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Mwanafunzi mmoja wa Kimarekani amefanikiwa kukusanya zaidi ya $10,000 kwenye mtandao wa GoFundMe baada ya kudai kuwa wazazi wamemtelekeza kwa kuwa na boyfriend mweusi. Allie Dowdle amesema wazazi wake wamekataa kumpa pesa kwa kuwa hawaridhii mahusiano yake ya kimapenzi mwanafunzi mwenzake mweusi.
Akiandika kwenye ukurasa wake wa GoFundMe, Allie amesema: "As I am 18, my parents have chosen to no longer support my future, stripping me of all my resources." Baba yake amekanusha kuwa suala hilo linahusiana na ubaguzi wa rangi.
Allie amesema amekuwa aki-date na Michael Swift kwa mwaka mmoja sasa baada ya kuwaambia wazazi wake; hata hivyo suala lilijitokeza tena kabla ya Krismasi baada ya Michael kufanya mazungumzo na wazazi wake Allie. Allie amedai kuwa baada ya mazungumzo hayo, alitelekezwa na wazazi wake na kwa sasa hana access na savings zake, gari, simu na hawezi tena kulipa ada ya chuo.
Allie amedai: "My dad did not give me an option: he told me that I was not allowed to see Michael ever again," she says. "Why? Strictly because of skin colour. It wasn't a quiet 'no,' either" na kuongeza "I'll never forget the yelling my parents did, when they expressed how disappointed they were in me, that I could do so much better."
Kwa maneno yale mwenyewe Allie anasema: "I did not know what to do. I couldn't comprehend how someone could be seen as less because of pigment. I still can't comprehend it, and I never will be able to. How could my love for another person be wrong because of his skin colour? And why would that make me unworthy of a future I've worked so hard for? Because my parents have listed me, their own daughter, as someone who is not worthy of their time and money, I have turned to the public for support."
Baba yake Bill Dowdle amesema kuwa yeye na mkewe hawana pingamizi kwa mwanae kudate mtu yoyoye. Lakini ameongeza kuwa kulikuwa na "issues" zinazohusiana na "biracial dating" kusini mwa Marekani na kwamba amem-cut off mwanae kwa kuanza ku-date kisirisiri mwanafunzi mweusi Michael Swift. Aidha baba yake ameongeza mwanae amekuwa "spoilled and it became obvious that she needed to go out in the world and grow up".
Siyo wote wanamuunga mkono msichana huyo kwenye page yake. Kwa mfano, Susan Martin ameandika: "Dating a black man and sending a privileged white girl to college who can't get a job because her parents took away her car is absolutely ridiculous. Take a bus."
Wakati huo huo Marissa Kizer ameandika: "Sending a white girl from a middle-class family to college is not fighting racism. In fact, expecting to avoid work, student loans, etc. and be treated like a hero for dating a black guy seems pretty racist to me."
Vyanzo: Click here to support Allie's Tuition - Say No to Racism by Allie Dowdle na Student raises more than $10,000 after parents 'cut her off' over black boyfriend