Lesi sithombe sivela ngo-1996 kanti umlingiswa waso oyinhloko ngowesifazane ogama lakhe lingu- UKeshia Thomas. UKeshia ubehambele umbhikisho omelene nomhlangano waseKu Klux Klan e-Ann Arbor, eMichigan.
I-Ku Klux Klan yinhlangano yabamhlophe eyayihloniphe izimpilo zabantu abaningi abamnyama e-United States. I-Ku Klux Klan esicongweni sayo, phakathi nawo-1920, yayinamalungu afinyelela ezigidini eziyisithupha. Namuhla inamalungu angu-6 3.000 kuphela.
Embhikiswaneni wokulwa nale nhlangano yobugebengu, othile umemezele nge-megaphone ukuthi kukhona ilungu leKu Klux Klan phakathi kwalabo ababehlangene. Kwakungekho nzima kakhulu ukuyithola. Wayengumuntu omhlophe oneminyaka emaphakathi egqoke isikibha se-Confederate ifreyimu futhi edlala i-SS tattoo. Ifulegi leCompederate ayeliphethe liyisibonakaliso senzondo nokucwasa kubantu abaningi, kanti i-tattoo engalweni yakhe ye-SS yayikhombisa inkolelo yobukhulu babamhlophe, noma okubi kakhulu.
Kwakukhona ukumemeza kokuthi 'Bulalani amaNazi' futhi le ndoda yaqala ukugijima. Iqembu lamhaqa laqala ukumshaya. Kodwa-ke, ngesibindi uKeshia waya phambili wamvikela ekushayweni.
Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi amaphoyisa aqinisekise ukuthi lo mlisa ubengeyona ingxenye yeqembu leKu Klux Klan ebelithelekele kuleli dolobha.
UKeshia wayeneminyaka engu-18 ubudala futhi wakhombisa isenzo sokuzidela sesibindi. Kwakuyisibonelo sokulwa nodlame nokucwasa ngokobuhlanga:
“Uma umuntu eyingxenye yesixuku, maningi amathuba okuthi enze izinto abengeke azenze yedwa. Omunye kwakufanele angene esiteji athi 'Lokhu akulungile.'
Ngikushiya ngokulandelana okuphelele kwesigameko:
Indoda yemibono yamaNazi ibalekela abahlaseli bayo.
Isixuku siqala ukumshaya.
UKeshia Thomas uphefumulela le ndoda… ukuyivikela.
UKeshia Thomas umvikela kubahlaseli bakhe.
keshia Thomas: oneminyaka engu-18 onesibindi, olwa nobandlululo futhi olwa nodlame.
Uma ngabe uyithandile le ndatshana, yabelana ngayo nabangani bakho!