Hanyar rayuwa ta tudu

Ni da matata mun zauna kuma mun yi hidima a yankuna uku na Amurka: Midwest, Northwest, and Southwest. Waɗannan su ne mabanbanta mahallin da al'adu, waɗanda ke da filayen masara, Cascadia, da cactus. Amma mun yi mamakin samun zaren gama-gari a cikinsu. Na kira shi "Hillbilly Diaspora."

Da ‘yan kasashen waje’ ina nufin zage-zage da tarwatsa jama’a daga wani wuri, mutanen da ba ’yan asali ba ta kowace fuska. Kuma ba na amfani da “Hillbilly” a matsayin kalmar datti. Ina nufin shi a matsayin ainihin bayanin ainihin al'ada: mutanen farar fata na zuriyar Scots-Irish waɗanda suka ƙaura daga tuddai na Appalachia zuwa masana'antun Midwest, kuma waɗanda a yanzu suka sami kansu suna gwagwarmaya a cikin bel na tsatsa bayan masana'antu. Girma a cikin gona-da masana'antu na kudancin Ohio, waɗannan tuddai sune, a ma'ana, mutanena.

---

Kamar Ɗan’uwa Jeremy, na girma a Appalachia- musamman, tsaunukan Blue Ridge na Virginia. Tushen ''hillbilly'' na ya dawo 'yan tsararraki, kuma: Kakannina na uwa sun girma a gabashin Kentucky na kwal; Mahaifiyar mahaifina ta shafe yawancin kuruciyarta a Virginia bayan an haife ta a kudancin Ohio.

Haihuwar Holler da tsaunuka, mutanena sun yi ja da baya. Tatsuniya ta nuna cewa an kashe ƴan uwan ​​kakana huɗu a wasu hatsarori daban-daban, masu ban mamaki, masu alaƙa da hasken wata. Idan wannan ba redneck titi cred ba ne, ban san menene ba.

---

Jeremy: A zaman da nake a gabar tekun Yamma, na yi mamaki, har na firgita, don ganin cewa tsaunin tuddai da suka yi gudun hijira suna rikidewa a matsayin mutanen gari. Mai son yanayi, babban ma'aikacin banki a Seattle? Hillbilly. Farar zanga-zangar a Portland, Ore.? Hillbilly.

Na sadu da wani ɗan dawisu, mai hazaka, mai yawan samun dama a Los Angeles. Ya fito a talabijin na gaskiya kuma ya kasance mai rai da rai na kudancin California. Ba wai kawai shi ɗan tudu ne daga yanki ɗaya na ƙasar da ni ba, ya san abu ɗaya ko biyu game da Cocin ’yan’uwa (“Ni daga Ohio nake, bayan haka,” in ji shi).

Wadannan da ma wasu da yawa sun girma cikin tafiyar sa'a guda na gidan yarina. Sabbin maƙwabta na daga yamma su ne tsoffin maƙwabta na baya gabas; Ni dai ban sani ba.

Don haka wani mutum mai suna JD Vance ya rubuta littafi mai suna Hillbilly Elegy: Memoir of Family and Culture in Crisis. Matata ta saya mini wannan littafi a wani bangare saboda Vance ya yi daidai da bayanin da na yi game da tsaunin tuddai. Ta hanyoyi da yawa ya ƙunshi gaskiyar al'adu: Ya girma a Middletown, Ohio, kuma a yanzu babban lauya ne na Yammacin Kogin Yamma.

Dana: Na zauna a cikin zurfin kudu, tsakiyar Atlantika, da tsakiyar yamma. Watakila hakan yana nufin ina cikin ɗumbin ɗumbin ɗumbin ɗumbin yawa waɗanda Vance ya bayyana a sarari. Amma ina zaune a Arewacin Carolina, yanzu, kusa da gida kamar yadda na zo a cikin rayuwata ta girma. Dawowar ta kasance mai sauƙi. A ƙarshe, a nan na dawo cikin tsakiyar ba kawai yanayin hoto da twang ba har ma da sannu a hankali da ka'idodin girmamawa da amincin da ba a faɗi ba waɗanda ke nuna "gida" da "aminci" ga ruhina da ruhina.

Jeremy: Wannan yana kama da tangent amma ba haka bane: Shekarun da suka gabata na sami gogewar canza rayuwa tare da littafin Ruby Payne Tsarin Fahimtar Talauci. Abin da na ɗauka daga aikin Payne shine cewa zamantakewar zamantakewa ba kawai game da kuɗin da kuke da shi ba ne, har ma game da irin al'adun da kuke da su. Na ƙasa, matsakaita, da babba ba wai kawai suna da kuɗi daban-daban ba, suna rayuwa ne a cikin duniyoyi daban-daban tare da ka'idoji daban-daban da kuma ƙa'idodi daban-daban waɗanda ba a rubuta ba. Hillbillies ba sa golf.

Don haka idan littafin Payne ya tsara tsarin fahimta, littafin Vance lissafi ne na mutum na farko daga cikin wannan tsarin. Ya gane bel-da-tsatsa bel na Appalachian talauci a matsayin al'ada, hanyar rayuwa a duniya.

Dana: Karatun tarihin Vance game da rayuwar tsaunin tuddai a cikin duniya ya buge ni nan da nan. Na gane babin rayuwata a cikin bakarsa: Makaranta ta dauke shi daga gida kuma rayuwa ta dauke shi har abada; makarantar kuma ta dauke ni a fadin jihar kuma rayuwa ta dauke ni a cikin nahiyar. Na gane iyalina a cikin iyalinsa: Yana kiran kakarsa "Mamaw"; Ina kiran kakata "Mamaw."

Jeremy: Ya kamata in fayyace cewa ba ni da hillbilly pedigree wanda Vance yake yi. Yawancin ’yan’uwa na Jamus da Quakers na Ingilishi suna ba da gudummawa ga tushen al’aduna, kuma ina ba da tausayi sosai cewa tashin tashin hankalin da Vance ya yi zai iya amfana daga ɗan zaman lafiya.

Yarancin da nake da shi ya fi farin ciki da lafiya fiye da abin da Vance ya kwatanta, na gode wa Allah, da godiya ga iyayena da dangina, gami da "Mamaw." Amma lokacin a New York Times bestseller don haka daidai ya bayyana ainihin wurare, karin magana, tunanin rashin hankali, da yanayin zamantakewar da na taso a kusa, yana da ƙarin bayani, yana da ɗan rashin hankali.

Dana: Hillbilly Elegy an dauke shi a matsayin daya daga cikin mafi kyawun Littattafai don karantawa Don Fahimtar Mutanen da Suka Zabe Daban-daban fiye da ku a zaben 2016. Wannan jerin kuma ya haɗa da Farin Shara: Labari na Shekara 400 da Ba a Fada ba a Amurka, Na Nancy Isenberg, da Ta-Nehisi Coates' memoir na girma baƙar fata a Amurka, Tsakanin Duniya Da Ni.

An kwatanta littafin Vance a matsayin wakili, taƙaitaccen taƙaitaccen tunani na duk fararen Amurkawa na Appalachian waɗanda yawancin abokaina waɗanda ba Amurkawa ba sun fusata, zagi, zargi, da kuma Allah wadai tun watan Nuwamba.

Don yin gaskiya, halin Vance na taurin kai, aminci, tauri, rufaffiyar baki, da hangen nesa na Scots-Irish Appalachian na ji, a wasu lokuta, daidai a gare ni. Sa’ad da yake rubuta game da iyalinsa da garinsu, na ji—a zahiri, na ji, suna ƙara faɗa a cikin kaina—muyoyin manyan ’yan’uwana a Pikeville, Ky., da Columbus, Ohio. Na tuna da mutanen cocina na gida da ke Roanoke, Va. Yara da yawa da suka je makarantar firamare tare da ni a Botetourt, Va., sun fashe a zuciyata. Idan kuna karanta littafin don fuskantar yanayin da ba ku taɓa sanin akwai ba, za ku sami taƙaitaccen bayani.

Duk da haka, memoir ɗin ya bar ni ba kawai rashin gamsuwa ba, amma yana fushi sosai. Vance, kamar ni, ya bar Appalachia. Kuma, haka ma, ya bar makarantar Ivy League, babban aiki mai girma, da gida a kan gabar Yamma, har zuwa gida kamar yadda zai iya samu. Lokacin da ya rubuta littafin, har yanzu yana cikin ’yan gudun hijirar hillbilly, yana ƙoƙari ya shiga cikin jawabin ƙasa a matsayin mai fassara, mai fassara, labarin nasara mai ban sha'awa mai ban sha'awa, a nan cikin khakis da takalman jirgin ruwa. don gaya mana yadda ainihin abin yake a cikin jirgin sama.

Jeremy: Ba ina ba da shawarar cewa littafin Vance bishara ne ba. Ina cewa na sami amsar da ba zato ba tsammani game da labarinsa. Ban sami ta'aziyya ba; Na dan rame. Domin aƙalla ta fuskar yanki, Vance maƙwabcina ne. Kuma ban sani ba.

Dana: Wataƙila masu fassara da masu fassara su ne abin da muke buƙata, kwanakin nan, don taimaka mana mu ji juna a kan layi da yawa da ke raba mu. Wataƙila samun wani ya tunatar da mu su wane ne maƙwabtanmu—ko kuma su—shine kawai tura muke bukata. Amma ina fata cewa waɗancan jerin littattafan da za ku karanta idan kuna ƙoƙarin fahimta sun haɗa da abin tunawa da ɗaya daga cikin dangina na Appalachian ya rubuta wanda ke nutsewa cikin abubuwan da ke faruwa a Appalachia na yau.

Ina fata cewa na zauna a cikin ƙasa mai cike da mutane masu son sauraren rashin daidaituwa, rashin daidaituwa na waɗannan tuddai ba tare da ilimin Ivy League ba ko kuma rashin daidaituwa. New York Times editorial zuwa sunayensu. Ina fata cewa ko ta yaya za mu iya samun tausayi don saurare da kuma gaskata ko da mutanen da suke da nisa daga gare mu kamar yadda JD Vance ya kasance daga tushensa.

Abin sha'awa, da safe na zauna don rubuta wannan bita, da New York Times ya buga wani op-ed ta Vance. Ya bayyana, yana ƙaura zuwa Ohio. Ya gaji, da alama yana aiki a matsayin mai fassara daga nesa.

A cikin kalmominsa: “[T] gaskiya mafi wahala ita ce a zahiri mutane sun amince da mutanen da suka sani—abokinsu yana ba da labari akan Facebook—fiye da baƙi waɗanda ke aiki a cibiyoyi masu nisa. Kuma idan aka kewaye mu da jama'a masu ra'ayin mazan jiya, masu ra'ayin akida, ko kan layi ko a waje, zai zama da sauƙi a gaskata abubuwa masu ban mamaki game da su."

Jeremy: Yanzu na san cewa hillbillies suna ko'ina. Ina karanta littafin Vance a kicin dina yayin da mai gyaran firji ke gyara mana icemaker. Daga babu inda, ya raba cewa ya koma Phoenix daga Dayton, Ohio, shekaru da suka wuce. Kafin wannan, danginsa suna zaune a Kentucky.

Ina da aboki wanda shine limamin coci mai ƙarfi, mai yawan kabilu a yankin Seattle. Shi ɗan hillbilly ne daga Marietta, Ohio. Za ka iya kama shi a kan Trinity Broadcast Network. Yana jin Turanci kuma ƙwararren Mutanen Espanya tare da arewa-na-Kentuky twang.

Na san wani fasto na ɗaya daga cikin majami'un hippest a cikin zuciyar Hollywood. Ya fito daga wannan ƙasa mai tudu ta kudancin Ohio.

Na sami kaina a cikin wata ƙabila mara kyau, marar ganuwa wacce ta kai har zuwa ikilisiyata, Circle of Peace Church of the Brothers a cikin birnin Phoenix. Iyali ɗaya a cikin cocin, na zuriyar Scots-Irish, suma sun girma a kudancin Ohio. Sun ƙaura zuwa Phoenix shekaru da suka wuce saboda ɗayansu yana da mummunar cutar huhu, kuma suna tunanin yanayin zafi zai iya taimakawa. Ina da ’yan uwa, har yanzu a Ohio, masu ciwon huhu iri ɗaya.

Dana: Na yarda da Vance akan wannan ƙididdiga: Yana da sauƙi a yarda da abubuwa masu ban mamaki game da mutanen da ba mu sani ba. Littafinsa, da tunanin Ɗan’uwa Jeremy, sun tuna min cewa yana yiwuwa mu kasance da dangantaka mai zurfi da mutanen da ba za mu taɓa zargin suna da wani abu da ya haɗa da su ba.

Duk da haka, ina mamakin yadda za mu manta da waɗannan mafassaran al'adu biyu kuma mu fara saurare da tawali'u kai tsaye ga mutanen da ba za mu iya fahimta ba. Maimakon dogara ga dashen Appalachian don fassara mana Appalachia, watakila za mu iya zaɓar mu saurara kuma mu gaskata waɗanda suke rayuwa a matsayin tuddai a nan da yanzu.

Wannan ƙa'idar na iya yi mana amfani sosai a duk faɗin hukumar, da gaske. Maimakon amincewa da labarai ko kafofin watsa labarun don tsara ra'ayoyinmu na masu ra'ayin mazan jiya ko masu sassaucin ra'ayi, 'yan gudun hijira, ko masu mallakar bindiga, watakila za mu iya neman ainihin, mai rai, ɗan adam mai numfashi wanda ya dace da ɗaya daga cikin waɗannan nau'o'in a ainihin lokaci kuma mu koyi san su.

Jeremy: Lokaci ne mai ban mamaki da ban mamaki don zama da rai, da kuma kasancewa cikin hidimar Kirista. A matsayina na mumini da miji da uba da fasto (da hillbilly) a cikin mahallin kewayen birni daban-daban, na san cewa wani ɓangare na hidimata shine gane da mutunta bambance-bambance ba tare da kama su ba.

Ba koyaushe nake da tabbacin yadda mafi kyawun ƙauna da hidima cikin aminci a cikin hazo na maƙarƙashiya, maƙiya, da ɓata lokaci. Amma na san wannan, da kyau wanda Derek Webb ya taƙaita, “Bisharar ba ta da alƙaluman jama’a.”