Lesi sithombe sivela ngo-1996 kwaye umlingisi wakhe oyintloko ngumfazi ogama lingu UKeshia Thomas. UKeshia wayesiya kuqhankqalazo oluchasene ne-Ku Klux Klan rally e-Ann Arbor, eMichigan.
I-Ku Klux Klan ngumbutho wabamhlophe ophakamisa ubomi babantu abaninzi abamnyama e-United States. I-Ku Klux Klan kwinqanaba layo, ngexesha le-1920s, yayinamalungu ayi-6 ezigidi. Namhlanje inamalungu angama-3.000 XNUMX kuphela.
Kuqhankqalazo oluchasene nale ntlangano yolwaphulo-mthetho, umntu othile ubhengeze kwi-megaphone ukuba kukho ilungu le-Ku Klux Klan phakathi kwabo bahlanganisanayo. Kwakungekho nzima kakhulu ukuyifumana. Wayeyindoda emhlophe eneminyaka emaphakathi enxibe i-T-shirt ye-Confederate iflegi kunye nemidlalo ye-SS. Iflegi ye-Confederate awayeyiphethe kubantu abaninzi luphawu lwentiyo kunye nobuhlanga, ngelixa i-tattoo engalweni yakhe ye-SS ibonisa inkolelo kubukhulu babamhlophe, okanye okubi ngakumbi.
Kwakukho ukungxola "Bulala amaNazi" ('Bulala amaNazi') kwaye le ndoda yaqala ukubaleka. Iqela lamngqonga laza laqalisa ukumbetha. Nangona kunjalo, uKeshia ngenkalipho waya phambili wamkhusela kwizithonga.
Kamva amapolisa aqinisekisa ukuba le ndoda ibingeyonxalenye yeqela leKu Klux Klan ebelithontelana esixekweni.
UKeshia wayeneminyaka eli-18 ubudala kwaye wabonisa isenzo sokungazingci sobukroti. Kwakungumzekelo wokulwa ubundlobongela nobuhlanga:
“Xa umntu eyinxalenye yesihlwele, kunokwenzeka ukuba benze izinto kunokuba bebeya kwenza bodwa. Umntu kwakufuneka eze eqongeni athi, 'Ayilunganga le nto.'
Ndikushiya ngokulandelelana okupheleleyo kwesiganeko:
Ukuba ulithandile eli nqaku, yabelana ngalo nabahlobo bakho!