Ukulandelana kweminyaka engama-91 kwedolobha lase-Ireland-American kanye ne-Italian-America sekuphelile, kwathi uMichelle Wu no-Anisa Etheby George babhekana ngoNovemba.
UBOSTON-Michelle Wu, ongowase-Asia waseMelika othuthukayo owakhankasela ukuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu kanye nenqubomgomo yezindlu, uzuze indawo yokuqala okhethweni lokuqala lukameya lwaseBoston ngoLwesibili. Idolobha liwine amavoti angama-33%. Kukhethwa abelungu kuphela.
Njengomuntu ohamba phambili, uNksz Wu oneminyaka engu-36 umaka ukuhamba okumangalisayo kwedolobha, ipolitiki yayo osekunesikhathi eside iphendukele ekubhekaneni nomphakathi nokucwasana.
Njengendodakazi yabokufika baseTaiwan, akaphumanga eBoston, kodwa ngokuphakamisa izinguquko ezinkulu zesakhiwo, njengokuhlinzeka ngezokuthutha zomphakathi zamahhala edolobheni, ukubuyisela ukulawulwa kwerenti, nokwethula idolobha lokuqala lezwe, wakha isasasa lakhe njengekhansela ledolobha. . Idili Entsha Yezinga Labalandeli.
Ngenxa yobunzima bokubala amabhokisi okuvota nawokuthumela, ukubalwa kwamavoti kuqhubeke kancane ebusuku, futhi imiphumela eminingi ibalwe mathupha, kanti imiphumela ephelele engekho emthethweni ayizange imenyezelwe kwaze kwashaya u-10:00 ngoLwesithathu ekuseni.
UNksz Wu, njengabo bonke abaqokwe abaphezulu emkhankasweni, uyiDemocrat. Uzobhekana ngoNovemba endaweni yesibili, u-Annissa Essaibi George, othole amavoti angu-22.5%. UNksz Essaibi George wakhuliswa emphakathini waseDorchester eBoston ngabazali bokufika abadabuka eTunisia nasePoland. Wazibeka njengomuntu olinganiselayo futhi wazuza ukuhlonishwa kwezikhungo zamandla endabuko njengeNyunyana yabacishi bomlilo kanye nowayengumphathi wamaphoyisa.
U-Essaibi George oneminyaka engu-47 ubudala ugxeke indlela kaNks. Wu ngokuthi “engaqondakali” kanye “nezemfundo” futhi waziveza njengomphathi osebenza ngezandla ofana nowayeyimeya uMartin J. Walsh owashiya ngoJanuwari. Walsh) lapho uMongameli uBiden eqoka uNobhala Wezabasebenzi. Engxoxweni ebikhona ngesonto eledlule, uNksz Essaibi George uthembise abavoti ukuthi uma kukhethwa ngeke ningithole ebhoksini lensipho, nizongithola komakhelwane ngenza umsebenzi.
Kulindeleke ukuthi umbukiso wangomhla zi-2 kaNovemba uzovivinya ukuvumelana okufinyelelwe ama-National Democrats amaningi ngemva kokhetho lokuqala lwemeya yaseNew York: abavoti abamnyama abalinganiselayo nabavoti asebekhulile bazobuyisela iDemocratic Party endaweni yayo, ikakhulukazi ezindabeni zokuphepha komphakathi.
Sekuphele amasonto amaningi ucwaningo lwemibono luveza ukuthi abantu ababili abansundu abahamba phambili—ibamba likaMeya uKim Jenny kanye nekhansela ledolobha u-Andrea Campbell—bebexabana noNksz George wase-Ethiopia. Kodwa inani labavoti okhethweni lokuqala olungeyona eyeqembu beliphansi kakhulu, ngamavoti angaphansi kwe-108,000. UNksz Jenny kanye noNkz Campbell babonakala behlukene phakathi kwamavoti abantu abamnyama, ngamunye enenani lamavoti angaphansi kuka-20%.
Ithemba lokhetho ngaphandle komuntu omnyama lidumaze abantu abaningi eBoston, futhi kubonakala sengathi iBoston isiseduze kakhulu kunangaphambili ekukhetheni imeya emnyama.
“IBoston iyidolobha elisenyakatho,” kusho uJohn Harriet oneminyaka engu-62 ubudala, owayesekele uJenny ngokukhungatheka. “Banezimeya ezimnyama e-Atlanta, Mississippi, nakwezinye izindawo eNingizimu. Ngicabanga ukuthi kuyinhlekisa lokhu. Ngempela, angazi. Angazi ukuthi kuzokwenzekani.”
Umeluleki kanye nomhlaziyi weDemocratic Alliance uMary Ann Marsh uthe inani eliphansi labavotayo lizuzisa uNksz. George wase-Ethiopia, “onabo bonke abavoti abakhulu emphakathini wabadala abamhlophe”.
Kudale ukushuba kwesimo okhethweni lukazwelonke. Phakathi komshicileli othuthukayo, ofunde e-Harvard kanye nosopolitiki wasendaweni ephakeme, wasebenzisa isisho saseBoston njengebheji lokuhlonipha futhi watshela abavoti ukuthi ufuna ukuba ” “Omama, othisha kanye nemeya” yilokho okudingwa idolobha.
Umehluko wabo osobala kakhulu usenguqukweni yamaphoyisa, udaba olungase luthinte ukunganeliseki kwakudala nokubuhlungu kwedolobha ngokobuhlanga nangokobuzwe.
"Awukho umehluko obukhali," kusho uNksz Marsh. “Ngiyethemba ukuthi izokhombisa okuhle kakhulu eBoston. Ngikhathazekile ngokuthi lokhu kuzoletha okubi kakhulu.”
Yake yaba ichweba lezimboni elinekhola eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, iBoston manje isiphenduke isikhungo se-biotechnology, imfundo, kanye nemithi, iheha iqembu labantu abavela kwamanye amazwe abacebile abanemfundo ephakeme. Ukukhuphuka kwezindleko zezindlu kuphoqe imindeni eminingi esebenzayo ukuthi ikhethe izindlu ezingekho ezingeni noma uhambo lokuya ezindaweni ezikude.
UNksz. Wu ungowokuzalwa e-Chicago futhi wathuthela lapha ukuyofunda e-Harvard University nase-Harvard Law School. Ukhulume ngalaba abasanda kungena kanye nokukhathazeka kwabo, evuma ukuthi isiphakamiso sakhe se-flagship "sibekela inselele umkhawulo".
“Kwesinye isikhathi, abanye babachaza ngokuthi ‘izinkabi eziwela esibhakabhakeni’ ngenxa yokuthi banesibindi futhi basebenzela ikusasa lethu eliqhakazile,” kusho yena. “Izinto eziningi esizigubha eBoston ziqale ngombono owawubukeka njengophaya esibhakabhakeni, kodwa yikho kanye ebesikudinga nesifanele. Abantu bayabalwela.”
Uthe kuwo wonke umlando wayo, iBoston bekuyilabhorethri yemibono emisha efana nemfundo yomphakathi, nokunyakaza okufana nokuqeda nya, amalungelo omphakathi, nokulingana kwemishado.
“Leli yidolobha elikwaziyo ukulwela ubulungiswa,” kusho uNksz Wu, owayekholelwa ukuthi uSenator Elizabeth Warren, uprofesa wakhe wezomthetho, wamsiza ukuba angene kwezombusazwe.
Kodwa abavoti abaqotho baseBoston bagxile ezifundeni ezigcwele abamhlophe, futhi abantu abaningi bayangabaza izinqubomgomo eziningi zikaNkz. Wu kanye nekhwelo likaGeorge Floyd lokuguqula amaphoyisa ngemva kokubulawa kweMinneapolis.
Abavoti laba bahlanganele uNkosikazi George Ethiopia, okunguye yedwa owayemele ukuncitshwa ibudget yamapholisa kanye lokwengezelela inani lamapholisa ezitaladeni zeBoston.
Phakathi nomgubho wokunqoba owaqala ngaphambi nje kwamabili kwamabili, uNkz. Essaibi George, ephelezelwa izingane zakhe ezintathu zentsha, waqala ukugxeka uNksz Wu kanye nenkundla yakhe yenqubomgomo.
“Sidinga ushintsho lwangempela. Akuyona nje imibono noma izivivinyo zezemfundo, kodwa ukusebenza kanzima,” kusho yena. “Angikhulumi nje, ngiyasebenza. Ngiyavuma. Ngacwaninga ngajula futhi ngaxazulula. Abazali bami bangikhulisa kanjalo. Wangenza kanje lo muzi.”
Uqhubekile nokubhoboza izinkundla ezinkundleni zokuxhumana zikaNkz. Wu futhi wawina injabulo yezihlwele. “Ake ngicacise,” kusho yena. “IMeya yaseBoston ayikwazi ukuvumela u-T ukuthi akhululeke. IMeya yaseBoston ayikwazi ukuphoqelela ukulawulwa kwerenti. Lezi yizinkinga okumele uhulumeni azixazulule.”
Abalandeli bakaNkz. Essaibi George babuthana ekhoneni laseDorchester ngobusuku bangaphambi kokhetho, begqoke isikibha esiwuphawu somkhankaso wakhe esipinki, iningi labo elimhlophe, futhi benza ukuphepha komphakathi kwaba udaba oluphambili. URobert O'Shea, oneminyaka engu-58, ukhumbula “Amanzi Angcolile” athandwayo ngo-1965, encoma iCharles River engcolile kanye “nesithandwa, abaphangi namasela” awo.
“Phela uma kubhalwa lolu daba akekho ofuna ukuba lapha,” kusho yena. “Bheka ukuthi sekunjani manje. Ngibona leli dolobha lithuthuka ngesivinini kangangokuthi angikwazi ukukhokhela indlu engihlala kuyo.”
“Kuhle kakhulu, yize isici sesocialist sakho singethusa kancane,” esho, ephawula ukuthi izihlobo zakhe eziningi zingamaphoyisa aseBoston. “Kodwa abantu kumele baphephe. Abantu badinga ukuzizwa bephephile ekhaya ngaphambi kokuthi basindise umhlaba. ”
Esinye sezizathu ezenza ukuthi iBoston yamukele kangcono abazongenela ukhetho ukuthi iyidolobha elincane kakhulu, elinengxenye eyodwa kwezintathu yabantu abaphakathi kweminyaka engama-20 nengama-37.
ULarry DiCara, oneminyaka engama-72 ubudala owake waba yiKhansela leDolobha laseBoston, uthe imisebenzi yayo yokukhiqiza isicishe yashabalala ukuze kuvuleleke izigwili, izifiki ezifunde kangcono. “Labo abangase bafunde i-Times kodwa bangayi Abantu okufanele baye esontweni.” Ukwanda kobugebengu obunodlame ehlobo akuzange kubangele ukushaqeka, okungenzeka ukuthi kuguqule amavoti aseNew York kulowo oqokelwe esikhundleni sobumeya beDemocratic Alliance u-Eric Adams (Eric Adams).
U-Jonathan Cohn, usihlalo weDemocratic Committee of the 4th District emsekelayo, uthe uNksz Wu akanayo enye indlela ngaphandle kokwakha isisekelo sakhe sezombusazwe ochungechungeni lwezinqubomgomo ngoba akakwazi ukuthembela ebuhlotsheni bobuhlanga noma bomakhelwane.
“Ipolitiki lapha ivamise ukuqhutshwa ngendlela yangempela, 'kuliphi ibandla, yisiphi isikole, imuphi umphakathi', uzama ukukuguqula kube yingxoxo yenqubomgomo," esho.
Ngenkathi uNksz Wu engena emkhandlwini wedolobha ngo-2014, le nhlangano yayikhathazeke kakhulu ngezinsizakalo zabavoti, kodwa eminyakeni eyalandela yaba inkundla yenqubomgomo yezinga likazwelonke, ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu, kanye nokuguqulwa kwamaphoyisa. Izinqubomgomo uNksz. Wu akhathazeke ngazo, njengezithuthi zomphakathi zamahhala kanye ne-Green New Deal, seziphenduke inkundla yemeya yakhe.
Ezinye izingqapheli zibuze ukuthi ngabe inkundla yenqubomgomo kaNkz. Wu yanele yini ukumnqoba okhethweni lwangoNovemba.
“Abantu bafuna ukuthi leli dolobha libasebenzele, abafuni imigomo emihle,” kusho uCigibbs oneminyaka engu-81, owasebenza njengekhansela ledolobha lokuqala elimnyama uThomas Atkins kanye nomsizi kaRep. Barney Frank kwezombusazwe. Uthe imeya elandelayo yaseBoston izophuthuma ukulawula ibutho elinamandla kuhulumeni wedolobha elikhulu.
“Abavoti bahlakaniphe kakhulu kunalokho ebesikucabanga, futhi okunye abakuthakaselayo ngeke kudlulele kuyo yonke le mibono emihle yezokuthutha zomphakathi zamahhala kanye ne-Green New Deal,” kusho yena. "Bazokhetha umuntu abacabanga ukuthi nguyena onekhono kakhulu."
I-Boston ikhula ngokushesha, futhi abantu bayo base-Asia nase-Hispanic nabo bakhula ngokushesha. Ibona ukwehla kwenani labahlali abamhlophe okungebona abe-Hispanic, manje abakha ngaphansi kuka-45% wabantu. Inani lezakhamuzi ezimnyama nalo liyehla, lisuka cishe ku-22% ngo-2010 laya ku-19%.
Ngemva kokuba uMnu. Walsh engungqongqoshe wezabasebenzi wezwe, uNksz Jenny, owayengusihlalo womkhandlu wedolobha ngaleso sikhathi, waba yibamba likameya ngoMashi. Abantu abaningi babekholelwa ukuthi uzobamba iqhaza okhethweni lukazwelonke. Kodwa wayeqaphile ngeqhaza lakhe elisha futhi ngokuyisisekelo wayelandela umbhalo lapho evela emphakathini, futhi wagxekwa imbangi yakhe, uNksz. Campbell, ummeli ofunde ePrinceton kanye nekhandidethi elikhuthele.
Ukhetho lomasipala, ikakhulukazi ukhetho lokuqala, luvame ukuheha abantu abancane, futhi lumhlophe futhi ludala kunedolobha lonke. USteve Koczela, umongameli wephaneli yokuvota yeMassInc, uthe izinguquko ziqale eMassachusetts eminyakeni yamuva nje, kanti iMassachusetts ibone uchungechunge lokunganeliseki kwabesifazane abathuthukayo bemibala.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Sep-16-2021
