananifikiria na hawachukui muda au bidii kunijua kweli? Nilihisi utambulisho wangu ukifutika huku maswali yakiendelea. Ilionekana kuwa Marafiki hawa walikuwa na maoni yao wenyewe ya jinsi nilivyokuwa kabla ya kukutana nami, na maswali yao ya kikwazo yalihisi kama jaribio la kuniingiza kwenye kisanduku kidogo cha awali. <\/span><\/p>\n

Wakati huo huo pia nilianza kujiuliza ikiwa nilikuwa nikijibu kupita kiasi. Maswali yenyewe hayakuwa yasiyofaa kila wakati; ulikuwa ni moto wa haraka wa maswali ya kimbelembele ambayo yalihisi kutengwa. Familia yangu sio Quaker na labda haitawahi kuwa Quaker kwa kuwa wameumizwa na dini iliyopangwa au hawapendezwi na mambo ya kiroho ya maisha. Walakini, kuna mikutano ya Quaker nchini India, kwa hivyo haiwezekani kwamba katika hali zingine nilitoka kwa safu ndefu ya Wahindi wa Quaker. <\/span><\/p>\n

Wakati fulani mimi hutambua upendeleo huu ndani yangu. Mara nyingi mimi hujikuta nikifikiria kwamba Quaker wakubwa ni wahafidhina sana kwa mada fulani. Nimejifunza kushughulikia dhana hizi kwa mchakato wa hatua tatu. <\/span><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Ninahoji uhalali wa dhana yangu, na ninajiuliza inatoka wapi. Je, nimekutana na wafuasi wengi wa zamani wa Quaker? Kwa nini ninaamini kwamba Waquaker wakubwa (au wazee kwa ujumla) ni wahafidhina? <\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Ninaongeza kufichua kwangu kwa watu wa stereotype yangu. Ninapokutana na Waquaker wakubwa zaidi na kuingiliana nao kwa njia ya maana, aina hii ya ubaguzi itaanza kufifia. <\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Ninabadilisha wazo langu la kubuni na mtu halisi ambaye anapinga aina hii ya ubaguzi. Nimebadilisha mhafidhina wangu wa kufikiria potofu, Quaker wakubwa na Waquaker kadhaa halisi ambao ni huria zaidi kuliko mtu mwingine yeyote ambaye nimewahi kukutana naye. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Mbinu hii imenisaidia mara nyingi. Pia ninapendekeza mkakati rahisi zaidi unapofahamiana na mtu mpya katika nafasi iliyoshirikiwa: uliza maswali ya wazi. Mojawapo ya taarifa za kila siku kwenye Mkusanyiko wa 2015 ilikuwa na orodha ya maswali na vidokezo vya mazungumzo vilivyopendekezwa ambayo yanalenga kufanya Kusanyiko kuwa sehemu inayojumuisha zaidi. Hizi ni chache: Je, unachukua warsha gani? Niambie kuhusu unapoishi na ni mkutano gani unaenda. Je, unapenda kufanya nini kwa ajili ya kujifurahisha? Ni lini ulijua kwa mara ya kwanza kuwa njia ya Quaker ilikuwa sawa kwako? Hakika, Rafiki mmoja wa Uropa Mmarekani aliniuliza baadhi ya aina hizi za maswali; mazungumzo yetu yalikuwa ya kufurahisha sana na kunifanya nijisikie kuwa karibu zaidi. <\/span><\/p>\n

    Kwa nyakati ambazo maoni yangu potofu yanaonekana kutimizwa na mtu fulani, naona inasaidia kukumbuka shairi la Pat Parker, ”Kwa Mzungu Anayetaka Kujua Jinsi ya Kuwa Rafiki Yangu.” Beti mbili za kwanza ni mwanzo mzuri: <\/span><\/p>\n

    Jambo la kwanza unalofanya ni kusahau kuwa mimi ni mweusi. <\/span>
    \n<\/span>Pili, usisahau kamwe kuwa mimi ni mweusi.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Unapaswa kuwa na uwezo wa kuchimba Aretha,<\/span>
    \n<\/span>lakini usimchezee kila ninapokuja.<\/span>
    \n<\/span>Na ukiamua kucheza Beethoven\u2014usiniambie<\/span>
    \n<\/span>hadithi ya maisha yake. Wanatufanya tuchukue uthamini wa muziki, pia. <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    Hatupaswi kusahau kwamba uainishaji wa rangi, umri, jinsia, na kabila hufanya kazi pamoja kuunda sehemu za mtu. Walakini, hazifanyi watu wote au hata wengi. Kama nilivyojifunza, watu wakubwa ni zaidi ya umri wao, kama vile mimi ni zaidi ya kabila langu. Kwa kuwaalika watu maishani mwetu\u2014hasa wale ambao ni tofauti na watu tunaoshirikiana nao kwa kawaida\u2014na kwa kukubali mwaliko huo wakati wengine wanapofikia, mara nyingi tunapata kwamba sote tuna mambo mengi zaidi kuliko tulivyofikiriwa kwanza, ambayo inaleta maana kwangu. Je, hakuna ile ya Mungu katika kila mtu? <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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